Rachael Hunger (2024) Movie Script
Recently, I was contacted
by a content creator
who came across my films and
liked how they looked.
She asked if she could hire me for a day
to shoot her going around New York City.
I said yes - and asked
if, in lieu of payment,
I could later do a documentary on her,
comprised of a sit-down
interview in her bedroom.
She agreed.
This is that documentary.
Here, just clap, so that I have the audio.
Okay, cool.
[Signing the release form]
Alright.
Um, so, who are you?
Hi, I'm Rachael Hunger,
um, [Rachael Hunger]
I live now in New York,
used to live in Albany, but...
I'm still getting used to it. Um...
Why are we here today?
Well, we're, I guess, here to
shoot a little documentary,
since you were so kind and gracious
in allowing me to film with you
for my UGC.
I really appreciate it, so, here we
are. [UGC = User-Generated Content]
Um, alright, so what's it,
what's it like being a content creator?
Or, is that what you call yourself?
I don't want to assume.
(she giggles)
Yeah, because I
do feel like 'influencer',
it sounds so, like, uppity,
so yeah, I would say 'content creator',
and I'm definitely not, like,
I don't have a million followers,
I'm not like Lele Pons, I'm just like,
just doing basic stuff, y'know?
Showing people around,
basically taking them throughout my day,
in little bits and pieces with me,
whether it's getting ready,
or going to lunch,
or trying out a new spot for a drink.
That kind of stuff.
And when did you get started doing this?
How long have you been doing it?
I've been doing it for the last
like two years, I'd say,
hardcore, but,
more seriously in this last year.
Um, trying to get actual payments
for my jobs.
So, where are you at in your career?
Like, do you feel like
you have a lot of followers?
Do you feel like, um, you still have
room to grow? Like,
how do you feel about your career
as a 'content creator'?
Well, I mean, 23,000 is good,
but I feel like I want to do better if
I can, [Rachael has 23,000 followers]
because, I don't know, it seems to me
that based on my experiences thus far, um,
I've gotten a lot of
like, free deals and stuff,
um, coupons even...
When I first started,
that was like, the only thing I got
in return for posting about something.
Um, but yeah, I think like, coupons,
um, all that stuff is fine,
but it really doesn't pay the bills, so,
that's what I'm going for.
I'm looking to hopefully
get some brand endorsements
that are legit,
and have a contract where like
I post X amount for this amount of money,
and it's guaranteed. Um,
so yeah, that's my goal, um,
right now I'm getting there,
I had a, a little 50 dollar payment,
that was something.
It was like 'oh, here's
a little endorsement
to our spot', but it wasn't
actual money, it was still like, to be,
received and tendered at their location.
It was like a pizzeria.
(she chuckles)
Which sounds so corny, but, (she chuckles)
You know, it's something.
Yeah, yeah.
It gets me out there.
So, where are you from?
What's, what's your, what's your story?
Well, I'm from a little outside of Albany,
um, but in the area that I was in,
it was very 'the sticks' pretty much,
so, a little farm-y, you know?
A lot of livestock,
crops,
but not that much, it was just
really in that like, area in my town,
that specifically,
and it was kind of like
a little isolated, if you will.
A little creepy.
(she chuckles)
A little 'Children of the Corn'.
I prefer New York City.
(she chuckles)
What do you like about New York City?
Uh, I love the people, I feel like
where I grew up it was so quiet
and desolate, if you will. Uh,
kinda, like I said,
'Children of the Corn'. Um,
so it was nice to be able to get out
and visit the city every once in a while
as a teenager,
even as a kid I would sometimes
do it with my family, but.
Have you seen 'Children of the Corn'?
Yeah!
I have, and it's quite haunting.
Chilling, if you will.
Yeah.
There's a lot of those,
I think there's like
there might be like 9 or 10 different
'Children of the Corn'
movies at this point.
Are there really?
I think there are.
Because when I was growing up,
there was like a bunch of sequels that were
like straight-to-video.
- Oh, yeah.
- And then I think they've done like
a remake maybe,
and then like, other ones or something,
but I think there might be like 9 or 10.
Oh wow, oh my god.
Yeah. I have only seen maybe the first one
and the second one, I think.
Mm.
And what'd you think?
I, I think like, the premise is better
than the actual movie.
You know? It's one of those.
- Definitely.
- Like, yeah.
(he chuckles) - There
was like a kid pastor, right?
- Wasn't that like part of it?
- Yeah, yeah.
Ugh, my god, he got...
He gave me the creeps, I didn't like him.
- Mhm.
Do you like horror movies?
Um, I do a little,
I, I dabble here and there, um,
I'm trying to think of like what my
favorite one might be.
I have a hard time nowadays
sitting through movies, like all the way.
If I'm honest, my
attention span is just shot.
But like-(she chuckles)
In general, if I had
to pick a horror movie,
I would say
'Saw'.
That was really good, in my opinion.
- Yeah, 'Saw' is good.
I love 'Saw'.
Yeah, the special effects are crazy.
Like, I don't know how they do all that.
- Mhm. Yeah.
I know a little bit, but not everything.
Do you feel like that's something
you would ever want to do, like,
just be in movies, or anything like that?
It's funny that you say that,
because yes, um,
I considered going to like acting school
when I first kinda moved out here,
which was like just last month, um,
in theory, I could save
up for it, I could do it.
Not sure how long film is gonna like last.
You know what I mean?
Everyone's attention
span is like shot to shit.
Frankly, just like mine, so,
I, I wonder about
how long
that will go on for. You
know what I mean? Like,
I think it's cool, don't get me wrong,
I love movies
to a degree, uh,
but I just can't sit through them anymore,
and I'd rather watch like something
shorter if I could,
because time is money, and...
What do you mean by 'shorter'?
Like how short?
Like, I like watching um...
(she chuckles)
Like YouTube videos
even, I know that's like
- still kind of like old school, but.
- Mhm.
I enjoy it,
because like usually they're pretty short,
and they don't need to
be on for like 40 minutes.
It can be like a quick 10-minute
'Get Ready With Me' or
'go to Sephora with me' or...
So, you watch that stuff? Like even like,
because you, I know you make that stuff,
but like you will actually like watch
somebody else doing that stuff?
Oh yeah, absolutely, I mean,
I'm not bit-biting or anything,
but I am kind of taking
inspiration from stuff,
because, you know, there's nothing
new under the sun,
somebody said that, right? Um,
And yeah, I think it, it's good
to get that inspiration,
plus I low key enjoy it, because
it's like getting to spend time with
another person,
without actually having
to like do anything,
you can just chill.
