1 00:04:57,529 --> 00:05:00,362 - We're about ready to go here. - Good. 2 00:05:00,449 --> 00:05:03,646 I'm looking for James. Has anybody seen James Ballard? 3 00:05:03,729 --> 00:05:08,519 - You know -- the producer of this epic. - I think I saw him in the camera room. 4 00:05:11,049 --> 00:05:12,767 James? 5 00:05:14,009 --> 00:05:15,681 Are you in there? 6 00:05:17,169 --> 00:05:21,481 Could we please get your approval on our Steadicam shot? 7 00:05:25,489 --> 00:05:27,400 Of course. 8 00:05:30,929 --> 00:05:33,489 Be there in a minute. 9 00:05:42,449 --> 00:05:44,326 Where were you? 10 00:05:46,569 --> 00:05:48,878 In a private aircraft hangar. 11 00:05:51,169 --> 00:05:53,808 Anyone could have walked in. 12 00:05:54,929 --> 00:05:56,999 Did you come? 13 00:05:58,449 --> 00:06:00,167 No. 14 00:06:04,089 --> 00:06:06,808 What about your camera girl? 15 00:06:06,889 --> 00:06:09,198 Did she come? 16 00:06:23,169 --> 00:06:25,478 We were interrupted. 17 00:06:30,449 --> 00:06:33,361 I had to get back to the set. 18 00:06:35,329 --> 00:06:37,604 Poor darling. 19 00:06:41,929 --> 00:06:44,238 Maybe the next one. 20 00:07:24,209 --> 00:07:25,927 Shit. 21 00:08:56,769 --> 00:09:00,478 Not a lot of action here. 22 00:09:00,569 --> 00:09:04,084 They consider this to be the airport hospital. 23 00:09:05,929 --> 00:09:09,683 This ward is reserved for air crash victims. 24 00:09:09,769 --> 00:09:12,647 The beds are kept waiting. 25 00:09:12,729 --> 00:09:15,960 Well, if I ground up during my flying lesson Saturday... 26 00:09:16,049 --> 00:09:18,358 you might find me next to you. 27 00:09:20,249 --> 00:09:22,524 You're getting out of bed soon. 28 00:09:24,049 --> 00:09:26,358 They want you to walk. 29 00:09:32,889 --> 00:09:35,608 The other man-- the dead man-- 30 00:09:35,689 --> 00:09:38,283 his wife's a doctor. 31 00:09:38,369 --> 00:09:40,519 Dr Helen Remington. 32 00:09:40,609 --> 00:09:45,444 She's here somewhere, as a patient, of course. 33 00:09:45,529 --> 00:09:49,124 Maybe you'll find her in the hallway during one of your walks. 34 00:09:50,369 --> 00:09:52,485 What was her husband? 35 00:09:55,369 --> 00:09:57,929 A chemical engineer for a food company. 36 00:10:01,449 --> 00:10:03,644 Where's the car? 37 00:10:05,369 --> 00:10:07,564 Outside, in the visitors car park. 38 00:10:07,649 --> 00:10:09,958 What? 39 00:10:11,369 --> 00:10:15,282 - They brought the car here? - My car, not yours. 40 00:10:15,369 --> 00:10:17,087 Oh. 41 00:10:18,529 --> 00:10:20,759 Yours is a complete wreck. 42 00:10:20,849 --> 00:10:23,761 The police had to drag it to the pound. 43 00:10:23,849 --> 00:10:25,840 It's behind the station. 44 00:10:27,569 --> 00:10:31,562 After being bombarded endlessly by road safety propaganda... 45 00:10:33,649 --> 00:10:36,766 I'm almost relieved to have... 46 00:10:36,849 --> 00:10:40,398 found myself in an actual accident. 47 00:11:10,769 --> 00:11:13,078 Dr Remington. 48 00:11:33,169 --> 00:11:36,639 - James Ballard? - Yes. 49 00:11:57,089 --> 00:12:00,525 - Crash victim? - Yes. 50 00:12:25,489 --> 00:12:27,798 We'll deal with these later. 51 00:12:48,889 --> 00:12:52,359 Both of the front wheels of their car and the engine... 52 00:12:52,449 --> 00:12:55,247 were driven back into the driver's section. 53 00:12:55,329 --> 00:12:57,047 Oh, and the floor. 54 00:12:59,049 --> 00:13:02,962 Blood still marked the hood like little streamers of black lace... 55 00:13:03,049 --> 00:13:07,042 running toward the windshield wiper cutters. 56 00:13:07,129 --> 00:13:11,839 Tiny flecks were spattered across the seat and steering wheel... 