Marwencol Page #6

ABOUT ALL THAT STUFF.

"COME ON, GIVE IT A GO, MAN.

DO THE SHOW LIKE YOU DO

MARWENCOL THE STORY."

AND SINCE I WAS GIVEN

A SECOND CHANCE AT LIFE,

I WANT TO LIVE:

THIS REST OF MY LIFE

TO THE FULLEST.

I'M GONNA DO THINGS I'VE

ALWAYS WANTED TO DO

BUT WAS ALWAYS:

AFRAID TO DO.

I'M GONNA DO THEM NOW.

YOU KNOW, LIKE WEAR

PANTYHOSE, WEAR A SKIRT,

YOU KNOW, WEAR HEELS

AND STUFF.

IT'S JUST--

IT'S GOOD FEELING.

I MEAN, I HAVEN'T

GOT UP THE GUMPTION

TO WALK IN PUBLIC.

I DON'T KNOW

HOW TO BE SMOOTH.

THAT'S MY--I MEAN,

I DON'T KNOW IF I WANT

TO LOOK LIKE JAMES BOND

OR IF I JUST WANT TO LOOK

LIKE A HIP ARTIST.

I DON'T KNOW.

BUT I'M REPRESENTING MYSELF

DOWN THERE.

AND I DON'T WANT TO

WEAR ANYTHING STUPID.

'CAUSE THE FIRST IMPRESSION

IS A LASTING IMPRESSION.

YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHAT

LEADS ME ALL THE WAY

BACK TO THE SUIT.

BUT REALLY--WHAT I'D

REALLY LIKE TO WEAR

IS THAT LONG CHIFFON

SLIT SKIRT.

[SIGHS]

BUT THAT'S WHAT

I'D LIKE TO WEAR

IN MY FANTASY WORLD.

THESE ARE MEANT FOR

WOMEN'S DOLLS LEGS,

BUT THEY FIT MINE.

MY FIGURE,

2 OR 3 TIMES I PUT

TIGHTS UNDER HIS PANTS

JUST TO SEE:

HOW THAT FELT.

AND I WAS LIKE, NO,

I'M STILL--

I DON'T WANT TO COME

OUT OF THE CLOSET

IN MY TOWN YET.

BUT MY GIRLS,

THEY KNOW ME BETTER

THAN I KNOW ME.

YOU'RE GONNA LET ME LOOSE

IN A LAND OF PEOPLE

THAT ARE LIKE ME--

GREENWICH VILLAGE,

THE WEIRDEST PLACE

ON THE PLANET,

WHERE I COULD WALK IN

HIGH HEELS AND NOBODY

WOULD CARE.

SOME DUDE WOULD SAY,

"HEY, NICE SHOES."

"THANKS, MAN."

YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN?

"I LIKE YOUR SHOES, TOO."

YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN?

IT'S, LIKE, PEOPLE LIKE ME.

NOBODY CARES.

THEY'RE ALL ARTISTS

AND STUFF DOWN THERE.

SO FOR ME, IT'S GONNA BE

THAT'S WHAT I ENVISIONED,

THAT'S WHAT I PROJECT.

I PUT THEM:

LIKE THIS.

YOU KNOW, PULL

THE BLANKET OVER.

THEN MAKE SURE THAT

NOBODY'S HANGING OFF

AND THEY'RE

ALL TUCKED IN.

BECAUSE:

IF THEY'RE HAPPY,

IT MEANS:

I'LL SLEEP BETTER.

I ALWAYS SEE THEM.

THEY'RE THE LAST THINGS

I SEE BEFORE:

I CLOSE MY EYES:

AND GO TO BED.

[WHISPERS]

I love you.

THAT'S JUST

HOW I SAY IT.

OUT LOUD:

SO I CAN HEAR IT.

THAT'S HOW OFTEN

I GET OUT FROM HERE

TO SEE REAL WOMEN

THAT WEAR MAKE-UP.

AND SOMETHING:

OTHER THAN SNEAKERS

AND JEANS OR BOOTS.

[INDISTINCT CHATTER

ON TELEVISION]

I'M NERVOUS.

