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Titian was born in 1488 and died in 1576, lived to 80 years of age.

He is the undisputed master of Venetian painting for 60 years

and his contemporaries called it "the sun that creates the stars",

which is the last one a sentence of Dante's Eden.

You can see how well uses and uses colors,

characteristic of his work,

which keeps it on top during the High Renaissance

and was chosen to be the most important artist of Western art.

Excuse me, sir. You can not touch the pictures.

Excuse me ...

Sir, are you okay?

Can someone help us, please?

LONDON CARDS

Pills, ecstasy, coca? What do you want, my friend?

I'm fine thanks.

Are you looking for a company, dear? - I'm looking for a place to sleep.

Come on, lovely. Do not be shy.

PART ONE: LONDON ZOVE

What are you doing here?

I just died for a minute. Is there a problem?

Did not read the sign?

WITHOUT BACKS

I'm sorry, the rules are your rules.

Where I come from, people are few more friendly.

Forget the nonsense that the North is more cheerful. I have a job.

I'm from Essex.

Look where you come from, you're not here.

Let me guess: you grew up on geza geese.

It was an idyllic life, but you are bored more than the host.

Then, a good day, you get a brilliant idea.

You said, "I'm going to move in London to get rich. "

Yes, that's what I told my father.

Does he use these same words? - More or less.

Fuck him. What did he say?

I think you spend too much time on this cursed computer.

You are too misguided.

You will not make me change your decision.

I have already decided. I'm leaving tonight.

Tonight? "I already have tickets."

What about your education?

This will be my education.

The streets of London are full with musicians and artists.

Sneaky artists. You will see many such.

Sometimes, in the evening when I am in the bed

I imagine a world outside these four walls.

A world full of mysteries and opportunities.

What mysteries and opportunities? What will they give you?

while cruising Soho to God knows how many hours?

Your mother will get sick. - Everything will be fine.

Unless you talk to strange boys,

sleeping in the dark alleys.

So they gave me my blessing.

He blessed their blessing. Did they give you money?

Of course, I'm their only son.

Okay, give it to me.

Why should I give it to you?

This may surprise you, is not it?

The streets of London are not paved with gold.

They are cold as ice, they stink in urine

and are filled with wicked men.

In principle, everyone will be differently crazy.

Okay, look, convince me.

Stay here, but only temporarily.

Only until I recharge the batteries.

Ten pounds a night.

You can not ask for ten pounds from someone to sleep in a box.

Why not?

WITHOUT BACKS

I think I met my first villain.

What the hell am I gonna do now? - Wait, I can think of something.

I'm so open, as any other person.

Your sexuality is not my job.

But if I was you ...

I would have gone over my face through that bar there.

Trust me, you will not stay without a long time.

Thanks, I'll see you later.

Yes of course. That's what everyone says.

Remember my word,

This dude will not last for five minutes.

Yes, but what I like most of Velasquez is

how he draws spaces between objects.

I know what you mean. This somehow makes the objects

to be more real, more intense.

Yes.

Exactly. Illuminates the space between them.

The man was a genius. The painter of the artists.

Wait.

Do you see what I see?

What are you doing here?

I'm looking for a world full of mysteries and opportunities.

Then you came to the right place.

Have you heard of Velasquez?

Actually not. Was he your friend?

The Twilight Artist. - Good for him.

O "Infinity". - Even better.

On Silence.

I do not know what that means.

You want to tell me what do you want me to know?

Good evening

I just moved in region and looking for a job.

I will wash dishes, I will cleanse, I will do anything.

Does it look like an employment office? - No, but ...

Here is a bar, here is served alcohol.

Do not tell me your life, tell me what you want to drink.

I'm sorry ... I'll take a bottle of beer, please.

Come on.

Ask me the question you want to you ask me ever since she walks through the door.

Why the bartenders in London are they so hostile?

If they were giving me one pound

every time a nice guy comes and regrets himself,

I would not serve beer, I assure you.

You have to be stronger.

Really?

Yes really.

You are young, you are in shape. You have an angel's face.

Soon you will have many friends.

I hope

David.

Marcelo - Jesus.

Victor.

Jim. I think already we met outside.

Are you often coming here?

Do you think the same thing I do?

What do you think?

I think about fine painting in the National Gallery.

It is on the first floor. Climb up the stairs, Turn left into second room,

The third picture to the right. "I know exactly what you mean.

Please do not do this.

I could leave Caravaggio.

This name sounds familiar to me.

You know what's personal. space?

I saw the job offer on the window.

How old are you, Jim? - I'm 18, no, 21. I'm looking for a job.

This is not work, it is a vocation.

I'm not sure what this means. Excuse me, I have to go to the bathroom.

I think that's what we are looking for.

"Calling: a strong desire to pursue something

or a special passion for a particular vocation. "

Name: strong desire to pursue something

or natural passion for a particular calling.

It was a pleasure to meet you guys. I'll think about what you told me.

Are you trying to get me drunk?

Do not be offended, you are a village boy, and this is a big city.

Do not worry, I can take care of myself.

How will you survive?

As I said, I will find myself work and have savings.

The wallet you left on my table looks pretty empty.

Look, we've all been to your place.

We understand your anxiety.

I have no worries, simple I wonder what you are doing.

"Sexy boys / storytellers."

Now I know what it is about.