57 00:13:14,849 --> 00:13:17,409 and the instrument panel was... 58 00:13:18,769 --> 00:13:20,361 buckled inwards... 59 00:13:20,449 --> 00:13:24,328 cracking the clock and speedometer dials. 60 00:13:26,169 --> 00:13:28,558 The cabin was deformed. 61 00:13:29,569 --> 00:13:32,959 There was dust, glass... 62 00:13:33,049 --> 00:13:36,485 plastic flakes everywhere inside. 63 00:13:37,769 --> 00:13:39,487 The carpeting... 64 00:13:39,569 --> 00:13:41,844 was damp. 65 00:13:41,929 --> 00:13:45,683 It stank of blood and other body and machine fluids. 66 00:14:10,049 --> 00:14:12,688 I should've gone to the funeral. 67 00:14:13,769 --> 00:14:16,078 I wish I had. 68 00:14:17,449 --> 00:14:20,964 They bury the dead so quickly. 69 00:14:21,049 --> 00:14:24,086 They should leave them lying around for months. 70 00:14:26,369 --> 00:14:29,998 What about his wife, the woman doctor? Have you been to visit her yet? 71 00:14:35,129 --> 00:14:37,006 I couldn't. 72 00:14:40,289 --> 00:14:43,201 I feel too close to her. 73 00:15:13,769 --> 00:15:17,364 I don't like the idea of you getting into a car so soon. 74 00:15:17,449 --> 00:15:22,682 I can't sit on this balcony forever. I feel like a potted plant. 75 00:15:23,889 --> 00:15:26,198 How can you drive, James? 76 00:15:27,409 --> 00:15:29,445 You can barely walk. 77 00:15:32,009 --> 00:15:34,648 Is traffic heavier now? 78 00:15:36,289 --> 00:15:40,726 There seem to be three times as many cars as there were before the accident. 79 00:15:42,329 --> 00:15:44,797 I have to leave for work. 80 00:18:17,849 --> 00:18:22,969 After this sort of thing how can people even look at a car, let alone drive one? 81 00:18:30,729 --> 00:18:33,038 I'm trying to find Charles' car. 82 00:18:35,529 --> 00:18:37,520 It's not here. 83 00:18:37,609 --> 00:18:39,804 Maybe the police are still holding it. 84 00:18:39,889 --> 00:18:42,801 They said it was here this morning. 85 00:18:53,289 --> 00:18:55,405 This is your car? 86 00:19:11,249 --> 00:19:13,444 You might tear your glove. 87 00:19:19,969 --> 00:19:22,847 I never should have come here. 88 00:19:22,929 --> 00:19:26,683 I'm surprised the police don't make it more difficult. 89 00:19:26,769 --> 00:19:30,728 Were you badly hurt? We saw each other at the hospital. 90 00:19:30,809 --> 00:19:33,277 I don't want the car. 91 00:19:33,369 --> 00:19:37,362 In fact, I was appalled to find I have to pay to have it scrapped. 92 00:19:39,649 --> 00:19:41,879 Can I give you a lift? 93 00:19:43,129 --> 00:19:46,041 I somehow find myself driving again. 94 00:19:53,689 --> 00:19:56,601 You haven't told me where we're going. 95 00:19:56,689 --> 00:19:58,884 I haven't? 96 00:19:58,969 --> 00:20:01,403 - To the airport, if you don't mind. - The airport? 97 00:20:01,489 --> 00:20:05,118 - Why? Are you leaving? - Not yet. 98 00:20:06,449 --> 00:20:09,885 Though not soon enough for some people. 99 00:20:09,969 --> 00:20:12,881 A death in the doctor's family makes the patients uneasy. 100 00:20:12,969 --> 00:20:15,119 I take it you're not wearing white to reassure them. 101 00:20:15,209 --> 00:20:19,122 I'll wear a fucking kimono if I want to. 102 00:20:27,249 --> 00:20:29,319 So, why the airport? 103 00:20:29,409 --> 00:20:33,800 I work in the immigration department. 104 00:20:33,889 --> 00:20:36,801 - Do you want a cigarette? - No. 105 00:20:39,689 --> 00:20:42,840 I started to smoke at the hospital. 106 00:20:42,929 --> 00:20:46,046 Kind of stupid. 107 00:20:54,209 --> 00:20:56,723 All this traffic -- 108 00:21:00,169 --> 00:21:03,878 - I'm not sure I can deal with it. - It's much worse now. Have you noticed? 109 00:21:03,969 --> 00:21:05,687 Yes. 110 00:21:12,689 --> 00:21:15,999 The day I left the hospital... 