I'M SUPER FREAKIN' TIRED.

MY ENERGY LEVEL--

THE BATTERIES ARE LOW.

I COULDN'T SLEEP LAST NIGHT.

I'M THINKING ABOUT THIS

AND MAKING LISTS AND STUFF.

YOU KNOW, AND I'M MAKING

ANOTHER LIST NOW THIS MORNING.

COPYING MAKES SURE,

SO WRITING IT THE SECOND TIME,

YOU KNOW, IT'S LIKE, ALL RIGHT,

MAKE SURE I HAVE EVERYTHING.

I BUILT MARWENCOL FOR ME,

FOR MY THERAPY,

AND NOW IT'S LIKE EVERYBODY'S.

LIKE, EVERYBODY WANTS TO--

EVERYBODY WANTS TO

PLAY IN IT OR BE PART

OF IT AND EVERYTHING,

AND I DON'T WANT ALL THAT.

IT'S LIKE THIS IS

THE ONE LAST THING

THAT I DON'T EVER WANT

TAKEN FROM ME.

AND IT SEEMS LIKE IT IS,

BUT THEORETICALLY IT'S NOT.

IT'S STILL MINE.

IT'S STILL MINE.

[HORN HONKS]

I EXPECTED 98% OF PEOPLE

IN GREENWICH VILLAGE

TO BE WALKING ON THE STREET

IN BIG FEATHERS,

AND OUTFITS, AND...

I'M GLAD I HAVE THE ABILITY

TO ESCAPE INTO:

A FANTASY WORLD.

I'M REAL GLAD THAT

I HAVE THAT ABILITY

BECAUSE THOSE GUYS,

I THOUGHT, TOOK IT AWAY.

I THOUGHT THEY TOOK AWAY

MY IMAGINATION:

ALONG WITH EVERYTHING ELSE.

AND LIKE I'VE BEEN

FIGHTING TO GET BALANCE

AND EVERYTHING ELSE BACK,

YOU KNOW,

I FOUGHT FOR MY IMAGINATION,

TO GET THAT BACK.

AND THAT'S WHEN

MARWENCOL STARTED.

THE MORE I BUILT AND

THE MORE I PLAYED AROUND,

YOU KNOW, AND BOUGHT

FIGURES AND STUFF,

THE MORE THE STORY JUST

CAME ALIVE IN MY HEAD.

SO...IT'S GONNA

GO THERE.

OK? THE BIG ONE?

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

Mark:
EVERY TIME I SEE

MARWENCOL THE TOWN,

IT BRINGS ME RIGHT BACK

TO WHEN I STARTED THE TOWN,

AND HOW CLOSE AND DEAR

IT WAS TO ME,

AND HOW MUCH I WANTED PEOPLE

TO KNOW ABOUT MY TOWN

AND TO BE PART OF MY TOWN.

THAT'S WHY I STARTED PUTTING

PEOPLE THAT I KNOW IN IT,

IS BECAUSE I FEEL

SO ALONE HERE.

AND IF I HAVE AN ALTER EGO

FROM PEOPLE THAT I KNOW

IN MY TOWN,

I CAN MANIPULATE THEM,

MAKE THEM DO WHATEVER I--

YOU KNOW, I WANT.

AND, YOU KNOW, I'LL BE

SURROUNDED BY MY FRIENDS.

Man:
NOW LOOK RIGHT DEAD

IN THE CAMERA.

WHAT DO YOU THINK

ABOUT THIS?

THAT'S A NICE CAMERA.

[CHUCKLES] NO, THE ARTWORK

WE HAVE TO LOOK AT TODAY.

OH.

THERE'S NO WORDS.

I CAN'T

THINK OF ANYTHING.

[FOOTSTEPS

AND INDISTINCT CHATTER]

IT'S A SUIT-AND-TIE

THING?

NO, NO.

NO, NO, NO, NO.

YOU CAN WEAR:

WHAT YOU'RE

WEARING NOW.

SEE WHAT EVERYBODY'S...

YEAH, THIS IS WHAT

I'LL BE WEARING.