With the right training you can to get far into this business.

I have to think about it. I do not know if I want to do that.

I was hoping to find it something a little more creative.

This is creative.

Some of the best actors have played this role.

River Phoenix.

Keanu Reeves. - Joe Dallesando.

I have to go back to the gym.

What is a narrator?

I'll explain everything to you, first I want to show you something.

I love London. This is the best city in the world.

And that belongs to us.

I have to admit, that it's great now.

All interesting people go out at night. Writers, artists, gay men, whore ...

It belongs to us and we can to do what we want.

That's why I came here. I dreamed of going on these streets since I was a kid.

And all this can be yours.

Forget about those boring ones shit you left,

dream who you want to be.

Come on, let me buy you another beer.

What do you think is the most difficult part of sex?

I do not know what to say the man later?

She has the right thing to do. - Really?

In such an atomized society people love intimacy.

And this is the service we offer.

A sex?

Sex is easy part and we like it.

But our specialty is then.

You mean the ignition of the cigarette?

I mean the conversation after sex.

I have not much experience, but I am as sexy as any other.

Intellectual discussions, exchange of ideas.

That's what the world is screaming for.

The cheap prostitutes on the corners are something of the past.

Where I come from, they are not.

Our customers want to talk for a novel they have read,

for a picture they have seen in the gallery.

People want to be inspired from art. They want to be encouraged.

I will do it. I will encourage them.

I knew you were one of us, when I saw you.

First we need a profile. We'll solve it tomorrow.

And a stock of condoms.

Who is your favorite artist?

"I once saw a picture of Caravaggio. - Caravaggio is a good starting point.

These are vulgar, sexy and painted people like us.

We work at the top of the market: dealers, politicians, high priests.

These people are educated, so you should to distinguish from Goya and Gauguin.

From Fritz Lang and Fasbinder.

Rainer Werner Fassbinder, a prolific German director.

Genius, destroyed for years on sex, drugs and cheap Russian vodka.

His greatest achievement:

"We all call ourselves Ali."

It's not like in social networks.

People want to suck you dick and not to know what you were eating.

I like what this sounds like.

Our customers are one better generation.

The less you talk for technology, the better.

Some of them remember Soho in its heyday.

They probably know great stories.

Francis Bacon, Lucian Freud, Colony Rooms.

One warning: there will always be a young boy,

which will try to take you away center of attention.

Someone with a bigger dick and a smoother smile.

So you have to be alert.

Maintain drug use to a minimum.

Can I smoke grass from time to time? - Everything with moderation.

But remember, we are like athletes. It is important to be in shape.

We get a lot of money and retire early.

You have that sport for a maximum of five years.

I did not know you were a boy to rent is so complicated.

Put your hand on this package condoms and repeat after me.

We are her oldest profession we are proud of what we do.

We are her oldest profession we are proud of what we do.

Our mission is to transfer male prostitution in the 21st century

while paying tribute to the creators, which preceded us.

Our mission is to transfer male prostitution in the 21st century

while paying tribute to the creators, which preceded us.

So, God help me.

Just kidding.

Welcome to Soho.

I have one more question.

Go ahead.

Why all these successful boys

pay for teenage prostitutes for intellectual stimulation?

I do not know. Maybe they do not get it home.

SECOND PART: BOY IN A FORM WITH FRUIT FRUITS

We were normal teens. - Obsessed with football.

From sex .. - From mobile phones ...

Jim, Jim, Jim, Jim. Hold for a second.

But we missed something - We wanted the big city. The Lights.

We were five before. "What happened to the other guy?"

Keep it for a second.

He was handsome, but he had a terrible end.

I'm sorry. What happened? Did he die?

Worse yet. He went to work in town.

Hold, Jim.

Perfect.

He was only interested in money and his tactics were risky.

Beauty does not last forever. - Tell him to Cleopatra.

From what I've read, Cleopatra was very good.

Hold, Jim.

In fact, according to recent studies Cleopatra was obsessed,

however, what he did Liz Taylor in 1963

Cleopatra is not oil painting.

She knew how to understand the Romans: Caesar preferred the boys.

How do you know all this?

As our generation fell on drugs, we read books.

Okay, Jim. It's time to show me his money.

The money? I thought... - "Money" means your penis.

I need a picture of your penis. - Yes of course.

Is everything alright?

Everything is more than "ok".

I worked with beautiful guys, but this guy ...

This boy has something special. The camera loves him.

We'll teach you everything we know.

Yes, but where do we start? The head it hurts me only when I think.

We'll start with Caravaggio. Then we'll go back to classics.

Art, poetry, literature. There are many what to learn, and we do not have much time.

So far we will stick to the main one.

To be honest, this is the part, which worries me most.

I had problems in the past. - Forget the past.

Now you are one of us. And I have a good feeling for you.

Police records show, that in May 1606

Karavajo kills the gangster Ranuccio Tomasiani in duel.

The artist avoids Rome through night and heading for Naples

where he seeks protection in the Colony family.

In a gloomy morning in November 1975

they discovered the cold and lifeless body of Pier Paolo Pasolini

on the Ostia beach, the outskirts of Rome.

The poet was killed, so we lost a poet.

As he walked along the coast that night, looking for the company of strangers,

whether Pasolini had thought about it the violent life of Caravaggio?

Whether he imagined young the man to watch from the shadows?