That's interesting, I
never would have thought
that like content creators watch other
content creators.
Yeah... Like it, it just
feels like it's a very um...
I don't know, it's like your own pursuit,
and I would feel like
it would be something
that you would just like
get sick of, or something.
I mean,
the only thing that I get sick of sometimes
is like trying to film.
That's probably the hardest thing, for me.
- Mhm.
Um, just because like
it's not always opportune,
and I'm usually by myself trying to do it,
and I feel kind of ridiculous like
trying to do a oh 'here's me in New York',
and I have to be alone like on Chelsea Pier
trying to get a photo with like my
my stand and all that. Ugh.
It's just awkward.
Yeah.
So, I think that's like the most annoying
part about it, to be fair.
- Everything else is fine.
- Do you ever,
do you ever feel like silly like
when you're in public
and like you're shooting
content and like people
are looking at you weird,
or anything, or?
All the time.
Yeah, and you can't tell me they're not,
I know they are. (she chuckles)
Plus, I've seen those videos on TikTok,
of people like
oh, 'influencer in the wild',
or things like that, ugh.
Yeah.
I just pray and hope
that I'm never on it. (she chuckles)
What's something like
embarrassing about you?
Like I don't mean like career-ending,
but just something like
that you know, like,
cute embarrassing, like,
curious, you know?
- That's hard.
- Like harmless embarrassing.
Like just like a tidbit. You know like a
I don't know.
Mm.
Harmless tidbit.
(he chuckles)
Do you have any like guilty pleasures,
- entertainment-wise or life-wise?
- Oh.
Yes,
definitely, um,
something pretty much no one knows is that
like when I'm not
watching other influencers
talk about stuff,
and products, whatever,
I go and look at metal detectors online,
so I can like kinda see what they're doing
and try to go to locations,
because I, I asked for a metal detector
two Christmases ago and
I've been using it
intermittently here and there,
- haven't found anything.
- You use a, you use a metal detector
in New York City? Oh, okay.
- Not in New York City, but like
when I was still home,
I could use it outside
and just like go to random places because
honestly, there is a lot
of history to New York
- and, yeah, there's a lot of cool stuff.
- What have you found,
- have you found anything cool?
- I can show you, if you want.
These are some of my beautiful coins.
This is probably a
quarter, more than likely.
Um, what else do I have here?
This one looks like a dime,
but very very severely
weathered and worn.
As is this one,
these are all from the beach.
Um, I went to Rockaway
two months ago,
and yeah, these are uh, these are them.
So, you've never, you've never shown this
on like with content or anything?
You've never like, metal-detected?
No, because... Why?
(he chuckles) - Because
like, I don't know, I think
it would, it's not really my brand, per se.
People would...
I think that would be cool.
You think so?
I, I would watch some
like metal-detecting.
I, I, I'm just now hearing
of like metal-detecting
as like a category of video,
I never even heard of that.
No, yeah, it's really fun, um,
A lot of people do it, and it it
for the most part is uneventful,
just like the real thing, because,
it's just walking around,
waiting to find a spot, but,
when they do, it's really fun,
and I'm like, ugh, I'm craving that like
just give me something cool!
Old Victorian object or something, however,
I don't film that, only because, um,
I don't know,
I, I don't think the
image that I've cultivated
in my like online presence
would translate well with that content.
Like, I don't even speak in my videos,
let alone like
show my day-to-day really, like.
Yeah, it's weird, like um,
does it does it feel
weird being seen talking?
A little bit. (she giggles)
Well, you're not right now,
because we literally just see
your pants and the coins, but we
we just shot stuff where you were like
you were straight-up talking to the camera,
that was like, was that weird?
Yeah, I was just trying to focus on you,
I was like oh yeah, I just, (he chuckles)
I'm talking to a person.
(she chuckles) - Yeah,
alright, I'm gonna cut,
and we can talk more
about like what that's like.
Yeah yeah.
Alright, so here you are,
staring at the camera,
and talking,
and that's something you
don't normally do,
so let's talk about that, um,
why don't you talk in your content?
What's, what's that about,
when you're your
persona, or your character,
I don't know what to call it, but, um,
why don't you talk in your content?
Um,
well, honestly,
it does make me kind of nervous,
and that sounds silly, right?
Because like, I film
videos, and that's like
what I'm trying to do for a living, um,
but like, yeah, it's really hard, I think
the medium I work best in
is visual, and
that translates really well
to like, the audience that I want, um,
so yeah, that's, that's
why I mainly don't do it,
and also 'cause
I, I don't feel like I have the best
voice in the world,
so, there's that too.
You have a nice voice,
you have a good voice.
Thank you.
When I hear myself
after I've tried to record
something with audio,
I'm like, who the fuck is that? Like,
I don't know who that is. Ah!
So not only are people hearing you talk,
they just heard you curse.
(she gasps) (he chuckles)
Shit!
- No, I'm just teasing.
- This isn't family friendly.
It's whatever, it's out
there in the ether now.
- Mhm.
- I'm coolin'.
Hopefully I don't speak too freely.
(she chuckles)
You definitely have like, faces that you do
when you do your content, um,
Yeah? Oh, you've noticed
(they chuckle) the?
Well yeah, I mean that's
part of your character.
So it's like, I, I'm just noticing when I'm
seeing you, because um
I, I haven't really watched
too many of your videos,
um, to be honest, but
just seeing a couple,
you have like certain faces,
and like I can see like when you're talking
as your actual, human self,
like, you don't really make the same faces.
No, yeah, I mean,
yeah, I typically am very animated,
because I understand
that like it's much like
silent film acting in a way, because like
I'm doing this like visual representation
of an experience, a product, uh,
and it's, there's no sound needed,
it's just simply like
visually stimulating, so...
- yeah.
- Mhm.
Can you cycle through
a couple of your faces
- right now?
- Um...
Or is it, is it hard to do if you're not
like actually doing the video?
I think, like, I can do like um...
Sometimes I'll mouth things,
- Mhm. Yeah yeah.
- But that's different, like.
(he chuckles)
Does it feel silly when you're
doing it, or? (she chuckles)
Because like, it, obviously this is like
outside of the context of you
doing it doing it.
Yeah, um,
if it, yeah, it does
feel a little bit weird,
I feel like a Sim, like.
(they chuckle)
Alright, well,
I'm gonna cut and we'll we'll
talk about something else or
figure it out.
Okay.
Okay, so you have very prominent lips.
(she chuckles)
Um, - Thank you.
