You
You
Hey Steve, what's up boys?
What's up boys?
Hey yes, I grew a win without you
You broke me and now please leave
A win without you
I stand still and lost my way
He's a random person who you're just trying to find
Hey guys, welcome to the great state of Texas and Austin is where you want to be
Excuse me, do you know this man?
No, no, you've never seen him?
Okay, thanks
Is he a homeless person?
No, no he's not
No sir, normally I see a lot of homeless people but I haven't run across to him yet
I think I'd pretty much remember that guy
Why?
I don't know, he's got a certain look about him
And what kind of look is that?
Well in that picture he looks kind of crazy
Crazy but think he's dangerous?
No doubt it
Because I want to be his friend
You want to be his friend?
Yeah
And how do you know he's here in Austin?
It's on his Facebook
Oh really?
Yeah
No, I definitely remember that face
Do you know this man?
I've seen him before
Have you?
Yeah
Matter of fact he's around here somewhere
Really?
Yeah, I've seen that guy before man
He's around here man
He's around here?
Yeah, keep walking the street, you'll find him, he's here
Thanks
Is that him?
Yeah
He looks like Osho
Like who?
There's a guy named Osho, have you ever heard of Osho?
No
He's like a spiritual leader actually
He looks way crazier than Osho
He looks like a crazy version of Osho
O-S-H-O
And what does he do?
He teaches like meditation
He teaches like, he's like a spiritual leader
Do you think he's a spiritual guy?
That guy's not
No, why not?
Actually I think that's Osho
I think you're totally, you just met somebody who knows who the hell that is
Yeah?
Yeah
Osho
There can never be a friendship between
the owner and the owns
the boss and the servant
the leader and the ledge
there can never be any friendship
Friendship can happen only
when there is
a very subtle
declared form
of equality
Do you know one?
No, but he looks awesome
I would call
You would call?
I would call
Yes
I would be like, why is there a picture of me on the street?
That is not normal
And why are these people looking for me?
Actually I would get someone else to call
I'm paranoid
So someone else would call and find out why you're looking for me
And then once, if it was okay, then I'd call
If it's suspicious, I may not call back
Yes, I'd go away without you
Yes, without you, you broke me
And now, please, no one without you
Hello
Thank you
Thank you
Hello
Where is this guy?
What the fuck are you doing there?
Private number
Duma
Dummy books
Dummy books
This man
Oh, I know Neil
You knew him?
Yeah, he's a customer
You came to America just to find Neil?
Yeah
What?
Are you joking?
No, not at all
No
Does he know you're in town?
No, he does not know
That's why we're looking for him
Does he know you guys are making a documentary?
No
So how can I help you?
And you guys aren't fucking with me?
No
This is totally genuine
Have you done things like this before?
I can show all my knowledge about it
Have you hunted other people before?
No
Is this an art project?
Are you guys in school?
Are you in school for film?
Yeah
Man
How long are you all in town?
Two weeks?
One week?
A month
You're in town for a month?
You guys didn't actually become friends on Facebook
You just...
No
It was just a suggestion
It was just a friend request
And you never replied?
Never replied
Who else knows about this project besides you guys and John Lurie?
My mother
Your mom?
Yeah
Did you guys get a grant to come over here?
Did you just jump on a plane and come to Austin?
Are you here also for South by Southwest?
Yeah
That's so weird
Did you know that I would know who Neil is?
We were hoping so
And is that just because he'd written a suggestion about the bookstore?
There was a picture of him
In the bookstore?
In the bookstore
For the Genesis Purage thing maybe?
Do you think that what we're doing is stalking?
I mean some people might consider it stalking
It's a little extreme
But I think of anybody in the whole world, Neil's going to have the best sense of humor about it
You couldn't possibly creep him out
He's a huge man
Neil's big
And he's got this crazy beard
And he drives a bus
He'll probably be here on March 8th for that event
Because he's really interested in esoteric weirdness
And Adam Parfery is a publisher of really eccentric out there books
And him and his ex-partner and members of this cult from the 70s are going to be here on Thursday night
So I won't warn Neil, I'll just let you guys do your thing
All right
Yes
Good luck
Bye
Good bye
Good bye
So we found him
And he's there
Really
Fuck, fuck, fuck
I'm going to talk to him
I'm going to fall in love with him
Okay, go
Is it okay?