As a student, Oscar Wilde sees the picture "San Sebastian" by de Guido Reni.

Beautiful image it breaks and makes him cry.

Has he seen it in this Irish Sebastian like Caravaggio in the alleys of Rome

to seek beggars and prostitutes

for his religious painting? Perhaps.

Or maybe he imagined himself as a beautiful work of art.

The legend tells that Francis Bacon and George Dyer become lovers

after George, a thief from the East End

he broke into Bacon's studio in the middle of the night.

Are you sure you're ready?

I can not just learn, I have to to go out and practice.

Come on, ask me something. - All right.

A man calls and says, that Caravaggio is very difficult.

But he likes them more vulgar, no loves beautiful guys so much,

which he painted in Rome at the beginning of his career.

He wants something darker, more bold.

After a few drinks, you will I meet the "Capture of Christ,"

painted in Naples in 1607,

when Karavaggio flees after committing the murder.

He is tired, sick, a little paranoid.

I like where you beat.

This is the perfect example for his last period.

Lighting is dramatic, a focus illuminates the cruel body of Christ.

The other muscular figures appear from the shadows.

Good job

I am impressed. - Thanks.

Of course, because of many notable gentlemen

try to divert the conversation. - Do you think so?

I know it.

Hello?

I'm new to London.

I saw your picture. "I've never done it before.

"Boy in shape with fruit basket". - We can see you tonight.

I immediately called. - Anything is possible...

I can not wait. - If you have the money.

I want you ... - No problem.

So much

I'm sorry, I can not stop you I look. Does it make you feel uncomfortable?

A little.

As I said, do you prefer Goya or Gauguin? Fritz Lang or Fasbinder?

You drive Me crazy.

I try to understand your tastes.

Are you a junkie?

I do not use drugs, my body is a temple.

Yes, I see this.

Please, relax. You look tense.

I'm sorry, you are my first client and it's hard for me to relax here.

I was told you were writing a book about Caravaggio.

Yes, I saw you interested.

But this is not the only one reason to invite you, Jim.

And please do not try to talk about me.

I am a narrator, to speak is this, what I do, among other things.

I appreciate the irony, really.

But I saw your picture and ...

you are one of the most beautiful people I've ever seen.

Thank you very much.

When I saw your picture for the first time,

i remembered a young man from picture and I wanted to show it to you.

Do not tell me.

It is on the first floor,

up the stairs left, second room.

And is the third picture.

Unbelievable.

How do you know?

In fact, it's right here. Look.

Are you all right, Jim?

Jim, can you hear me?

I am a young man, new to London.

I'm young ...

I am a young man suitable for Rome.

He is in delirium. Will he know in what age is he?

Certainly not. He suffered severely.

Where the hell am I? - Show some respect.

We pose as a 17th-century masterpiece.

Yes, intended to be hung in the Vatican.

"The funeral of Christ," painted by Karavaggio in 1601

Perceived by many as best example ...

Not now, George. Should not he be dead?

I knew he should not let go.

Do not worry, Mom. I met many interesting people.

I will not be long in the resurrection.

He will take care of the resurrection. Tell me how your first job was.

The sex was good. Problems came later.

I think I took it too far. I have to relax.

Exactly. I offered to pay him, but he did not want to accept them.

It does not start well. Do you think we are doing this for fun?

By the way, where is Caravaggio?

There is nobody there.

Are you sure? - Yes

Perhaps he is running away.

Was it so bad that Caravaggio or is it half done?

I guess that's her beauty. We will never understand.

One part is true, we know, that he killed someone in a duel.

But I suspect others parts of it are a legend.

He was charming a hero and a great publicist.

He is not the man who would you wanted to meet in a dark alley.

That's where I'd like to meet him.

You remind me of someone, whom I once knew.

He died.

Do you miss it?

Many.

The last time I did he wrote from Italy, he was describing me

a beautiful painting he saw in a church.

I have never seen her.

Besides a photo on an album.

I have not seen her yet.

Why are you so sad now?

I'm not sad, I just think.

I wish you could see this picture.

I wish we could see her together.

Do not take it too inward.

Enjoy your time centre of attention.

I will try.

I can not continue doing this. I think I'm too sensitive.

It is early and a part of what we do, is to listen to the problems of others.

The difficulties of the profession.

But I brought my problems home. This affects my learning.

Relax and think about England, that's what I do.

Do not you think of Spain?

Try not to bind emotionally.

I want to be emotionally bound. I see a lot of loneliness, a lot of sadness.

This is London. We are all alone at some point.

That is why we need to be together.

Hello?

Yes.

"San Sebastian"?

Drawn by Guido Reni in 1625

Do not worry I'll be there as soon as possible.

Remember that you have sex a worker, not a miracle worker.

"I am a sex worker, not a miracle worker. "

San Sebastian, the most beautiful of all the saints.

My research shows, that particular saint

he was a mid-captain Age of the Pretorian Guard,

but let's not spoil the coupon.

This is your last chance to save yourself. Do you reject the Catholic faith?

I will do whatever you want, these are your money.

Christian martyrs are not in this because of the money. Have a little respect.

Be careful when targeting this arrow, Tony, I have no protection.

I'm paying you 100 pounds to get me transported to the glory of ancient Rome.

At least you can call me Diocletian.