What's it like having really big lips?
Um, I mean I, it's fine, um,
I do get comments sometimes that are
sometimes less than nice, uh,
- Less than nice?
- A little bit indecent, if you will, yeah.
Oh, okay. (he chuckles)
I thought it was like, I was,
I, I was thinking like
people were just like
'screw you, you have
big lips' or something, but,
Oh no, no yeah, I mean, (he chuckles)
- Yeah.
- For the most part it's just like thirsty guys
- trying to flirt.
- Yeah.
So... But yeah, um,
You've, I guess you've
had them your whole life.
I feel like people with big lips,
it's just kind of like,
I guess they're just born with them.
(she chuckles)
- Yeah, I mean,
you would think so, right?
Because like,
Do they come in later?
Is it like puberty? Is it like breasts?
Do they like? (they chuckle)
I mean, sure, in some cases, sure, um,
But yeah, I mean,
this is totally off-the-record, but,
if I'm honest with you, and myself,
I did go ahead and take that leap,
I got swindled and totally...
I just, I fell into the, the hole.
I fell into that pitfall of
doing what everybody else was doing,
and I definitely got lip filler.
Oh. Okay.
- Yeah.
- I didn't even know that.
- No, yeah.
- It looks like natural, like it doesn't look like
I don't know.
Ugh. Thank you.
I hope, yeah, I mean,
I was glad that it didn't go terribly,
- there was one time when it did.
- Mhm.
Um, it was just not cute.
I feel like, okay, so,
what is it, is it like,
does it like wear off and you get more?
Or what's the deal with it?
So like,
it basically...
There's a lot of debate on this,
scientifically-speaking,
according to like the research, um,
somebody did like an MRI of someone's face,
after they had filler,
and it had supposedly
dissolved, because it wasn't
where it was when they
initially like injected it.
What is it that they put in there?
I think it's
hyaluronic acid?
What's that?
(he chuckles)
- It's like, it,
it's basically collagen,
just like extra.
And it's like a interesting like
- viscous fluid, if you will.
- Okay.
II guess that's the right,
I don't know if that's right, but.
I haven't done it in a while,
so it's likely that maybe
they have decreased in size, or deflated.
I mean they're still huge lips.
Thank you.
- I mean yeah.
- But they're fake.
- Unfortunately yeah, they're fake. Yeah.
- Yeah, spoiler.
But it's okay, I mean I always had a good
bottom lip, so that is truly mine, but,
So your bottom lip's yours.
- Mhm.
- Top lip is fake.
Yeah, for the most part.
So, what do your lips feel like
to you right now?
They feel like my regular lips.
So I'm looking in the mirror, like,
are they still there? They are. Um.
But yeah, they're just kind of
there, sometimes it's weird, like,
kissing people is weird,
- Mhm.
- Because it's like
I don't know what my top lip
is entirely doing the whole time,
and I'm just trying to make sure it's
acting right.
Alright.
So, yeah.
It's a little weird, but um...
Sorry, that was so extra share, ah.
(he chuckles)
It's interesting.
Yeah, I guess so. I guess so,
but, I don't know, I feel like it's
something that...
it's sort of a secret, if
- Mhm.
- If I'm honest, um,
But yeah, we've been having such like a
a cool conversation,
I was just like, let me
spout out and share, um,
Well, that's the point of a documentary
is you, you get people
being natural. You know?
Yeah, yeah. Um,
yeah, I suppose.
Is there um,
Is there any chance you might be willing to
kind of like cut that part?
Or make it a little bit more ambiguous?
Are you serious?
Yeah, if, if you could,
I mean I know that sounds extra, and like,
you know, it's silly, I
should probably be okay
with the fact that I
did something like that,
but I, what I'm not sure I'm okay with,
upon reflecting, uh,
is my audience knowing that, because...
Alright, let me cut,
and we can talk about it.
Like talk about it talk about it.
- Okay.
- Okay.
I always have like a
natural aversion to like
cutting things that work, and I feel like
it was such an interesting conversation.
Totally, I, I totally understand, um,
and it is your documentary,
um, I just, you know, I wonder if
maybe it's possible that
I could have a little bit more say
in like what's included and what's not?
I would just want you to look at
the finished product,
and then decide like how you feel about it,
and then let me know.
- Okay.
- Um,
because like, at the end of the day, like,
you signed a release,
and it's my footage,
and I can do with it whatever I want,
but, you know, I'll show you a cut of it,
and then maybe if you see a cut of it,
you might feel like
'oh, that actually works'.
- You know what I mean?
- Yeah, sure. Yeah.
I feel like you're angry with me now.
No no no, I'm just um
uh, pensive. (she chuckles)
No, I just mean like, like let me
take a crack at it basically.
Like let me try and make my version of
the best movie I can make,
and if that's in there, that's in there,
and if it's not in there,
then it's not in there,
and then you look at it with fresh eyes,
because like what feels weird in the moment
isn't necessarily what's gonna feel weird
when you look at it like incorporated into
a full piece, does that make sense?
No, yeah yeah, sure, and,
okay.
Alright, um, (he chuckles)
Well, what else is there to talk about?
I don't know, what, what can we talk about?
Alright, so, here is my room,
behind me I have my calendar,
because it's always good to stay on time.
Here I've got my little pencil case,
some beautiful Cracker Barrel pens.
Two dollars, total steal,
go to Cracker Barrel.
Oh, I have these cute little testers
from Carolina Herrera.
These were only 35
paired together at the store.
I was like, that's tea, I'm getting it.
What does 'tea' mean, by the way?
Oh, 'tea'? It's like oh
that's tea like that's
that's a deal, like that's the secret
- that I needed to know.
- Oh, right.
'Oh, that's the tea, right there' like
- Okay.
- Little-known secret.
Little life hack.
What else is over here?
I mean, I have room spray,
this was something
that I actually got from uh
Tassot A-pare-ies?
I, I never knew how to learn the name.
But uh yeah, they gave this to me to try.
So yeah, you've probably seen it on my
little Instagram page.
And then,
this is my Sarah Jessica Parker perfume.
I really do love 'Sex and the City',
that's like one of my favorite shows.
Mhm.
- Does it smell like paradise?
- What does it smell like?
I can't smell it from over here. Don't like
spray more of it, just in case
I hate it, but, (they chuckle)
Here, let, here pass it to me,
and I'll just sniff it.
Is this what Sarah
Jessica Parker smells like?
That's what I would think,
I would think so, right?
And it's pretty magical, I love it.