Yes, it's okay, sure
Hi
I'm Victor
Nice to meet you
A pleasure
I came all the way from Belgium
Okay
To find you
All right
Well, you found me
This is amazing
We've been looking for you for about a week
Okay
And basically I just want to be your friend
Oh, Victor, that's very kind
Sure
Of course
Victor and
William
Bram
Bram
Oh, nice to meet you both
Wow, that's touching
Thank you
You're so nervous, man
Oh, don't be nervous
Relax, yeah
I'm fabulous you down here
Yeah
I just didn't know how you would react
Oh, well, I'm pleased
My reaction is pleasure
I bought this CD for you
I hope you don't have it yet
Oh, I don't, I don't
I'm very much looking forward to hearing it
I have no clue what it is
Well, it looks interesting
It's old synthesizers
And very serious looking young woman there
And that seems like things
Both of which would be of interest to me
Yeah
I approve
And thank you again
That's fantastic
Thank you, yeah
I'm touched, man
That's great
I give it the thumbs up
All right
Thanks
So that's great
Yeah, I wish I didn't have to
But I have to go
But I have an appointment tonight
We'll meet up tomorrow
Yeah, yeah
How do we make friends?
This is Dr. Paul
Author of Boomer Girls
A Boomer Woman's Guide to Men and Dating
When you make friends
You want to know about that friend
How did you get started in this business?
How did you happen to go through military school?
How did it work for you in the army?
What happened when you married your first wife?
When you start delving into others
They're responding by having a satisfaction
That you are interested in them
It's not all about you
It's about them
And that's how you win friends
And ask them how they feel
It's been said to have a friend
You must be a friend
And that's important
You really genuinely want to know about the other person
And I will tell you this
If you try to fake it, it won't work
People see right through that
And they resent it
This is Dr. Paul
May your fantasies of today be your realities of tomorrow
I don't want to talk about politics
I don't like it that much
That's right, I have to talk about it
In more care of pain as a politician
I think it's very important to consider
The aspects and things
Yeah, that's why I would be what they would call
A single issue candidate
That's why I would be what they would call
A single issue candidate
That's why I would be what they would call
A single issue candidate
I would have just nothing but
One thing to say
And that is be nice to each other
Treat each other nicely
Be friends
Be friendly with each other
I'm happy
I'm happy
All the noises and lights and colors make me happy
I'm kidding, but I'm serious
How much have we got?
I don't know, but it seems like a lot
Maybe I can get something great with it
Hold your hand out and concentrate
And we'll see what it does
Again
I would say
Oh, it's still moving even
Yeah
Oh wait, but it's kind of uncurling, isn't it?
What's going on there?
I think it's just a tail
Moving tail
Oh, but it's going all the way
No
I think this is a scam
It's a very vigorous fish
Oh, no, it turned over
Yeah
Oh, no
It turned over
False
False
That's the false
That's the false
Take it away
I don't know what to think
What do you...
Yeah
You've been honest with me this whole time, haven't you?
About this project?
It's been a real thing, right?
Oh, there's those paddles I was talking about
See them standing up out there?
Yeah
That is hug...
I don't get it
To me, that would be like taking a street board
Making it out of cork or something that floats
And trying to stand on it
Where you're going down the street
I just don't get it
There's no through or like it
That's all I can say
I'm very wet
And more humble than when I started
For sure
You'll see though, when I stand up on this
I won't just be standing and I'll be jogging
Yeah, but it's just not very stable today
And oh, yeah, they had a report
Like I was watching the water report earlier
And they were saying it's at a level 5 instability
You know?
And jeez, don't...
You know? I mean, jeez
I don't know how to rap, my rap is wet
Oh, Facebook!