Good evening, gentlemen. How are you today?

Very well thank you. - I am glad.

I brought two hamburgers with cheese and extra bacon,

chips, cheap bottle Red wine

and fruit in the style of Italian seventeenth-century still life.

Want something else tonight? "You're very kind, but no, thank you.

Gentlemen, you did not smoke, did you? This contradicts the policy of the company.

No, it's a hateful habit. And now I have to tell you a good night.

Sir, I definitely feel a cigarette smoke in this room.

Young, we have urgent questions, which we have to discuss,

and you are definitely misleading.

Sir, you will have to I report to my superiors!

As I said,

we are in 288 years

and the greatest empire that the world has ever known, is on the brink of collapse.

North... - I `m not joking.

North...!

German tribes are heading east.

The hunts are on the way.

I do not do interesting, but in the picture San Sebastian was a handsome man.

I give up.

I thought we were here to recreate a seventeenth-century masterpiece.

That's how I am, but ...

I was thinking about authenticity.

Narrators think too much for my taste.

Thinking is what we do, among other things.

Let's get back to the question,

barbarians are at the doors.

What I mean is that it is you have, you have a prisoner in one room.

Why recreate his death, when you can fuck it

and enjoy a conversation later?

First of all, I do not like the stupid language.

And secondly, what will I do in privacy in a cheap hotel with a Catholic saint

it's my job, not yours.

Sorry, I did it again.

I broke the middle, and he continues.

Dear boy, you know the history of San Sebastian?

I know he dies slowly painfully in the hands of the Romans

and that he was the first one to die of arrows.

Sebastian died of Glory our Lord Jesus Christ.

Maybe you will know this, by looking at Wikipedia.

The fact that he had a good body, has nothing to do with it.

The good body is never superfluous.

Do you know how much does the gym cost today?

To be honest I do not know And I do not care.

Can you give me a pull?

Despite your undoubted beauty,

I have a little suspicion, I will leave this meeting

a little disappointed.

People are mad at Sebastian, right?

I mean if he was alive today, it would have been made of gold.

If Sebastian was alive today, we would all be out of work.

I wanted to talk to him in Latin, but I did not have time to practice.

Do you think he was a priest?

In my experience, the priests are inclined to avoid classical iconography.

They prefer something more depressing and muddy.

Tony has only a fetish for the boys of antiquity.

At our next meeting we will re-create the stage in the Spartak bath.

You need to take it extra for these shit.

Did you get the money?

I took them and then returned them to him.

Have you taken them and then returned them?

I felt bad about him, his life is a mess.

Yes, and your life will be if you keep working for free.

I'm ruined to be honest.

I think it's time to meet you with a true artist.

One who is not dead.

I'm ready.

I have a friend who wants to meet with you. He has insisted for weeks.

He has a lot of talent, but has been blocked.

I'm ready, come on.

It's two in the morning. "Where's your adventurous spirit?"

Okay, let's do it.

THIRD PART: THE MUSEUM

Max, that's Jim.

Jim is obsessed with to become a muse.

I'm following George Dyer's model. Without the tragic end, I hope.

Jim, where have you been throughout my life?

What I like about George is

that he inspired some of the most important works of the 20th century

but even then he could not have fun with your friends on Saturday night.

It was a pity he was manic depressed.

Living with Francis Bacon not it was a bed of roses, I assure you.

I read about you in a book. "British portrait: new perspectives".

They told me that each one telephone booth around Soho

has become a sanctuary of your beauty.

Something like that, yeah.

Drive it lightly. It's not that hard, as we thought at first.

Why did you take so long?

I've been begging you for weeks. - I already told you.

I was not prepared.

This guy might be the best thing, which has happened to you for years.

I have a great retrospective exhibition, I need new material.

I know I just tell you, that it is very sensitive.

You and I have known each other for a long time. I once painted you.

I remember it. I'm in some gallery somewhere.

I've been blocking for years and you were too polite to tell me the truth.

It's hard, I understand, and muses today are scarce.

Treat him gently, please.

If he wants to be a muse, he'll have to make effort, that's simple.

Because, when it comes to the male body, I am an unwavering romance.

If you were a muse it was easy, every Tom ... - Tom, Dick and Harry, yeah.

Do not mock me.

Give me six months with him and that's it.

Six months? How much will you pay him?

How much do the others pay for?

So much? My God, I was confused for the job.

I was quite handsome when I was younger or at least all of them said so.

Do you believe in fate, Jim? - Actually, I believe yes.

Then it is Fate that gathered us.

I'll wait for you every day at eight o'clock. Except on Sunday.

We'll work all night. I will not tolerate any inconvenience.

Yes sir.

Beauty will take you only to a certain point in this business.

You have to make efforts, you have to concentrate.

I want to do it, Max. Really.

I will ask you not to move, not to speak.

When we're done, you can you talk as much as you like.

I'm tired of talking, really. Talking to me creates trouble.

All right.

Let's work then.

I like the tension between the beauty of the image

and the violence of the posture.

Stressed muscles, fists.

The density of the drawing, the relief of the brush.

I do not believe I'm finally on a canvas.

And that's just the beginning.

I present a whole series of paintings, who explore every aspect of ...

Are you okay?

Yes.

I've been sitting here for months.

I just need fresh air.

I wish I had your problems.

What about you? You look terrible, friend.