It's like, I was expecting to hate it,
but I kinda like it.
Yeah, it's not bad, right?
It has almost like a
cigarette-y sense to it,
or like a hookah, it almost
smells like a hookah. (she chuckles)
Have you ever done hookah?
No, I've never done hookah.
Okay, this kind of
it has like a hookah-ness.
I wonder if Sarah Jessica
Parker does hookah.
It would not surprise me,
because she smokes
a whole lot in that show.
Ah, yeah, that's true, I forgot about that.
Um,
what else?
This is like my little
everything bin right now, but,
when it's not everything,
it's mainly just my hair stuff.
And then over here this is just like
everything else.
This is like a three-tiered system.
Makeup,
nails and body,
more nails and body.
(she chuckles) So,
basically the same thing. Um,
You have like a statue of big lips.
Oh yes I do, I,
one could say I
manifested that as well, um,
But we're not allowed to talk about
your big lips.
Yeah, shh.
Um, but then I also
have this lovely turtle,
I got this from T.J. Maxx.
Mhm.
Literally 15 dollars.
Alright. I like the cat poster.
Oh, yeah, thank you!
I don't know if you saw the picture
of my actual cat, but.
Yes, I did.
I like to think of that
painting as an homage.
Mhm.
I like to be really organized,
so I've got like summer tops here,
summer pants here,
and then this is all my like
really nicer type stuff,
um. Got some of this.
This is actually really really cool,
this is a high-ticket item,
I got this from a brand based in Greece.
They sent it to me in the mail,
all I had to do was
like shoot a video in it,
and it was really cute. Ah!
Also got this from a little brand deal,
this is like an independent boutique brand
called Spencer's Closet,
- and they gave this to me to wear.
- Mhm.
During Fashion Week last year.
Ooh, this was my fit for 'Barbie'.
I made a whole reel about it,
going to the Barbie movie,
and like going in my hot pink,
me and my friends went all together.
It was really cool.
- Did you like 'Barbie'?
I do, yeah, and I, I did like her.
As like a toy, or like in the movie?
No, I meant did you like the movie?
- I did like the movie.
- I thought it was good.
I fell asleep a little bit, but.
Uh-oh.
Is that, is that, do we
have to cut that out,
that you fell asleep during it?
No, it's fine, I can admit
that. (she chuckles)
But yeah, I have this as well,
this is like my favorite...
What is this from? Divided.
Yeah, I didn't get a deal with them, but,
I did really like their dress,
- I think it's like Urban Outfitters?
- Mhm.
But I did a shopping with me trip
to Urban Outfitters,
and this is what I got.
- So nice.
- Okay.
Yeah, um.
But yeah, that's, that's mainly it,
I mean I could uh,
I could try some on for you, if you want.
We could do like a little
'ooh, get ready with me'.
Or it, maybe even like for transitions,
in between things, when we're like
talking about stuff,
we can like, oh, look
at her in this outfit,
and then, changing subject,
in this outfit.
You know? That kind of vibe?
Okay, yeah. Totally.
- Would that be cool?
- Yeah.
Alright, cool cool, so...
yeah.
I guess with that in there.
- Okay, I'll cut, I'll cut here.
- Wait, what?
- I was gonna say, I guess with that in there um
maybe we can cut out some of the, the more
sensitive subjects that we were
talking about earlier.
Oh my god. Like, really?
Yeah. I mean yeah.
Wait, what, what do you mean?
I mean like, you know,
maybe we can substitute.
Like, - Substitute what for what?
Lip filler for clothes.
What's 'clothes'? What does 'clothes' mean?
Like outfits, like, 'oh, check this out'.
Really cute.
I can explain where I got it and
what a good deal I got on it,
even if I didn't.
Well, that's not as interesting.
I mean, you, one could say that.
Like if you're just putting on a jacket,
and talking about a jacket,
that's not as interesting as you
talking about the fact
that you have lip fillers,
and giving an honest like
down-to-earth, uh,
statement on that. You know?
Like it, I, I just feel like you're
this is almost like you're turning this
documentary into kind of like
what your content is.
Unintentionally.
I wouldn't have agreed to shooting um
your content for you
around New York City
if I thought that like
the documentary was literally just gonna be
more content of you like
trying on stuff or whatever.
Oh.
So like, honestly like, I feel like um
the documentary
like can be
just us disagreeing about
what the documentary
is.
Like, this shot
that I have on you right now, like,
I just like the shot of just you sitting,
and just being like a person,
and uh, we're just having a conversation.
Like to me, that's compelling, like,
I'm not
a young person who watches content.
That's not compelling for me,
- Mm.
- I'm somebody who watches like documentaries
where people are being
real with each other. Um,
but,
I think a way to, for us to meet halfway
is the fact that like
you know, in the context of us disagreeing,
there's a documentary there.
Um, does that make sense?
Is that something you would be more
comfortable with?
I do like the idea
of it being more focused on
us disagreeing about like
what the point of the
documentary is, or like what
any point to any documentary is, really.
Well, 'cause that's real,
like that's what we're
if, if that's what's happening between us,
our disagreement, - Yeah.
I feel like that disagreement
becomes the documentary.
That like, for me, documentaries,
and film in general,
should be always chasing like what's real,
and like what's happening right now,
and what's happening right now is
we're disagreeing about what this is.
- You know? So.
- Yeah, sure.
Can we, uh,
is that something you feel safe capturing?
Because I, I, I'm just worried now
that we're gonna go down that path,
and then you're gonna be like,
alright, well, cut all the stuff
about us disagreeing, and,
just keep all the stuff about
me talking about clothes
and stuff. You know?
Oh no, yeah, I mean,
you can, you can totally keep the
the disagreement in there,
I think that honestly
I really really like your
idea there, because like
that is really compelling,
I like things that have like,
you know,
a story, I don't think is interesting,
unless there's resistance, - Mhm.
- In some way, shape, or form.
- Sorry, I'm just
figuring the shot a bit better, but
No, word.
But yeah, I um,
I definitely think...
Like, we don't have to get along,
and that can be part of the
the interestingness of what we're doing.
You know? Because we're, you know,
we're two different people.
Like, I come from a very
different world from you,
and you come from a very different
world from me.
Like I don't get why people make content.
I think it's stupid, like,
I'm fine admitting that to you,
and I'm sure you get that from people
in your life.