111 00:21:16,089 --> 00:21:19,798 I had the extraordinary feeling that all these cars... 112 00:21:19,889 --> 00:21:23,404 were gathering for some special reason I didn't understand. 113 00:21:25,489 --> 00:21:29,607 There seemed to be ten times as much traffic. 114 00:21:34,569 --> 00:21:36,241 Are we imagining it? 115 00:21:42,169 --> 00:21:46,162 You've bought yourself exactly the same car again. 116 00:21:46,249 --> 00:21:50,128 It's the same shape and colour. 117 00:22:12,929 --> 00:22:15,841 We're close to the airport garage. 118 00:22:15,929 --> 00:22:18,841 It won't be busy this time of day. 119 00:24:48,769 --> 00:24:51,681 "Don't worry. That guy's gotta see us." 120 00:24:55,049 --> 00:24:57,961 "Don't worry. That guy's gotta see us." 121 00:25:01,969 --> 00:25:06,247 These were the confident last words of the brilliant, young Hollywood star... 122 00:25:06,329 --> 00:25:08,968 James Dean... 123 00:25:09,049 --> 00:25:13,088 as he piloted his Porsche 550 Spyder race car... 124 00:25:13,169 --> 00:25:15,842 toward a date with death... 125 00:25:15,929 --> 00:25:20,684 along a lonely stretch of a California two-lane blacktop-- 126 00:25:20,769 --> 00:25:23,681 Route 466. 127 00:25:26,569 --> 00:25:30,482 "Don't worry. That guy's gotta see us." 128 00:25:36,489 --> 00:25:39,959 The year: 1955. 129 00:25:41,249 --> 00:25:43,763 The day: September 30. 130 00:25:45,569 --> 00:25:50,006 The time: now. 131 00:25:53,529 --> 00:25:56,327 The first star of our show... 132 00:25:56,409 --> 00:25:58,639 is Little Bastard... 133 00:25:58,729 --> 00:26:01,926 James Dean's racing Porsche. 134 00:26:02,009 --> 00:26:06,082 He named it after himself and had his racing number 130... 135 00:26:06,169 --> 00:26:08,160 painted on it. 136 00:26:09,529 --> 00:26:12,441 Who is that, the announcer? Do I know him? 137 00:26:16,649 --> 00:26:18,844 That's Vaughan. 138 00:26:18,929 --> 00:26:22,319 He spoke to you at the hospital. 139 00:26:24,049 --> 00:26:27,564 I thought he was a medical photographer... 140 00:26:28,929 --> 00:26:31,238 doing some sort of accident research. 141 00:26:31,329 --> 00:26:34,844 He wanted every conceivable detail about our crash. 142 00:26:39,769 --> 00:26:42,329 When I first met Vaughan he was a specialist... 143 00:26:42,409 --> 00:26:45,321 in international computerized traffic systems. 144 00:26:48,849 --> 00:26:51,568 I don't know what he is now. 145 00:26:51,649 --> 00:26:54,607 Which brings us to the second star. 146 00:26:54,689 --> 00:26:58,079 The stuntman and former race driver Colin Seagrave. 147 00:26:58,169 --> 00:27:00,603 Colin Seagrave! 148 00:27:00,689 --> 00:27:04,204 He will drive our replica of James Dean's car. 149 00:27:08,049 --> 00:27:10,005 You up for this? 150 00:27:11,289 --> 00:27:13,325 You bet. 151 00:27:13,409 --> 00:27:18,563 I myself shall play the role of James Dean's racing mechanic Rolf Vudrich... 152 00:27:18,649 --> 00:27:21,959 sent over from the Porsche factory in Germany. 153 00:27:22,049 --> 00:27:26,201 This mechanic was himself fated to die in a car crash in Germany... 154 00:27:26,289 --> 00:27:29,520 26 years later. 155 00:27:29,609 --> 00:27:32,601 The third, and in some ways... 156 00:27:32,689 --> 00:27:35,920 most important player-- 157 00:27:36,009 --> 00:27:39,968 the college student, Donald Turnipseed... 158 00:27:40,049 --> 00:27:42,722 played by movie stuntman Brett Trask. 159 00:27:52,209 --> 00:27:56,964 Turnipseed was on his way back home to Fresno for the weekend. 160 00:27:57,049 --> 00:28:00,564 James Dean was on his way to an automobile race in Salinas. 