And I'm glad to see you. I worked very, very much.

You call this job? That they pay you to sit all day?

He did well, but he could to say that I found you.

What you mean?

I was the one who brought you in the bar that night, remember?

I took you under your wing, so to speak.

On the road to glory and wealth.

Wait a minute.

Did not you try to charge me ten? pounds in a box?

Why are tenants so cynical? - I'm not a tenant, I'm a muse.

Exactly.

Muse is not a job to be announced by the employment office, right?

You were in the right place, at the right time.

I think I'm starting to see why all this happens.

Stop touching my face.

Do you think because I'm a trash, I can not to appreciate the good bone structure?

Friend, are you okay? You behave strangely.

Fuck me, you're just tired.

What is wrong? "I'll ask you the same question."

We worry about you.

Me too. I do not know what's wrong with me.

Being sensitive is good, but not you can fade every five minutes.

People worry.

I can deal with sex, art is what fucks me.

Okay, tell us all about it start, before we meet.

All right.

It was my last year in high school and I just thought I'd move to London.

I liked my art teacher.

I was doing everything to attract his attention.

It was hard for you. - Very hard.

I like educated people.

And this guy looked, as if he had swallowed a dictionary.

One night he took me to the corner of the library

and showed me disturbing pictures. - What? Porn?

No. It was art. But it was not something, which I had seen before.

Now I know it's baroque but before I did not know what the hell it was.

Do not get me wrong, the naked bodies were fine, but ...

Did he ever touch you? "No, he's just been looking at me for hours.

He just wanted you.

Yes, I probably wished, yes.

But after it became even more serious.

We started going to galleries

and while watching the pictures, he stared at me.

Did he tell the police? Social services?

No. I secretly enjoyed the attention.

But then these simplicity began. I saw one picture.

Let's see if I understood it.

We have a sensitive teenager, who is beginning to accept his sexuality.

and a very intelligent older man,

uses art as a means of seduction.

Exactly. - Right.

To complicate things further and on reasons we do not yet understand,

this teenager can not to watch a beautiful picture,

without feeling emotionally overwhelmed, without imagining herself in her.

This is also correct.

We need to take you to a doctor.

Maybe I have to avoid art galleries.

This is impossible in ours work, you know that.

I think I can change my profession.

Do not rush. I know the person you need to see.

Yes? - Yes

It's not cheap, but it's good at it, which makes.

What is he doing?

He specializes in diseases, which no one has ever heard.

Call her.

Come on, lovely. Do not be shy.

Jim.

Why do you think Caravaggio is it a problem for you?

Do not get me wrong, I'm a big fan and I think he started the modern art.

And you feel you need it to come back to him?

To study his works again and again?

Look, Caravaggio is probably not the best an artist who once existed.

I mean technically, but it's drawing darkness and light brilliantly.

No one is like him.

And what about people, who draws?

Fraudsters, whores, unwanted ...

I like the fact that he caught it the common people

and make them look like saints. He is the first to do it.

You recognize people in his paintings?

I will. I feel like I know them. They can be my friends or me.

Do you consider a religious person?

Actually not. I only imagine the worst.

When I look at the baby Jesus, I only think of the crucifixion.

All this pain and suffering affect me.

And his beauty attracts me and he does not leave me.

Jim ...

There are many syndromes associated with this kind of reactions to art.

From mild anxiety to severe a state of delirium.

I think I'm in the top part of the spectrum.

Well, that's about to be discovered.

Try to stay calm.

I will remove the bandage from your eyes

and when that happens, we will we approach the picture together.

Then I want you to describe what do you see. Clear?

"The Musicians".

It's beautiful, is not it?

Yes, the picture is beautiful, but what else? What else do you see?

I see myself, look.

Music, I can hear the music.

I set up the tools.

What are you doing here?

The Italian, the one with the brilliance in his eyes.

Caravaggio.

Yes, whatever it is called. He walks leisurely around Soho.

They must have thought it was garbage, but it appears to be very famous.

Yes, he is famous, but this can be very deceptive.

Yes, he definitely drank too much I could smell his breath.

And the way he offered me money and a warm bed at night

if I changed to Cupid ... How about you?

I get mental enlightenment

by a doctor you once she was a prostitute.

It seems reasonable. Is it good?

You have to shut up. He seems angry.

Fuck him, here he is.

Call me old-fashioned,

but you have to pose of the artist,

and keep your mouth shut! - We just said that ...

Have you tried to work on so much noise? You have to try.

You have to be calm, my friend. It was just a joke.

My mother thinks this is one thing of your lightest works.

You make me want to vomit.

You think you're better than anyone else,

because you will be exhibited in a gallery.

Who cares? Oh, shit!

You chose us, He brought us out of the darkness.

It's hard to work in this city.

Roman cardinals can be many demanding. And let's not talk about the pope.

But no one asks Caravaggio, whether his day was good.

What's wrong with the dude? "I think he's a genius.

I'll tell you what's wrong with me.

I have guys waiting in line, to sit in the place you are now.

So another stupidity

and I'll send you back to the sewer, which you belong to. Clear?

Understood.

I draw you and your friends beautiful, so do not fuck with me.

Clear?

Caravaggio: the temperamental genius.

Fugitive from the law. "Obviously, Homo.

Definitely crazy.

Jim.

Where do you think you are?