Oh sure, yeah. But if it's
stupid... Um, I don't, I don't
dislike you as a person,
I'm just saying, like,
I, I don't understand why people make
this kind of shit. Like I, like,
with this same equipment, like,
a fucking camera,
you can make like an
actual like fucking movie,
and not just like worship
these fucking brands,
and uh, make your whole life about chasing
these little fuckin' morsels of shit
that they fucking throw your way,
whether it be a fucking coupon,
or some fucking shit that
they throw you, and then
you're constantly
chasing this fucking carrot
that's like dangling in front of your face.
Like that's fucked up too.
So it's like, us talking about that shit,
and that's fine, I'm
there's shit that you think
like is fucked up about me and I'm sure
you think like 'oh, this
pretentious asshole',
that's like shitting on
what I'm doing right now.
You know, I'm sure you
have shit that you would
want to say to me, and that can be kind of,
if, if we're rolling
while that's happening,
then that's fucking compelling, so,
I think that's interesting.
Okay. I mean...
Like, say something to me, like say,
I'm not trying to force it,
because then that would be fake, but like,
how are you feeling about me
shitting on what you do?
Does that feel, does that feel good?
Does that feel uncomfortable?
It feels...
pedantic.
Pedantic?
Okay.
Because like,
I mean I, I kind of got the gist of it
when I first like approached you,
and we had a little chat
you know, over the phone about
what we do, and what we're into, and... Mhm.
Yeah um I mean, I got
the gist of it from there,
so like, I do know that, I'm aware,
um that you feel that
way, and I, I do respect it,
to a degree,
even though I disagree, um,
yeah, I'd say,
content creation in general
at this moment in time
is much more lucrative
than trying to work in film.
I have no doubt that it's more lucrative,
and also I'm not trying to work in film,
I'm just trying to make
stuff that I like, like,
you know that, you've
seen some of my stuff,
you wouldn't have contacted me
if you didn't like kind of what I'm doing,
which is just doing my own thing, um,
- Oh no, yeah, of course.
- You know, I'm not, what I mean is like
I'm different also from
people on my side, uh,
making art and chasing being in Hollywood,
and all that shit.
Like I'm doing my own thing there.
Um, so, you know,
I'm, I'm not chasing that shit in general,
is what I'm trying to say.
- Mm.
- Um,
So you don't want to make
high-budget movies?
No. Not at all.
- Really?
- If I'm not doing shit like this,
like even though this
day is not going great
because we're disagreeing
on what this documentary should be, like
this small footprint type shit,
I fucking love.
And you, the, I'm sure
the small footprint-ness
of making content is what makes it
tolerable for you to be
shilling for these fucking brands,
is the fact that you can just go out
and do it yourself,
rather than like
you being part of some fucking,
if you worked at some network,
or you worked at some TV station,
or whatever, or you
were, you know, on some red carpet
interviewing people or whatever, like,
there's that path,
and you didn't take that path,
so there's some acknowledgment there
of like you like the fact that you can just
get out there with a fucking camera
or your phone, and you can make something.
So like, we're kind of
cut from the same cloth,
in a certain sense,
it's just that like
I'm looking for honesty,
and you're kind of,
I don't know, it's almost
like a brainwashing
thing where like you're
so fucking close to just
like making something
that's like honest and cool,
but oh, these fucking
brands call you and say like
go visit here, or like a
store calls you and says
like come check out our thing
and make content about
it, it's like, I don't know
it's just, it's, its a, different place
than I come from shit with,
so it's hard for me to relate.
It's not entirely dishonest,
the type of content that I make,
I mean, I can understand
why it might seem that way,
because not everything is included,
for instance, my voice.
I don't include that, so that element
- of reality is lost.
- And I don't, I don't,
I don't have any problem
with that, I think that's cool, uh,
that's fine that you
don't talk in your stuff.
- Cool, great, yeah.
- No, yeah.
But like, I'm just saying it
it seems like you think that I'm like
dick-riding these brands,
and I'm definitely not, I'm just
showing the best part
that they have to offer,
whether it be
a product or
an experience,
- and I'm showing the best aspects.
- That's fair, but you wouldn't
you wouldn't do it if they weren't,
I mean, actually, I should phrase that
as a question, would
you do this kind of stuff
if they weren't asking you to do it?
I mean...
Because uh, I mean I can get, like,
when you're starting out,
you could just go and
do stuff to show that you can do it,
- Yeah, yeah of course.
- But like, you know,
I don't know, it, some of the stuff,
would you even do?
I mean,
- Like, okay, let me put it this way.
- Touch.
Let me put it this way:
these are the best
years of your life, right?
You're young, you're beautiful,
you're in New York City,
- right?
- Thank you.
Why aren't you a fucking artist?
Like, let's, let's be real,
let's get real with this
fucking documentary,
like why aren't you making art?
Like, what's the fucking,
what are you getting out of
what you're doing
that's so much better than like
if you were to tell a fucking
compelling story?
Like what is the fucking problem?
- Why isn't my TikTok reel an art?
- Well it's something else, right?
It's commercialism and it's
the commercial area of things and it's
advertising and it's
to an extent it's propaganda.
But that, it's still like
in and of itself like
a lot of commercials, let's say,
the, the Campbell's soup can commercial,
where it hops of the shelf and
follows a kid home.
Mhm.
That's, like,
there's a storyline there, like
there's a point to that, and,
it's still art, you know what I mean,
even though they're trying to get you
to buy a product at the end of the day,
that still doesn't take away
the aspect of artistry that goes into that.
- Mhm.
- Like,
it's still beautiful.
I think of that as like a short film,
No yeah, look, commercial art
can be some of the best art,
and there's been really influential
commercial art.
I would have more respect for you
if you were actually making stuff
that could be held
to that regard,
or could be in a museum one day,
but you're not, you're
like literally you're just
being used as a fucking pawn, dude.
Like, for real.
I wouldn't say 'a pawn',
because like at the end of the day,
there is benefits to the job.
And it, I guess it depends on what your
expectation is when you go into that, like,
if you're expecting to be paid
a million dollars the first time
you get a brand deal, like,
you're not gonna get that, but,
you will get a good experience.
You will get to go places
you haven't gone before.
And you find that compelling?
I mean, I think it is
incredibly compelling,
it's another way to connect with people,
and I think that's
integral to art
- as a, as a whole.
- Mhm.
So I, this, I'd say like okay,
I agree to disagree with you
in terms of like,
oh, content creation isn't art
because I'm like sold out or whatever,
I haven't even like gotten
that much money from it
I mean I've gotten vouchers, basically, so,
I wouldn't say I'm
selling out in that regard,
but I would say that
I'm taking the opportunity
that I have to use
my assets,
and make some money for myself.