I WANT YOU:

TO BE YOURSELF.

YOU DON'T HAVE TO

FEEL LIKE YOU HAVE

TO DRESS UP.

THAT'S ALL.

YOU CAN WEAR:

WHATEVER YOU WANT.

[BLEEP] MAN'S SHOES.

THEY LOOK ALL RIGHT.

IS MY HAIR ALL RIGHT

AND [BLEEP]?

Man:
YEAH, YOU LOOK

GREAT, MAN.

[SIGHS] I LOOK LIKE

A BEATNIK ARTIST?

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

THERE'S DEFINITELY BEEN A STRONG

RESPONSE TO HIS WORK.

WHAT I REALLY LOVE IS FOR

SOMEBODY TO COME ALONG--

AND A GALLERIST,

OR A DEALER, OR A CURATOR--

AND SAY, "THIS IS REALLY

INTERESTING WORK.

I'D LIKE TO HELP HIM

SHOW IT ON A REGULAR BASIS."

I THINK THAT:

THE REALLY IDEAL THING

WOULD BE FOR HIM

TO KNOW THAT WHEN HE

MAKES WORK FROM NOW ON OUT,

THERE ARE GONNA BE PEOPLE

READY AND WAITING TO SEE IT.

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO SAY.

I DON'T KNOW HOW

TO SPEAK TO PEOPLE.

THEY'RE BIG COLLECTORS,

THEY'RE BIG, IMPORTANT PEOPLE,

BUT I HAVE NO IDEA

HOW TO TALK WITH THEM.

SHOULD I:

BE WRITING [BLEEP] DOWN?

SHOULD I:

PHOTOGRAPH THEM? WHAT?

YOU KNOW, SO THE MOST I COULD DO

TO THAT BIG COLLECTOR

WAS SAY, "YOU HAVE NICE SHOES.

I LIKE YOUR SHOES."

AND SHE LOOKED AT ME LIKE,

"YOU'RE STRANGE," YOU KNOW?

SORRY, LADIES BEFORE GENTS.

YEAH, GO AHEAD.

IN EUROPE THEY ALWAYS

OFFER A CIGARETTE.

THAT'S THE ONE.

I HAVE 218 PAIR AT HOME.

REALLY?

YEAH.

PICTURES OR:

PAIRS OF SHOES?

REALLY? SHOES?

OH, WOMEN'S, MAN.

IT'S LIKE, WHEN I'M STUCK

WHERE THE MOVIE'S GOING--

THE MOVIE--

WHERE THE STORY'S GOING...

I SLIP ON:

A PAIR OF HEELS,

AND THE CHARACTERS

TELL ME:

WHERE THE STORY'S

GOING NEXT.

HMM.

THAT'S ANNA AND I JUST

TAKING A RIDE YESTERDAY.

WHO'S ANNA?

MY WIFE.

SEE, THE S.S. SENT

SOMEBODY THERE TO KILL ME,

AND ALL THE WOMEN

OF MARWENCOL:

STABBED THE CRAP

OUT OF HIM.

AND I MAKE SURE THAT I TURN

THAT DAMN FLASH OFF...

OH, YEAH.

'CAUSE THE FLASH TAKES

50% AWAY FROM THE PHOTO.

OH, YEAH.

NOT ONE PICTURE DID I TAKE

OF MY SHOW,

OR OF PEOPLE HANGING OUT

AT MY SHOW,

OR...JUST SHOE SHOTS.

I WAS LIKE AN ELEPHANT

LEFT IN CHARGE OF THE PEANUTS.

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

[GASPS]

[OVERLAPPING CHATTER]

THAT'S GOOD.

THAT'S WHAT HE--

THAT'S IT.

ALL RIGHT, SO LONG, LADIES.

[INDISTINCT]

[BIRDS CHIRPING]

I WENT TO HIS SHOW,

AND I SAT THERE,

AND I WAS LOOKING,

AND I WAS LISTENING TO PEOPLE'S

OPINIONS ABOUT HIS STUFF.

AND I FELT MYSELF, LIKE,

GETTING MAD OR DEFENSIVE

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