I imagined I was in Rome in the summer of 1595

In the house of Cardinal Del Monte and Caravaggio painted me.

I was one of the musicians. We've set up the tools.

We were the best, when it all began.

In what sense did it "begin"?

I know Caravaggio is there many things on your head,

murder, sickness, exile in Sicily ...

He just had to relax a bit.

This has not happened very lately.

I understand he does not have much time left to live and so on,

but it should not be so suspicious.

Jim, I'm afraid, that I have bad news.

I was afraid of that.

You suffer from a rare illness, called Stendal's syndrome.

This is not a debilitating disease,

but you have to do some changes in your lifestyle.

Can you explain to me, what does this mean?

Yes I can,

but not right now.

Unfortunately I'm late for your next meeting.

What? Have we finished? - I'm afraid so. Time is money.

But if you have any questions, call me.

I have many questions. - Goodbye, Jim.

Please rest a bit. And do not forget,

you should avoid as much as you can possible more baroque paintings.

One last thing.

What?

Caravaggio may be irritating, but at depth he is not such a bad man.

You're talking about someone who killed someone in a dispute during a tennis match.

The doctor told me to avoid Caravaggio, if I want to keep my health.

What kind of life is that? I'm sorry for you, really.

I know what you're talking about,

but I prefer the violence against Francis Bacon every day of the week.

The Shining Queen he painted a screaming pope.

The human mouth is an open wound.

If you force me to choose if you point me weapon, I choose Mapplethorpe.

No, your job is too much cold, no emotion.

This guy knew how to shoot the beauty.

Mapplethrop did not understand the men who were shooting.

He reduced them to that, which hung between their feet.

Nonsense!

After all, we are just a piece of meat.

Boys.

Could you tell me, what the hell is going on?

According to our friend, you have a syndrome called Henry Stendal.

"Stendal's syndrome is a disease, which affects some individuals

which are exposed to works of art.

It can cause dizziness, hallucinations and even fainting.

Was this Stendal a doctor? - No.

He is a writer from nineteenth century,

wrote "The Parmy Monastery", among other things.

It was a bit pompous for my taste, but you know how the French are.

Your stereotypical idea of my country is 50 years old.

We have an active youth culture, our rap-scene is huge

and we have problems in the suburbs. So fuck it.

"Stendal writes about his own experience with this phenomenon

after visiting Florence in the summer of 1817. "

"Swallowed in contemplation of the divine beauty

I could perceive its essence very carefully.

I could, so to speak, feel its essence at the tip of my fingers. "

Wait a minute, never even I have not been to Florence.

Fuck him!

What is it, Max?

You're late.

I will not tolerate delays.

I'm sorry, what's going on?

What has happened is, that you were late, and I sat here

and I started to watch these pictures.

Hardly you can call them paintings. Rather, they are an attempt to draw.

And I started thinking about my job.

My job is my life in this room, picking up dust.

Yes, and most are very good, Max.

I told you not to speak.

Does not speak or move, unless I tell you.

You have to concentrate.

You have to concentrate and dedicate yourself to this.

We have not started working yet.

You're late.

And the work of my whole life is in this room and this is a pile of shit.

I am old and tired, I ...

I have not painted anything that is decent for years.

Until you come here. - This is not true.

We both know this is true.

But I will not give up.

I'll start over again.

You are the first inspiration, which I have had for 30 years.

And the inspiration is a valuable gift, Jim.

Thank you for this.

You are a very handsome young man.

Take a landing day, you deserve it.

You've come a long way.

I am impressed.

Thanks. That means a lot.

This is a beautiful picture, Max.

Very saturated.

Beauty always needs to be saturated. Beauty always has to be dangerous.

I noticed that she did not a hint of his illness.

Yes,

but we have another project in progress. Is it true, Max?

I present my series of paintings, where Jim is a beautiful peasant

who travels through Italy, following Stendal's steps.

He is confused. His family has been cultivating the earth for centuries,

but he is a deep-faced urban boy. Dreaming for the bright lights.

Really destroy everything?

Yes, most of them are gone. They were not worth the canvas.

While you're busy planning the size on my dick, think about it.

Why should life be so sad?

I'm sorry I was in the clouds.

Do not worry, this is usually the case with me.

I hate to think so much beautiful as you, is not happy.

This breaks my heart.

Do not get me wrong, my colleagues are a big group

and they taught me to appreciate the finer things in life.

Bach's music?

Cavafy poetry?

Do you know that Cavali was ever was described as a Greek knight

standing completely immovable floor a slight angle to the universe?

Indeed, yes, by E. M. Forster.

You are an intelligent youth intercepted to become a boy for rent?

We do not use these words.

What words should I use?

Does not matter I'm a muse at the moment.

I followed an example to George Dyer, but now I think more about Joe Dallesando.

George and Francis, I remember them well.

But I only dream about Joe Dallesandro.

What I like about Joe is, that he appeared in many movies,

but in fact he interpreted himself.

Are not we all doing this?

We interpret versions of ourselves.

I will agree with you about this.

Can you dance?

I'm a little rusty, but in mine I was considered a good dancer.

Then drink and dance, to tell me a story.

And what history should I tell you?

A story about Soho in old times.

For George and Francis ...

Lucian Freud and all these nights in the Column Room.

With pleasure.

Tell me your story and I will tell you my own.