And broaden my social connections.
See, that was good, like,
a little bit of that, that
was like interesting.
Are you comfortable
with that being in there?
- Yeah, yeah, absolutely, I, I think that's good.
- Okay.
Alright.
Okay, so like what, what
would the clothing be?
Um, I mean we can go with a, a variety
of different outfits, I mean,
But like what would it be? Like what's,
when you, when you say
'trying on clothes', is it like,
like what's, what does
'trying on clothes' mean?
Oh, I mean like, you know,
little outfit reveals, like,
we find a way to
or at least, how I do it,
when I'm doing like a TikTok,
I try to find like a walkway to go down,
whether it be a hallway or
like even just my bedroom door.
Walk in in one outfit,
and then walk in in another one,
cut to, walk in in another one,
and then it's like a runway.
Like me, doing a runway show, by myself.
So then it's not actually
like trying on clothes
it's not like putting on clothes,
it's like finished product,
like here's me in clothes,
- right?
- Yeah. Yeah. Pretty much.
- Um.
- Like a runway show.
Yeah, I don't know.
It just sounds a little content-y to me.
If it was you
trying on, like literally
putting on, taking off clothes,
that would be more interesting,
because that's not something that you
would normally see you do.
Yeah, it'd be more like something
you'd see an OnlyFans model do.
(he chuckles)
Right, but, I'm just
trying to, I'm just trying to
give an example of like the fact that like
there's just no real reason to do, like,
'here's me in this outfit',
and then cut to
'I'm in another outfit',
cut to, 'I'm in another outfit', like
that's just not the kind
of thing I'm going for,
like I would rather just talk to you, um,
and ask you more questions about
what it's like to be you and stuff.
Like it just doesn't seem useful to grab
that kind of footage,
unless there's something
about it that's different than what
normally would be there.
But watching me undress seems useful?
I, you, I mean, I feel like you're
pinpointing upon that, but,
well yes, to, you know,
I'll argue from the position
you're putting me in,
but yeah, it would be, it would be useful,
it would be interesting.
It would be entertaining,
it would be beautiful,
because I would shoot it beautifully.
Would you consider
well-directed porn 'art'?
I would consider
poorly-directed porn 'art'.
I think 'porn' is a genre, I think um
I would defend any art that is art,
and art is art,
and that's all that art is, and so,
I'm not trying to make porn here,
so I kind of like
I know what you're getting at, um,
and I don't appreciate it, um,
but yeah, I would,
of course I would defend any art.
No, yeah, I just,
I just think it's interesting that um
seeing me in the outfits isn't useful,
but watching me get to that point is.
Yeah, because that's normally what
we would not see.
So, if we're seeing you
putting on or taking off clothes,
that's something we wouldn't normally see.
Again, this is the
purpose of a documentary,
is to give people a glimpse of you
behind what they would normally see of you.
You're a beautiful woman.
Who wouldn't want to see a beautiful woman
putting on or taking off clothes?
That's like what people have painted since
paint existed.
You know, you can go
into a museum and see like
paintings of like women
washing their legs and shit, you know?
This isn't 'porn', this
isn't me being a creep,
this is me being an artist.
Like welcome to fucking models and artists,
and the oldest fucking relationship
in the history of art.
A woman is beautiful.
A painter, or a sculptor,
uh, captures them.
You know?
Right.
What was the eye roll there?
I saw the fucking eye
roll, what do you mean?
So I reckon that's the
reason why you picked me
for your little documentary, then?
That you're beautiful?
I, is this the first time
you've been told that?
Yes, you're beautiful.
It's not the first time,
not to toot my own horn, but...
No, what I mean is like
yeah, okay, so, you know,
you wanted me to shoot content of you.
Great, I was like, let me do a documentary,
yeah, because you're beautiful is probably
part of why I chose to do
that deal, rather than
just get paid or something.
Because I was like, this chick's gorgeous,
like why can't I just
do a documentary? That would be dope.
That would be priceless,
art is always priceless, right?
I guess, sure.
But I mean,
don't you think it's kind of voyeuristic
to deem
watching someone undress,
which is usually a private moment,
for most people...
Yes, art is about
private moments, - As art?
It's about like you talking about your lip
filler, it's like what they
say about free speech:
free speech isn't there to protect
speech that you love,
it's there to protect speech that you hate.
That's the only possible purpose.
The only possible purpose of art
is moments that you wouldn't normally see,
or you wouldn't normally appreciate.
We see women walking down the street,
fully clothed, all the time.
We don't always see women
in states of undress, unless we have
some sort of intimate
relationship with them,
but art provides us a glimpse into
intimacy and into
connecting with other people,
and being allowed into their world.
You know? You allowed me into your world
with this documentary,
and so I, I fucking went down
that path with you, with you,
and the second we started revealing things
about yourself that are actually
about yourself,
you fucking back off.
And that's fucked up, because
we were - Is it fucked up?
Yeah, it is, because we were so close
to fucking creating a piece of art here.
You know?
I think
what we're doing right now is 'art'.
Is it not? Having a dialogue?
Yes, I'm fine with this,
this is good, this is all usable.
Right.
I just think
you don't have to necessarily
have a naked woman in your
finished product to make it interesting,
or to make it 'art'.
I don't necessarily need to have
a naked woman in my art
for it to be 'art', I'm just saying, you,
you were talking about putting
on clothes and taking off clothes.
The only way that I would want to do that
is if you were actually,
like we saw you in your underwear,
which, honestly, like fucking, dude,
like I've seen your fucking content,
you've been on beaches,
you've been in fucking bikinis and shit
on the fucking beach,
so what's the big deal about
you in like a bra and panties?
It's the same fucking
attire, it's just that
you're on the beach or you're in
a fucking bedroom, so it's like,
you're you're playing this
moral high ground thing
(he coughs) Excuse me.
You're playing this like
moral high ground thing, but like
you know, what, what is the problem?
Like why, why do you care? Like, what?
Who gives a shit?
Did you like forget to
shave your legs today
or something, like
what's the fucking problem?
But the point is like
you're the one who brought up fucking
taking on or putting off clothes,
like I've never brought that up once
during this whole fucking thing.
So like, - You don't have
to curse at me, thank you.
I curse when I talk, it's,
I'm not cursing at you,
I'm expressing myself
as like a human being.
I'm using, uh, all parts of the buffalo,
and some of the parts of the buffalo
is me fucking cursing, dude.
I don't, I'm not angry with you, I'm,
this is like intellectual
discussion, right?
Yeah, but I bet you'll
cut that out, won't you?