161 00:28:01,889 --> 00:28:06,167 Salinas was just a dusty town in Northern California. 162 00:28:06,249 --> 00:28:10,037 The two would meet for one moment... 163 00:28:10,129 --> 00:28:14,361 but it was a moment... 164 00:28:14,449 --> 00:28:16,758 that would create a Hollywood legend. 165 00:28:18,849 --> 00:28:23,286 You'll notice that we're not wearing helmets or safety padding of any kind. 166 00:28:23,369 --> 00:28:26,884 Our cars are not equipped with roll cages or seat belts. 167 00:28:26,969 --> 00:28:31,440 We rely solely on the skill of our drivers for our safety... 168 00:28:31,529 --> 00:28:35,761 so that we can bring you the ultimate in authenticity. 169 00:28:37,849 --> 00:28:39,840 All right. 170 00:28:39,929 --> 00:28:43,365 Here we go. The fatal crash of James Dean. 171 00:28:52,049 --> 00:28:54,483 Okay, let's wind it up. 172 00:29:09,929 --> 00:29:11,840 Go. 173 00:30:06,729 --> 00:30:09,084 Is this part of the act, or are they really hurt? 174 00:30:09,169 --> 00:30:12,684 I don't know. You can never be sure with Vaughan. 175 00:30:14,129 --> 00:30:16,324 This is his show. 176 00:30:19,329 --> 00:30:21,923 Rolf Vudrich... 177 00:30:22,009 --> 00:30:24,398 was thrown from the Porsche... 178 00:30:25,889 --> 00:30:27,959 and spent a year... 179 00:30:29,249 --> 00:30:31,558 in the hospital... 180 00:30:34,049 --> 00:30:36,358 recovering from his injuries. 181 00:30:45,449 --> 00:30:49,567 Donald Turnipseed was found wandering around in a daze... 182 00:30:49,649 --> 00:30:52,721 but basically unhurt. 183 00:30:52,809 --> 00:30:57,519 James Dean died of a broken neck and became immortal. 184 00:31:04,689 --> 00:31:07,328 What's the matter? 185 00:31:07,409 --> 00:31:10,879 Help me up. I'm dizzy. I can't stand. 186 00:31:10,969 --> 00:31:13,483 I know that man Seagrave. 187 00:31:13,569 --> 00:31:16,481 I think he's genuinely hurt. 188 00:31:31,929 --> 00:31:35,399 You're all liable for fines and possible arrest. 189 00:31:35,489 --> 00:31:38,765 Disperse at once. Disperse at once. 190 00:31:43,449 --> 00:31:46,407 - How you doin'? - I'm all right. 191 00:31:46,489 --> 00:31:49,879 - What's the matter with Seagrave? - He hit his head, I think. 192 00:31:49,969 --> 00:31:52,278 His balance is off. 193 00:31:55,409 --> 00:31:58,526 Why are the police taking this so seriously? 194 00:31:58,609 --> 00:32:03,046 It's not the police, it's the Department of Transport. 195 00:32:03,129 --> 00:32:07,759 It's a big joke. They have no idea who we really are. 196 00:32:20,729 --> 00:32:23,038 Was I glib? 197 00:32:24,369 --> 00:32:27,884 "James Dean died of a broken neck and became immortal." 198 00:32:33,249 --> 00:32:35,558 I couldn't resist. 199 00:33:13,969 --> 00:33:15,800 Oh, God. 200 00:33:15,889 --> 00:33:17,686 What happened? 201 00:33:17,769 --> 00:33:20,841 Here. Lie down. 202 00:33:20,929 --> 00:33:23,318 They did the James Dean crash. 203 00:33:23,409 --> 00:33:28,324 It seemed to go perfectly, but then he was feeling nauseous on the way back. 204 00:33:28,409 --> 00:33:30,240 I'm sure it's concussion. 205 00:33:30,329 --> 00:33:33,605 We're familiar enough with that, aren't we? 206 00:34:17,849 --> 00:34:20,488 Seagrave. 207 00:34:24,409 --> 00:34:27,799 Seagrave, I really would like... 208 00:34:27,889 --> 00:34:30,562 to work out the details... 209 00:34:30,649 --> 00:34:34,085 of the Jayne Mansfield crash with you. 210 00:34:45,089 --> 00:34:48,559 We could do the decapitation. 211 00:34:50,049 --> 00:34:52,927 The head embedded in the windshield. 212 00:34:56,289 --> 00:34:58,723 And the dead dog thing, you know. 213 00:35:03,209 --> 00:35:06,121 You know, the chihuahua in the back seat. 214 00:35:06,209 --> 00:35:08,518 I got it all worked out. 215 00:35:12,489 --> 00:35:14,684 I'll be ready, Vaughan. 