All right.

Generally...

I fell upon the sinful people, which have proved to be the right people.

I became a muse and I was diagnosed with a rare disease.

You look very healthy to me.

Do not worry, it's not sexual, this is more mental illness.

Now I'm worried.

I'm too sensitive to art.

Which is curious because I am grew up in a cultural desert.

Are you getting treatment? Does anyone help you with this?

I was visiting doctors ...

psychiatrists ...

I tried everything.

Pills, hypnosis, injections in the butt.

I have to say it sounds charming.

Would not you like to Drink with me and tell me.

There is nothing interesting about me. I'm just a sensitive man ...

with a big dick.

It was a pleasure for me to meet you.

But I did not tell you my story.

Do you mind if I join? - Please, come.

I am Paul.

I know who you are. What are you doing here?

To see with my friends, to talk about the old days.

You did not come to see them.

I came to see you.

I do not know what happened between you and them. But they keep well with me.

They gave me a job, a place for sleep and everything goes well.

Very nice of them.

Well, maybe it would you make a boy rent.

We do not like to use this word.

So they gave you many books

and you said that you would receive education, but what you do,

is to sell your ass for money

and conceal it as art.

If you hate it so much, why did he do it?

I was young, I had lost money I did not know anyone in London.

Do you sound familiar?

I heard you were the best of that time.

You took Soho.

No one no longer cares about Soho, it is the same as anywhere.

These guys will never change. They will always be outside.

And you?

I want to be inside ...

You want to make a lot of money? - I love the money.

And I'm not ashamed to say it.

I did not know anything about art, until I met them.

In fact, I did not know anything about anything. "You knew more than you thought.

And your friends? They live in the past.

They want to live there, this is the best place for them.

The best of art is the price, which one can sell, it is.

Anyway, I heard you got it special talent.

It just seems right now as a curse.

I've heard something else.

That's why I came to talk to you.

I'm tired of talking.

But you are a narrator, devoted to speaking.

Do not worry, it will be worth it.

I do not want your money.

We've heard that already.

Come on, let's get out of here.

Are you coming or what?

FINAL PART: THE GIRL JAM

take this

Pay to talk, so i will do it too.

All right.

I can not ponder on art, that's what makes me sick.

Good art, I mean.

Keep going.

This depends on the quality of the work.

If she is beautiful, I get dizzy and faint,

and if it's a masterpiece, I'm failing and I imagine myself in it.

Are you fucking with me? - Oh no.

And if you see a counterfeit, what happens then?

What do you mean by forgery?

If someone tries to sneak counterfeiting as authentic,

what will happen to you?

I guess nothing will happen.

Would not he react the same way?

You do not understand, this is not an experience.

It's an emotional reaction, not something, which I can control. It just happens.

Do you understand that you can do you earn serious money with this?

You can not win money from sickness.

Today you can make money with everything. Trust me.

Call me tomorrow night.

Why? Should I leave?

I did not say that.

I thought an image could tell you

everything you need to you know about a man.

An image can tell you anything or not to say anything to you at all.

An image can reveal man or hide it.

You should know that.

And what does that tell me?

He tells you to forget about him.

This person no longer exists.

Thank you for coming. - You're welcome. What are we doing here?

We'll watch pictures.

Do you want sex before, during or after?

Very smart.

My strength is the early baroque.

Caravaggio is my favorite,

But that's your money, you choose. - You're in a good mood.

I spent well last night.

Let's see how talented you are.

What I have is not talent, it's a disease.

Stop thinking that this is a disease, this is a business opportunity.

I already told you, that money does not interest me.

You may not be interested in money, but your money is interested in you.

The people I represent have bought one picture and it cost them a fortune.

Now there are doubts about its authenticity.

It is more beautiful, than I ever imagined.

What can you tell me?

Jim? Is the original or not?

He has fainted.

What do I mean? What do I mean? He fainted. He is unconscious.

This is great.

Do not take it wrong, but there is something I want to ask you.

This boy never stops.

It's like having a spoiled job a child who does not listen.

One question and I will leave it alone, I promise.

I would be very careful, if I were you.

There are many discussions about yours sexuality among critics.

I think this is the case, because you are drawing young men.

Enough enough, he was tired of me.

I can not work with this boy anymore. - It was a legitimate question.

Your sexuality has been discussed

as they rediscovered your art in the 18th century.

He's beautiful, I admit it.

But my God, this boy is the devil.

No one calls me a pederast, and then go alive.

I killed for less.

I can not fight with you, but you are my favorite artist.

You know nothing about art. Nothing.

All you know is that you are read in a book in a library.

You can not understand the art, if you do not know what it's like to suffer.

I'm a young man, new to London.

Fuck him! Who's interested in London?

Call me a great artist, who has come out of those stinking waters.

Francis Bacon, Lucian Freud ...

I have never heard of them. Can you see? You do not know anything.

We are in Naples, boy.

This is my hometown.

Come on ...

Show me you're a man. "You do not mean that.

You have to know that if someone Naples from the seventeenth century

they cause a duel, yours it is your duty to accept it.

But we are not in Naples, we are in my sleep.

Try to tell him.

Stop talking so, as if it really is.

This is the product of my imagination.

The sooner you're done, that's it we can get out of here faster.

Somebody wake me up, please.

Who is the woman now?