What won't, what would I cut out?
What doesn't make you look good.
What doesn't make me look good?
I look like fucking great here, dude.
Do you? Because you just told
me that - Yeah, I'm, I'm saying...
This would only be interesting
if I undressed for you on camera...
No no no... Followed it
up by cursing at me a ton.
No, that's not what I said.
Do you want to put any
more nails in your coffin?
(he chuckles)
What, you think I'm gonna
get cancelled for this shit?
No, because, if you actually look
at the content of what I said,
nothing I said was wrong,
in fact, I was backed into a uh
theoretical corner, um,
with how you were
describing the situation, so,
I think, I think I come off fine.
I think you come off a little bit
fucking inflexible.
Really?
Yeah.
I'd like to see if this gets to the
final cut of the film.
- This scene? I'm happy with it.
- Yep.
Well, I look forward to watching it, then.
Okay.
I think you would like
this movie more than you
think you would.
Okay, so why are you
giving me the silent treatment?
Why aren't you saying
anything to me anymore?
I'm rolling, so, I want to capture
what you have to say about
you not talking to me anymore right now.
I disagree with you on a lot of things.
Most things.
- Yes.
- But,
That's fine.
I think I agree with you on one...
Maybe one thing.
What do you agree with me on?
I agree that
it's better to be honest.
Yes!
That's all I've been fucking saying, dude.
It is better to be honest.
Fuck yes, okay,
let's do this.
Can I ask you questions and shit?
Go for it.
I'll try to remain
myself
- and not any other version.
- Okay.
Fuck yes, alright, um,
gimme something from your life
that you've never told anybody,
and let's capture that fucking honest
moment, and I guarantee you you'll
feel better about yourself.
And you'll feel better about this project,
if you just share something
that's real.
Have you ever had your heart broken?
Yeah.
Have you ever broken a heart?
Probably, that I wasn't aware of it.
Are you just so, you know,
cold-hearted that you don't even care
if you broke somebody's heart or not, or?
No, I mean I, um,
Who broke your heart?
Let's get back on that.
Who broke your heart?
It was this guy that I
I dated when I was like sixteen,
and we met online, it
was so fucking stupid.
Um, it might have been
kind of a trauma bond,
now that I think of it, but,
basically, I found a way
to use some college money
to go to England and meet this guy, IRL.
And we had a whole
little tryst, if you will,
for like a week, and then,
I came back home,
kept in contact with him...
- Kind of.
- Did you guys fuck?
I'll let you figure that out.
Take a guess, what do you think?
'Tryst' usually means fuck, I feel like.
Yeah, so I mean, yeah,
that is true, we did, but, um,
yeah,
it was a really like
whirlwind-type romance,
it was quick...
Uh, - The fucking, or the romance?
The romance, because after that
it just became like torture, frankly,
because there's no way to keep up
a relationship that far apart.
You know what I mean? Like,
he's in England, I'm in the US,
we don't see each other physically, like,
we don't get that time, and when we did,
and then we couldn't
see each other after that,
that made it even worse.
Because it's like we had one
taste of like getting that feeling,
and then...
So then what happened, did he cheat on you?
- What happened?
- Yeah, actually.
- Really?
- Yeah.
That's a surprise.
Oh, not too surprising,
it was long distance.
Yeah, that's what I
mean. I'm being sarcastic.
Oh. (she chuckles)
Yeah, no, yeah, um,
yeah.
Were you pissed off when that happened?
Yeah, I was very upset. Um,
Was that before you started making content,
or after?
Much before.
Do you think maybe that
led you down the path of
like wanting attention from other people,
and showing yourself?
Maybe?
Maybe a little.
Why do you think you want to show yourself
to the world in the way that you have?
And why do you think you're so apprehensive
about showing yourself in
uh, more artistically significant ways?
If you want me to be like...
Do you want the real answer, or do you want
the nice fluffy answer?
Give me both.
I wanna hear your
version of like a fluffy one,
and then give me the real answer.
A fluffy one would be um
my parents did their best,
but ultimately failed to
supply me with a uh
a more secure self-esteem.
If that makes sense.
It makes total sense.
- They were very critical.
- Mhm.
Uh,
and the truthful, the
more truthful answer is,
they were just really
fucking shitty people.
They were physically violent.
- Emotionally explosive.
- I'm sorry.
I'm sorry.
No, it's okay.
Do you want me to cut, or?
- No, it's okay.
- Okay.
And it's important to be truthful.
So yeah, that's the reason why, probably.
I'm honored that you shared that.
- That's really beautiful.
- Thank you.
Yeah, no, it's okay, I mean,
shit happens.
(nervous chuckle) Um.
Yeah. Do you want me to cut?
We can just cut real quick.
Yeah, sure.
Okay.
So, start telling that story again,
that you were telling me
before I started rolling.
Oh um,
(they chuckle)
Yeah um, it was just so stupid,
me and my friend Christina,
we just got like totally
bored one night and
everybody was having a party,
we weren't invited,
in fact we were kind of barred from it
for reasons that don't
need to be explained.
She got in a fight with somebody. Anyway,
Look at me more when you're telling it.
Uh, yeah, so, anyway, she uh,
she decided like,
'Wanna play truth or dare?'
and I was like 'Yeah, sure'.
So, we decided to go and she,
it was just truth mostly,
I didn't have any dares
in mind, she didn't,
until like half an hour
in, she's like, 'Oh my God,
why don't we go skinny dipping?'
That was her dare, and I was like, fuck,
alright, well I guess I'm
going skinny dipping then, so,
I had to run across this quad,
because she somehow tacked on another layer
to the dare, that wasn't,
that's not the rules,
but she made it the rules, so,
of course, I had to do
something extra, but,
so did she, she followed me, so.
So, what did it feel like?
Doing it?
Uh,
cold. (they chuckle)
- And it was freezing.
- Was that, so that,
was that the first time
you'd seen her naked?
Yeah.
And the first time she'd seen you naked?
Yeah.
Was there any attraction there,
between the two of you?
I mean, maybe.
Well, I mean you decided to be
naked with each other,
and you could a just been like, fuck no,
I'm not gonna do that,
but you decided to do it anyway, so.
That's true. That's true.
Do you dabble in
stuff with women, or?
I mean,
sure, you could say that.
So, you're attracted to women too?
- Yeah.
- In addition to men?
- Yeah.
- Were you, were you attracted to her?
A little bit,
but it wasn't formally known, so.
Mhm. Do you think there was anything,
do you think she might have felt anything
for you, or it was just kind of one-way?