216 00:35:15,649 --> 00:35:17,958 I want really big tits. 217 00:35:19,569 --> 00:35:21,480 Out to here. 218 00:35:23,129 --> 00:35:27,486 So the audience can see 'em get all cut up and crushed on the dashboard. 219 00:35:31,889 --> 00:35:33,845 Yeah, we'll do that. 220 00:35:33,929 --> 00:35:37,808 Ballard, I need your help. 221 00:36:01,609 --> 00:36:03,918 Do you live here with Seagrave? 222 00:36:04,009 --> 00:36:07,524 No, I live in my car. This is my workshop. 223 00:36:26,089 --> 00:36:28,398 This is my new project. 224 00:36:49,209 --> 00:36:52,121 You recognize her? 225 00:36:52,209 --> 00:36:54,518 That's Gabrielle. 226 00:36:55,929 --> 00:36:58,727 She's right outside the door there. 227 00:37:44,089 --> 00:37:46,728 I thought you might be missing these. 228 00:37:57,329 --> 00:38:00,241 Here you are, at the nerve centre. 229 00:38:04,889 --> 00:38:08,404 Vaughan makes everything look like a crime, doesn't he? 230 00:38:27,249 --> 00:38:30,400 What exactly is your project, Vaughan? 231 00:38:31,449 --> 00:38:34,566 A book of car crashes? 232 00:38:37,049 --> 00:38:39,005 A medical study? 233 00:38:39,849 --> 00:38:42,158 A sensational documentary? 234 00:38:45,129 --> 00:38:46,926 Global traffic? 235 00:38:48,409 --> 00:38:50,798 It's something... 236 00:38:50,889 --> 00:38:54,882 we are all intimately involved in. 237 00:38:57,049 --> 00:39:01,201 The reshaping of the human body by modern technology. 238 00:42:14,969 --> 00:42:19,724 He must have fucked a lot of women in that huge car of his. 239 00:42:19,809 --> 00:42:22,118 It's like a bed on wheels. 240 00:42:23,929 --> 00:42:26,568 It must smell of semen. 241 00:42:29,009 --> 00:42:31,159 It does. 242 00:42:35,129 --> 00:42:37,768 Do you find him attractive? 243 00:42:37,849 --> 00:42:40,158 He's very pale. 244 00:42:42,129 --> 00:42:44,279 Covered with scars. 245 00:42:44,369 --> 00:42:48,487 Would you like to fuck him, though, in that car? 246 00:42:50,289 --> 00:42:52,598 No. 247 00:42:55,489 --> 00:42:58,606 But when he's in that car, he-- 248 00:43:00,929 --> 00:43:03,238 Have you seen his penis? 249 00:43:07,569 --> 00:43:09,878 Looks like it's badly scarred... 250 00:43:13,049 --> 00:43:15,358 from a motorcycle accident. 251 00:43:19,409 --> 00:43:21,718 Is he circumcised? 252 00:43:23,089 --> 00:43:26,001 Can you imagine what his anus looks like? 253 00:43:26,089 --> 00:43:28,398 Describe it to me. 254 00:43:32,809 --> 00:43:35,118 Would you like to sodomize him? 255 00:43:38,369 --> 00:43:41,361 Would you like to put your penis right into his anus? 256 00:43:41,449 --> 00:43:44,043 Just thrust it up his anus? 257 00:43:44,129 --> 00:43:48,964 Tell me. Describe it to me. 258 00:43:49,049 --> 00:43:51,563 Tell me what you would do. 259 00:43:51,649 --> 00:43:55,801 How could you just kiss him in that car? 260 00:43:57,409 --> 00:44:00,481 Describe how you'd reach over... 261 00:44:01,769 --> 00:44:04,124 and unzip his greasy jeans... 262 00:44:04,209 --> 00:44:06,518 take out his penis. 263 00:44:09,449 --> 00:44:12,964 Would you kiss it or suck it right away? 264 00:44:15,809 --> 00:44:18,482 Which hand would you hold it in? 265 00:44:22,609 --> 00:44:24,918 Have you ever sucked a penis? 266 00:44:27,289 --> 00:44:30,440 Do you know what semen tastes like? 267 00:44:31,649 --> 00:44:33,958 Have you ever tasted semen? 268 00:44:35,449 --> 00:44:38,566 Some semen is saltier than others. 269 00:44:49,089 --> 00:44:53,241 Vaughan's semen must be very salty. 270 00:45:30,489 --> 00:45:32,798 Have you come? 271 00:45:35,329 --> 00:45:37,638 I'm all right. 