Fuck your Facebook
It's like starring in your own movie
It's a football baby
In a bottle
I didn't ever know they had this
Now I know
It's real
Hello, we're here
Hello
That is George and that is Lucy
I painted the tree
It was just the dogs at first
And they're looking at something
But there's nothing there, just like a little stump
So we got it at the store that was kind of going out of business
And I go, what am I going to do with this big painting of these dogs?
And they look like they were yearning for something
So I say, I had to think about it
But then I go, I know what to put on there
Because I know what dogs yearn for
I want to present to you each again
I want you each to have a painting
And a art, you take whichever one you want
And you each get to have one
It should show us
Sure, you want me to show you?
I'll go through and show you
I think it's funny because some of them are real big
It's the other way around
Okay
What?
What?
That's the first one
Oh, the one eye
The one eye with the teeth
Yeah
I don't know, the sea monster
Green, my favorite color is green
How do you come up with these paintings?
Like I say, I don't like being bored
But like that, that's what the inside of my mind is like
A little Martian with the three breasts and a ray gun
Insane Neil's head
Don't you think Neil's crazy when you see Elder's paintings?
A little bit
But you know, the thing is I just
I want to have fun, you know
And that's part of it
It's funny the difference between making things up
Out of trying to make things worse for someone
And making things up out of just trying to be entertained
I don't care what that cat's name is, you know
I'm just trying to have some fun
Are you having fun, Rob?
Yeah
Take away
Take away
I didn't mean to laugh, I hope you're okay
Yeah, I'm okay
I thought it was hilarious
Don't tell him
Don't worry about it, don't worry about it
I'm okay
I'm okay, I'm okay
Okay, I'm gonna go get it
Oh, you guys
Yeah, you're fine
Is this okay?
No, it's fine
Are you sure?
Yeah, I'm awesome
Yeah, I'm about to turn it on again
How are you doing?
I'm okay, I got an okay, Neil
I'm glad I didn't embarrass myself on these
Take away
Victor, we have fun, don't we?
Yeah, we do
And you did that for the movie, didn't you?
I got you
That's exactly what it was
It had nothing to do with anything, with my skill level
Anything like that
Okay, so
I actually thought about getting it for Kimmy
Thank you, Rob
So we're gonna be on a very narrow pedestrian bridge
So what was your reaction when they found you?
I was paranoid
Completely paranoid, yeah
I had to make sure that they weren't malicious
Crazy people
And then I found out
It's been a 100% positive experience
Maybe we should go out and do something before you guys leave
Saturday?
Yeah, it is Saturday
I was trying to get it all done in one day
Oh wow
Photographs
A lot of them are gonna be me and my brother
Todd, Todd Recky, and Neil Recky
More, yeah, me with some money
I was a pimp even back then
Do you have good memories growing up as a child?
Yes and no
I mean, mostly good
I think there's a lot of stuff that was unusual about my family
But mostly good, you know
It was interesting
The only one in my family that's left is my mother
So I have a good relationship with her
Which is important
It was my brother died, and then my father died like a year afterwards
So very quickly in succession
How did your brother die?
My brother died from a heroin overdose
So yeah, that was rough
That's why I say it was interesting
Oh, right there
My father
I think he didn't like my chaotic side as much
But I think he liked a lot of things about me
And was good
He was good, we had a good relationship
He really tried very hard to save my brother
And do a lot for my brother
And he did a lot for all of us
Yeah, it's a weird situation
How's that?
Here's to Facebook
I'd say this is probably the nicest thing your Facebook has done
To Facebook
But yes, we'll turn the computer on after dinner and make it official
You've shown me
My true nature
Your true nature
I did
The part where I weren't making things up was all true
All true
Where is Neil?
Neil?
What are you doing?
Why?
It's something that I just added you as my friend on Facebook
You just added me as your friend?
Yes
That's amazing
This is your friends
So I've been making friends with you guys
But at the same time I've been making friends with you guys
I've been making some other new friends
And although I value all friendships equally
Anyways, I just wanted to show you another new friend I made
