Opus 40: The Master-Work of Environmental Artist Harvey Fite Page #2
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- 2012
- 48 min
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- You're aberrated.
- No, I'm not.
- Know what that means?
- No.
You've wandered from
the proper path, haven't you?
(SCOFFS, CHUCKLES)
I don't have any problems.
I don't know what I told you,
but if you have work for me to do,
I can do it.
You seem so familiar to me.
Yeah.
What do you do?
I do many, many things.
I am a writer, a doctor,
a nuclear physicist,
a theoretical philosopher...
...but above all I am a man.
A hopelessly inquisitive man,
just like you.
Well, I'm sorry if I got
out of hand last night.
- It was cold and I was...
- Don't apologize. You're a scoundrel.
And as a scientist
and a connoisseur, I have...
...I have no idea the contents
of this remarkable potion.
What's in it?
Secrets.
Can you make more?
Well, not like that.
But I can make you
something different, better.
I'll make something
special for you.
How do you like to feel?
I will give you a full reprieve
from your naughtiness
as a stowaway,
if you make us some more.
Would you scrub yourself
and make yourself clean.
My daughter is getting married.
Come and join us.
Leave your worries for a while.
They'll still be there
when you get back.
And your memories aren't invited.
(CLASSICAL MUSIC PLAYS)
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
Stand wherever you like.
Good day, good day,
good day, good day.
What a day. What a day.
Mama.
Rascal.
Clark, big day?
- Big day indeed, sir.
- How are you feeling?
I feel pretty well, thank you.
How are you?
Wonderful.
As long as you hold these bodies,
in this life,
you will be man and wife.
You may kiss the bride.
(APPLAUSE)
(CHEERING)
MAN:
Marriage!Previous to The Cause
was awful.
(LAUGHTER)
Awful.
It was a cycle, like life.
Birth, excitement,
growth, decay, death.
(LAUGHTER)
Now... now...
...how about this?
Here it comes... a large dragon.
Teeth...
...blood dripping, red eyes.
What do I got?
A lasso. I whip it up.
I wrap it around its neck,
and I wrestle,
wrestle, wrestle him
to the ground.
I snap up.
I say, "Sit, dragon." Dragon sits.
I say "Stay." Dragon stays.
- Now it's got a leash on it.
(LAUGHTER)
I take it for a walk.
And that's where
we're at with it now.
It stays on command.
to roll over and play dead.
(LAUGHTER, APPLAUSE)
FREDDIE:
- Love that story.- So, where are you from?
- Huh?
- Where are you from?
Lynn, Massachusetts.
- Freddie Quell, how do you do?
- I'm Val. I'm his son.
Oh, yeah, I see it.
So what kind of work
will you be doing?
- Not sure.
- Done any Time Hole work?
- Any what?
- Any Time Hole work?
I don't think so.
I don't know what that is.
- I'm sure you're going to love it.
- I hope so.
- Nice to meet you and welcome aboard.
- How long have you known him?
- Good night!
- Good night, good night, good night.
Thank you, thank you
for being here.
- Norman...
- Three years?
Thank you.
- Good night, Master.
- Good night.
When can we have
some more of your potion?
Whenever you like,
I'll make it.
When I like it,
I'll give you a signal.
I'll rub my nose
and scratch my ear.
What will you need?
- I'll take care of it.
- Good.
- Anything you need.
- Thank you, good night.
Good night, everyone.
Don't get up.
Don't get up.
(KISSING)
- I love you.
- I love you, too.
What a day.
and we won. We won.
(WOMAN TALKING INDISTINCTLY)
(CHILD LAUGHING)
Freddie, feel free to sit with us.
Can you invite him over?
Say, come on over.
(GRUNTS)
(HUMMING)
Can you say hi?
WOMAN:
He's... been writing all night.You seem to inspire something in him.
- Yeah?
- Mm.
When we're at home, on land,
there's too much pulling him
in each direction.
Every time he sits to write,
a new attack is launched against him,
and he spends too much time
defending himself.
Who's attacking him?
People who are scared.
People who are greedy.
Ex-wives.
That's what's so nice
about being at sea.
- He gets his studies done.
- Hm.
Advances the learning.
He writes book two.
Say "back beyond" and return
to the pre-birth area.
Back beyond,
back beyond, back beyond.
Back beyond.
- How are you feeling?
- Back beyond.
Back beyond... I feel cold.
- Continue, please.
- Back beyond,
back beyond, back beyond.
Continue, please,
and tell me what you hear.
It's my mother.
Recall what she says.
Recall a sound.
It's her voice.
She's saying,
"We shouldn't be doing this,
- Repeat what she says.
- "Not while I'm pregnant."
MAN:
Repeat what she says.Do you understand what's happening?
I'm not sure.
We record everything.
Really?
Through all lifetimes.
MASTER:
Man is not an animal.We are not a pan'
of the animal kingdom.
We sit far above that crowd.
Perched as spirits, not beasts.
You are not ruled by your emotions.
It is not only possible,
it is easily achievable
that we do away
with all negative
emotional impulses,
and bring man back to his
inherent state of perfect.
Man is not an animal.
We are not a pan'
of the animal kingdom.
We sit far above that crowd.
Perched as spirits, not beasts.
You are not ruled
by your emotions.
It is not only possible,
it is easily achievable...
Hm-mm.
(MASTER CHUCKLES) Cheers.
Mm.
- Oh, God!
(FREDDIE LAUGHING)
Oh, God! Oh, God!
Freddie.
Lovely.
(GRUNTS)
I've been writing.
Feel like I went under.
Dark cloud rolls in, opens up.
Anxious to share new work.
Would you care
for some informal processing?
Sure. What do I have to do?
- Just answer my questions, we talk.
- OK.
Very good. Have a seat.
How are you feeling, Freddie?
(GRUNTS)
Good.
- You rested?
- Yes.
- Excited?
- Yeah.
Have you made some friends?
- Everyone is very nice here.
- Good. Good.
- How are you feeling?
- Yeah, good.
I gather myself.
You'll be my guinea pig
and protg.
Informal processing.
- Are you ready?
- Yes.
Say your name.
- Freddie Quell.
- Say it again.
Freddie Quell.
- Say it again.
- Freddie Quell.
- Say it again.
- Freddie Quell.
Might as well say it
one more time,
just to make sure
you know who you are.
Freddie Quell.
Are you thoughtless
in your remarks?
I usually put
some thought into them.
Do you linger at bus stations
for pleasure?
(LAUGHING) No.
Do you get muscle spasms
for no reason?
No.
Do your past failures
bother you?
No.
Do your past failures
bother you?
No.
Do your past failures
bother you?
No.
Do your past failures in life
bother you?
No.
- Is your life a struggle?
- No.
- Do you like to be told what to do?
- No.
Is your behavior erratic?
No.
Do you find interest
in other people?
Not really.
- Do you find it easy to be fair?
(SIGHS)
Yes.
Are you often consumed by envy?
No, about what?
Are you often consumed by envy?
I don't unders...
You mean like jealousy?
- Like jealousy.
- Oh, well, yeah.
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Submitted on August 05, 2018
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