272 00:45:57,169 --> 00:45:59,478 Finish your story. 273 00:46:01,729 --> 00:46:06,757 The junior pathologist at Ashford Hospital. 274 00:46:06,849 --> 00:46:10,444 Then the husband of a colleague of mine. 275 00:46:12,369 --> 00:46:14,405 Then... 276 00:46:16,129 --> 00:46:18,848 a trainee radiologist. 277 00:46:18,929 --> 00:46:22,524 Then the service manager at my garage. 278 00:46:25,089 --> 00:46:28,206 You had sex with all those men in cars? 279 00:46:28,289 --> 00:46:31,087 Only in cars? 280 00:46:31,169 --> 00:46:33,478 Yes. I didn't plan it that way. 281 00:46:37,689 --> 00:46:42,604 Did you fantasize that Vaughan was photographing all these sex acts... 282 00:46:42,689 --> 00:46:45,203 as though they were traffic accidents? 283 00:46:45,289 --> 00:46:47,007 Yes. 284 00:46:49,249 --> 00:46:51,929 They felt like traffic accidents. 285 00:47:47,409 --> 00:47:51,448 We must accumulate all the paper we can, Ballard. 286 00:47:51,529 --> 00:47:54,441 Some of the stuff that Helen brought back is terrific. 287 00:47:54,529 --> 00:47:57,885 Tolerances of the human face in crash impacts. 288 00:47:57,969 --> 00:47:59,482 Mechanisms of-- 289 00:48:03,689 --> 00:48:06,123 Where is the-- 290 00:48:06,209 --> 00:48:12,239 I'm sure we see this again in slow motion-- closer, I mean. 291 00:48:12,329 --> 00:48:14,843 In detail. 292 00:48:14,929 --> 00:48:17,841 We can watch another tape. 293 00:48:17,929 --> 00:48:20,807 No. I know this tape. 294 00:48:20,889 --> 00:48:23,005 That tape player's fucked. 295 00:48:23,089 --> 00:48:26,240 That's what it is. It always does that. 296 00:48:26,329 --> 00:48:28,285 It always does that. 297 00:48:50,689 --> 00:48:52,600 You're upset. 298 00:48:54,249 --> 00:48:57,161 I'm all right. 299 00:48:57,249 --> 00:48:59,843 I'm all right now. 300 00:49:17,849 --> 00:49:21,364 I've always wanted to drive a crash car. 301 00:49:23,049 --> 00:49:25,961 You could get your wish at any moment. 302 00:49:26,049 --> 00:49:28,961 I mean a crash car with a history. 303 00:49:29,049 --> 00:49:31,438 Camus' Vega... 304 00:49:31,529 --> 00:49:33,884 Nathaniel West's station wagon... 305 00:49:33,969 --> 00:49:36,802 Grace Kelly's Rover 3500. 306 00:49:36,889 --> 00:49:40,120 Just fix it enough to get it rolling. 307 00:49:40,209 --> 00:49:43,724 Don't clean it. Don't touch anything else. 308 00:49:48,889 --> 00:49:51,801 Is that why you drive this car? 309 00:49:53,649 --> 00:49:58,040 Do you see Kennedy's assassination as a special kind of car crash? 310 00:49:58,129 --> 00:50:00,245 The case could be made. 311 00:50:11,409 --> 00:50:14,321 Here. Take a look at this. 312 00:50:14,409 --> 00:50:17,924 Tell me what you think of these. 313 00:50:21,889 --> 00:50:25,359 Yeah, you recognize this one. This is James Dean. 314 00:50:29,369 --> 00:50:33,806 This is the next one Seagrave and I are gonna do--Jayne Mansfield. 315 00:50:38,889 --> 00:50:41,119 It's all very satisfying. 316 00:50:41,209 --> 00:50:44,201 I'm not sure I understand why. 317 00:50:46,929 --> 00:50:49,045 That's the future, Ballard... 318 00:50:49,129 --> 00:50:52,565 and you're already a part of it. 319 00:50:52,649 --> 00:50:56,608 You're beginning to see that for the first time... 320 00:50:56,689 --> 00:51:00,443 there's benevolent psychopathology that beckons towards us. 321 00:51:01,889 --> 00:51:05,359 For example, the car crash is a fertilizing... 322 00:51:05,449 --> 00:51:08,759 rather than a destructive event... 323 00:51:08,849 --> 00:51:12,319 a liberation of sexual energy... 