Handsome boy

Jim?

Wake up

Jim?

Are you okay?

So I think so.

It was in a hurry.

For a moment I thought I lost you.

Have you been cut off?

I felt the sword in my skin.

I really thought he would kill me. - Who?

Caravaggio. I thought he would kill me.

This is great.

It's not funny That guy has it serious mental health problems.

Take this as an advance.

Advance for what?

Do not worry about it. You have to rest a little.

We have work to do.

Have you enjoyed it?

He was a regular client.

Come on, explain it. We listen to you.

What should I explain? The money was for sex.

Of all the men in London, why did he go with him?

We never talked, I swear.

There was everything in his favor. Why do you sell your soul to the devil?

He is not the devil, he just works in the city.

How could you do that to us? I thought we were friends.

We are friends.

We have warned you that you will not always have the dream night.

Patience is virtue, friend, above all in the world of art.

Van Gogh did not reach the top, until he died.

Is that a good thing?

Do not be smart. It is for your own good.

Do you think the children of Caravaggio have fun?

No, they lived in the street,

but they will always be remembered.

It does not talk about Karavaggio, this mixes my brain.

Some of the best artists in London they are waiting to paint you.

Is immortality not enough for you?

I do not reject immortality, but maybe it's not for me.

That's what I say.

I know it sounds ungrateful, but ...

I want to do my things.

I want to find my way.

I could not help but hear what he said.

You are the man who conquered Soho and then everything went to hell.

Yes that is me.

Have you heard of "the shock of the new"

Yes.

Think about this. When people meet for the first time with modernism,

many of them were embarrassed, they are crazy.

Like you mean me? - Exactly.

Joe Blogs can not understand artists like Picasso.

Not me, to tell the truth.

People had never seen such images, they were terrified.

It was like the art rediscovered for the modern world,

for the new era of mass production.

When you think about history of mankind,

when you really think about it,

People lived in the dark centuries until recently.

What did they do to have fun?

They read books, they go of opera and such shit.

And they write letters with a feather.

Over the weekend they went to the local pub

for something called "singing."

Most of them believed in God. "It was the time of innocence.

And the narrators, your colleagues, are part of this tradition.

They may have mobile phones,

but in reality they still live in the last century.

I suppose.

Your colleagues will give you excellent education,

but it's time to get there to the next level.

It is time to embrace the 21st century.

And we will teach you everything, what we know.

I like what you say, but now I can not learn anymore.

My brain is full and I have to rest.

We understand where you come from.

But the job is that maybe the shock, change may be good.

Help you.

As a therapy?

Yes! As a therapy.

Turn to modern art. Find some really fucking work.

Check it out and see what happens.

Excuse me.

Hello?

No, I have not forgotten. I will go as soon as I can.

Goodbye.

I will think about what you said, but now I have to go.

I think he's the one we were looking for.

Thank you for coming back. "I need some money.

Now we are talking in one language. - It's not what you think.

Hello, Jim.

Paul was impressed by your talent last time

and we thought we could see a series from pictures and see your reaction.

Do you want to see whether they are worth some money?

This is a little rude, but yes.

You can accept it as community service.

How did you know?

It is important for people to be able to differentiate themselves

what is real and what is not,

in the end.

I should not be here.

Stop punishing yourself, to continue with this.

Come on.

Do not worry, Jim. Whatever happens is going to happen.

Do not rush.

Is that a good sign? - That's a great sign.

What does this mean?

This means that it is authentic Titian.

Great job. There are only a few more.

This is beautiful

By Giorgio? Are you sure?

In such a reaction must be authentic.

I have to stop. "Just two more, it'll be fast.

No, please, I have to stop.

Take this.

I have to stop now. - Wait, where are you going? Jim!

Sorry, buddy.

You do not know anything about art. Nothing.

All you know is that you are read in a book in a library.

Name me a great artist who has come out of those stinking waters.

You can not understand art, if you do not know what it is like to suffer.

Stop choking yourself so much.

No one said, that being a muse is easy.

I'm no longer a muse.

Inspiring art is not something, which is chosen, it just happens.

You remain in this, in your image, until it disappears.

And believe me, that will happen. - Thanks for the advice.

Now come back and enjoy, while it lasts.

Yes, we were five.

Yes, I would have asked you. What happened to the previous boy?

We are no longer talking about him. - Why?

He was very beautiful, but he longed for another kind of life.

Someone who has so much success,

why is he always dangling in shit?

I have a lot of things in my head.

Did not they tell you about the balance between work and private life?

I just have to rest.

Here.

Take this.

What is this?

Money.

I know it's money.

I beg for money all my life.

Well, I came to tell you that yours the days of a beggar are over.

Your days as an artist have just begun.

I wish I knew, what are you talking about, shit.

I'm talking about your boxes.

The box, my friend,

is the place where I put my ass down, when I do my things.

No, he is more than that. It is much more than that.

I saw it, believe me, I know what I'm talking about.

I do not think you know what you mean.

But on a horseman do not look at the teeth,

so I will accept your kind suggestion.

Does anyone want to dance?

Yes, why not?

These guys are amazing.

But I thought

Dance time is over.

It's time to act.

I came here looking for adventure

And what I found, was friendship and beauty.

The beauty of others.

This may be enough for some,

but not for me.

I want to create my own beauty.

And I think I'm ready.

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