Michael and Lacan
Michael: Stephen, is the camera rolling? Hi. I'm here. Still. This is my home.
Suzie: Is there sound on it? Michael: There's sound. Of course there's sound. Is there sound? Yeah, okay. Aren't I great looking. Suzie: Okay where's my empty glass? Michael: I love this camera. Suzie: How much more filmage do you have? Michael: I want to make it...
Suzie: With the camera. Michael: ...with each and every one of you. If you something up here. _____________
Michael: This is my interview, right? John: What have you been up to? Michael: Right, camera? John: Do you record as well? Sound. Oh better not say anything. Anything stupid that is. So what have you been up to lately? Michael: Adapting. John: Adapting? To your new environment.
John: This new environment. It looks different. I like it like this. Michael: More chains. John: You've got a lot more room. Michael: Look at this. John: Yeah, where did you get this from. I thought it was that. Michael: Got new shoes and everything. John: {to people off-camera} Hi. It's Twiggy. Michael: Whip it out. John: Not right now. Michael: Close the doors and whip it out. John: Close the door, whip it out.
John: You whip it out. Michael: Fuck off, he's the camera man. John: Well, he can whip it out just as well. Michael: Well okay, I'll wait for a man. John: I guess so. Michael: Or a woman.
Michael: So. John: So. Michael: You're not my interviewer. Steve, is it filming. Steve: Mm-hmm. Michael: That's good. You know, it started a long time ago. John: What started? Michael: It started... Don't interject. John: Oh, I'm sorry. Michael: You can... John: I'm interjecting again. Michael: You can mumble. If you can't come across, you can mumble.
Michael: It started in L.A. Hollywood. What's the camera doing over that way. It should be over here. Thank you. John: Like closer, eh, like closer. Zoom. That's a nice pillow. Trendy. Michael: I bought them all. It started there and ended up here. John: He was born there. Weren't you?
Michael: Yes, but what I went through between then and now, you know. I'm glad, because I've learned from people, their mistakes and... John: You told me once you were glad that you grew up here. Michael: Where?
John: You told me once you were glad that you... Michael: Yeah I did, okay. That's what I'm talking about. John: Oh, I see. I thought so. I just wanted to clear that up. Michael: You made me loose my train of thought. John: I did. You were saying about how it all started there and its ending here. Michael: Not ending! John: Oh, oh, its... Michael: Its come across here. John: Oh I see.
Michael: I'm fortunate, because, I guess, I can do what I want. And be happy with myself doing, not feeling. Not feeling, you know... John: Oppressed? Michael: Yeah, oppressed. That's the word. Thank you. John: No problem. Michael: Oppressed by the outer/inner limits of my mind...
Michael: ...my space. So I feel fortunate. But I was abducted a few times. John: Abducted!? Michael: Yeah. John: Physically? Michael: You're not the interviewer. I'm talking to the camera. But you can... Yeah okay, go ahead.
Michael: Yes, I was almost forced into situations, sexual situations. And I handled them very well. And life is a salami. John: Like the ones you have in your fr... like the salami you made. Michael: Like the salami I made out of day-glo. John: Yeah they're really groovy, I love them. Michael: Wow, I feel right now with this lighting system, I feel like daylight in a tropic climate.
John: I know what you mean. Michael: A nice tropic climate. John: With a tropical blanket. Michael: Where's the palm trees? There's one. There's one. There's one. In my mind. I don't have to hear... John: I like the chain effect. Michael: ...the sound. I do want to hear... John: Did you buy the chains especially?
Michael: ...everything. I do I want to hear everything. Experience it. And hear it. Seriously. John: I like your room this way. Michael: Well its not set up totally. Chair goes over there, rug goes over there. Chains. John: Yeah, I like that effect. Michael: Canopies. John: Canopies?
John: {looking around} Oh yeah, yeah. Michael: Okay, look around my room. ____________
MIcheal: Can you hear me? Just watch me.
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Michael: What? It's the truth. Some of it. Most of it.
Michael: Okay. It comes from here. Okay? Okay. Til next time we meet. Which will be soon. I need a light. And a cigarette. ____________
Michael: I need to get some one thing. Get some one thing. Its a good word. Get some one thing.
Michael: The noise here in the background is nonsense. Only because it's nonsense. It's my house. It is. Anyway. As I was saying. For the record. I am. Me who. Are you. Thank you. Where you hubbub. Steve is this video one here happening shit. Stop it.
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