324 00:51:12,409 --> 00:51:16,322 mediating the sexuality of those who have died... 325 00:51:16,409 --> 00:51:20,288 with an intensity that's impossible in any other form. 326 00:51:20,369 --> 00:51:24,760 To experience that, to live that, that is-- 327 00:51:26,169 --> 00:51:28,319 that's my project. 328 00:51:28,409 --> 00:51:32,641 What about the reshaping of the human body by modern technology? 329 00:51:32,729 --> 00:51:35,368 I thought that was your project. 330 00:51:36,249 --> 00:51:38,968 That's just a crude sci-ficoncept. 331 00:51:39,049 --> 00:51:43,122 It kind of floats on the surface and doesn't threaten anybody. 332 00:51:43,209 --> 00:51:48,124 I use it to test the resilience of my potential partners in psychopathology. 333 00:52:12,009 --> 00:52:14,125 - What's going on, baby? - What's going on with you? 334 00:52:14,209 --> 00:52:16,882 - You wanna go for a ride? - You and your friend? 335 00:52:16,969 --> 00:52:19,767 -Just me and my friend here. - All right, that's cool. 336 00:52:19,849 --> 00:52:22,283 - Don't go away. - I'm not. What you got under there? 337 00:52:22,369 --> 00:52:24,678 - I'm clean. - You got a place? 338 00:52:24,769 --> 00:52:27,158 Just right back there, in the back seat of my car. 339 00:52:27,249 --> 00:52:29,683 - In your car? - We'll drive. It'll be nice. 340 00:52:29,769 --> 00:52:32,488 - You're a good driver? - Absolutely. Sixty dollars. 341 00:52:32,569 --> 00:52:35,845 - Sixty dollars? - You'll get a nice, scenic ride. 342 00:52:35,929 --> 00:52:39,126 - One-fifty for the two. - No, it's just me. 343 00:52:39,209 --> 00:52:41,723 - Just you? - If he does get involved, 150. 344 00:52:41,809 --> 00:52:43,720 - Maybe. - What do you mean? 345 00:52:43,809 --> 00:52:46,004 I'm saying, is he all right? 346 00:52:49,249 --> 00:52:51,558 Come here, sweetie. 347 00:52:51,649 --> 00:52:53,765 - Open your mouth. - Yes, daddy. 348 00:52:55,049 --> 00:52:58,325 There you go. Don't want you blowing it up my urethra. 349 00:53:00,569 --> 00:53:02,924 James, you drive. 350 00:55:01,209 --> 00:55:04,485 James, we're leaving now. You want a lift? 351 00:55:05,689 --> 00:55:07,600 No, thank you. 352 00:55:08,689 --> 00:55:11,362 Catherine's coming to pick me up. 353 00:55:21,849 --> 00:55:24,044 What's going on? 354 00:55:24,129 --> 00:55:27,360 They've been questioning Vaughan about an accident at the airport. 355 00:55:27,449 --> 00:55:29,724 A pedestrian was killed. 356 00:55:31,409 --> 00:55:34,401 They think he was run over intentionally. 357 00:55:34,489 --> 00:55:37,242 Vaughan isn't interested in pedestrians. 358 00:55:39,769 --> 00:55:41,839 Don't you think he looks a bit shaky? 359 00:55:46,169 --> 00:55:48,683 - Maybe I should drive him. - Where's your car? 360 00:55:48,769 --> 00:55:51,283 At home. I couldn't face the traffic. 361 00:56:05,329 --> 00:56:07,240 Why don't I drive? 362 00:56:41,969 --> 00:56:43,721 You coming? 363 00:56:58,569 --> 00:57:00,480 That's it. Yeah. 364 00:57:04,449 --> 00:57:06,405 Yes. 365 00:57:06,489 --> 00:57:08,400 Let's record this. 366 00:57:18,289 --> 00:57:20,280 This is a work ofart. 367 00:57:20,369 --> 00:57:22,519 Absolutely a work of art. 368 00:57:29,169 --> 00:57:31,524 Oh, yes, yes. 369 00:57:31,609 --> 00:57:33,520 Slow down. Not so fast. 370 00:57:43,409 --> 00:57:45,320 Slow down. Stop. 371 01:01:05,889 --> 01:01:08,084 You couldn't wait for me? 372 01:01:08,169 --> 01:01:11,206 You did the Jayne Mansfield crash without me? 373 01:01:11,289 --> 01:01:14,122 Oh, the dog. The dog is brilliant. 374 01:01:29,009 --> 01:01:31,443 I must have driven through something. 375 01:01:33,929 --> 01:01:36,045 There's some blood on the car. 376 01:01:36,129 --> 01:01:39,326 Here on the handle, and on the wheel. 377 01:01:39,409 --> 01:01:42,640 Also on the wheel well. 378 01:01:42,729 --> 01:01:44,447 See? 379 01:01:46,289 --> 01:01:48,280 If the police stop you again, they may impound the car. 380 01:01:48,369 --> 01:01:51,247 You're right, Ballard. You're right. 381 01:01:53,329 --> 01:01:56,924 There's an all-night car wash by the airport service area. 382 01:01:58,649 --> 01:02:00,367 Watch yourself. 383 01:09:54,129 --> 01:09:56,927 Is there something here that interests you? 384 01:09:59,449 --> 01:10:01,280 This interests me. 385 01:10:03,409 --> 01:10:08,244 I'd like to see if I can fit into a car designed for a normal body. 386 01:10:08,329 --> 01:10:10,285 Could you help me into it, please? 387 01:10:13,329 --> 01:10:15,126 Yeah, sure. 388 01:10:21,809 --> 01:10:24,118 Are these safe cars? 389 01:10:24,209 --> 01:10:26,643 Yes, of course. They're very safe. 390 01:10:51,689 --> 01:10:53,486 I'm caught. 391 01:11:27,409 --> 01:11:28,637 Oh, shit. 392 01:11:31,249 --> 01:11:34,480 Fuck! This is bad. This is really bad. 393 01:14:00,929 --> 01:14:03,841 James, somebody named Vaughan. You want it? 394 01:14:07,249 --> 01:14:08,921 Hello. Ballard. 395 01:14:09,969 --> 01:14:13,598 I need to see you. I need to talk about the project. 396 01:14:16,969 --> 01:14:18,641 Where are you? 397 01:14:32,649 --> 01:14:34,560 I think you're making it too clean. 398 01:14:34,649 --> 01:14:37,083 Medical tattoos are supposed to be clean. 399 01:14:37,169 --> 01:14:41,128 This is not a medical tattoo. This is a prophetic tattoo. 400 01:14:41,209 --> 01:14:44,360 And prophesies are ragged and dirty. 401 01:14:46,129 --> 01:14:49,121 So, make it ragged and dirty. 402 01:14:49,209 --> 01:14:54,044 Prophetic? Is this personal prophecy or global prophecy? 403 01:14:55,449 --> 01:14:57,360 There's no difference. 404 01:14:59,209 --> 01:15:01,120 Let me see here. Where is it? 405 01:15:02,369 --> 01:15:04,485 There it is. 406 01:15:04,569 --> 01:15:08,960 I want you to let her give you this one. 407 01:15:17,289 --> 01:15:19,200 Where do you think that one should go? 408 01:20:30,489 --> 01:20:32,525 I thought that was you up there. 409 01:20:36,529 --> 01:20:38,565 My last lesson's next week. 410 01:20:54,649 --> 01:20:57,925 James, my car is-- 411 01:21:02,849 --> 01:21:04,328 What? 412 01:21:07,209 --> 01:21:09,404 Could it have been deliberate? 413 01:21:10,689 --> 01:21:12,600 One of your suitors. 414 01:21:31,449 --> 01:21:33,758 It was Vaughan. 415 01:21:49,529 --> 01:21:51,838 The traffic. 416 01:21:51,929 --> 01:21:54,682 Where is everyone? 417 01:21:54,769 --> 01:21:56,680 They've all gone away. 418 01:22:01,569 --> 01:22:03,639 I'd like to go back. 419 01:26:38,409 --> 01:26:42,322 I'd like to register a claim for the 1963 black Lincoln. 420 01:26:42,409 --> 01:26:45,799 Is there a form I should fill out? 421 01:26:45,889 --> 01:26:48,926 I can give you the forms now, but you'll have to come back... 422 01:26:49,009 --> 01:26:53,002 between 7:30 and 4:30 to register a claim. 423 01:26:53,089 --> 01:26:55,319 What's your attachment to that thing? 424 01:26:57,009 --> 01:26:58,965 A close friend owned it. 425 01:26:59,049 --> 01:27:03,918 It's gotta be a total write-off. I don't see what you could possibly do with it. 426 01:30:27,329 --> 01:30:29,240 Are you all right? 427 01:30:39,809 --> 01:30:42,004 I don't know. 428 01:30:43,449 --> 01:30:45,360 Are you hurt? 429 01:30:48,889 --> 01:30:50,800 I think I'm all right. 430 01:30:59,449 --> 01:31:01,360 I think I'm all right. 431 01:31:20,169 --> 01:31:22,319 Maybe the next one, darling. 432 01:31:33,129 --> 01:31:35,165 Maybe the next one.