I think it was more one-way.
Yeah. That sucks.
She had a boyfriend like all the time.
- Mm.
- So.
I'm sure he wouldn't have minded if.
(they chuckle)
- Right? Yeah.
Of course.
This shot is so good.
Oh really? Yeah.
I'm glad.
You look great.
This is almost like the
poster or something,
I don't know.
Oh thanks! Yay!
- Beautiful.
- See, this is fun, right?
You're having fun with this, right?
Oh yeah, absolutely.
Yeah, dude.
This is better.
Look, you're fuckin', the
camera loves you when
you're being fucking honest, dude.
I just feel like Rose in 'Titanic'.
Yeah, exactly.
'Paint me like the French
woman' or whatever.
Yeah.
You can feel free to take
your top off at any time,
like she did.
Sure.
- I'm just kidding, I'm just kidding.
- Nice try.
I'm just kidding.
I think we're good.
I think we got it.
Did that feel good?
Oh, you do?
Yeah, dude.
That's it?
Well, I don't know. Um,
is there more you would want to share?
I mean, if you think we got everything.
Well, I just feel like we had
this really real disagreement.
You know? We resolved it.
You shared things.
Um, you opened up.
You got raw.
I feel like that's kind of it.
I don't know.
Well, I mean, it's not really
an ending ending, but like
us talking about it ending
could be the ending.
So I think we got it.
- Okay.
- How do you feel?
I feel um
really good, actually.
Yeah, you feel good?
I'm quite refreshed.
I feel like we bonded.
- Yeah, we did!
- Like even though we,
even though we disagreed about shit,
I feel like we bonded a little bit.
Oh yeah, and it felt
really really good to be um
so honest.
Here, move back a little bit,
I want to get the light more on your face.
I want you to look as
beautiful as possible.
Thank you.
Not that you could ever not look beautiful,
but let's...
There, there we go!
That's even better.
Yeah. That's awesome.
- Sorry, you were saying?
- Um,
so, you think we, we got everything?
Yeah, dude.
Cool! Alright, well... Did it feel good?
Yeah, it's been good,
it's been a wild ride, that's for sure.
You look like, see the,
you look like you just fucked.
You know what I mean? Like it, it,
you have to vibe of like
you got something out of your system.
You know what I mean?
Like it was catharsis or some shit.
Yeah, in one way or another, I did.
Yeah.
And I have you to thank, so.
Yeah, you have me to thank for fucking you.
Cinematically, artistically.
Yeah, sure.
Well, that's all!
(they laugh)
That's all art is, that's all sex is,
that's all anything, it's just like,
just get two people being
honest with each other
for X amount of period of fucking time,
- right?
- Yeah.
- Yeah absolutely.
- I feel like you learned something today.
Yeah, I reckon I did.
Yeah.
Yeah, you just have like a, you, you
have like a post-fuck daze, dude.
You're like just kind of high.
You look high.
(they chuckle)
You do, but in a good way,
you look high in like a relatable way.
(she laughs maniacally)
Dude, your actual laugh
is so fucking good, dude.
(he laughs)
You sound so high right now.
Oh goodness, okay, um,
- yeah.
- You sound so high.
You look so high, you sound so high.
Well, that's cause...
Cause you're high?
Did you get high before this?
(she chuckles)
- No I um
I don't have a friend named Kristen.
I never did.
You don't have a friend who?
What'd you say?
I don't have a friend named Kristen.
Is that what? I don't even remember what
the friend's name was.
I just remembered the nude bodies.
Yeah, nobody got nude,
that didn't happen.
- What's her, what's her actual name?
She doesn't exist. It, I made it up.
Wait, what?
Yeah, I made her up.
So you never...
Wait, you didn't go skinny
dipping with anybody?
You didn't do any...
Okay. Why did you make that up?
Well, I mean, you wanted
something interesting.
No, I wanted something honest.
You didn't, I'm not gonna cut that,
I'm gonna cut that out
now, if it was made up.
I'm gonna just not gonna use that.
- Thanks for telling me.
- Well, you're gonna have a lot to cut out.
It wasn't that long,
it was like just a couple minutes.
No, my parents also never hit me.
Why would you lie
about something like that?
Why would you make a documentary
with the veiled purpose
of trying to get someone
nude on camera?
Is that really what you think that I do?
Well at least a little bit.
No, I don't think I do that at all.
Why would you lie about
your parents beating you?
Why would you think that that's okay?
What about people... For the
same reason you thought it was okay
to ask me to take my
clothes off for the camera.
What about people who are
watching this right now who
have actually been beaten?
How are they gonna feel when they see you?
What about your fans?
What fans?
Your fans.
I have followers, not fans.
Okay, sorry.
'Followers'.
Wait,
why would you?
So, you made up
that you went skinny dipping,
which is like, fine, whatever,
but, why would you make up about
your parents beating you?
So, I'm not gonna use that,
and you're gonna thank me one day,
that I didn't use that,
because that's really fucked up.
I'm sorry.
I just
- I'm gonna cut that part out.
- I wanted to prove that I can act,
I mean, you did ask me about
that. I'm gonna cut that part out
about you making that
shit up about your parents,
that's really fucked up.
Yeah.
- I don't know why you would do that.
- The lip filler thing isn't true either.
Excuse me?
The lip filler thing.
That wasn't true either.
That's how this all fucking started.
Why...
Why would you lie
about the lip filler thing?
I thought it gave me more color.
Made me more interesting.
It made you more interesting
to say you had lip filler?
You thought it was hell
a interesting, did you not?
What about the guy in, the guy in England?
That is actually true.
That's true?
That is true.
Are you lying to me right now?
No.
How can I believe you?
You tell me.
What other shit have you lied about?
I feel like there's more.
- There isn't more.
- What are you doing to me right now?
Are you sabotaging my fucking movie?
No, I mean, you wanted
something interesting.
No, I wanted the truth, I wanted honesty,
I wanted real shit.
But that's not really
what any movie is, is it?
We can damn well try.
So, this fuckin' movie sucks now.
Um,
if you'd like to think
of it that way, sure.
But was it still entertaining?
I don't know.
It's a document of a fuckin' liar.
That I'm gonna release, and then,
your followers are gonna be like
'what the fuck is with her'.
Maybe people will be more interested
in what you had to say.
Which is what?
That girls changing clothes
is more interesting than the outfits
that they're wearing.
It is.
That's art.
Art is privacy, art is
intimacy, art is
what we do not see being shown.
Look, I think you
I think you come off worse than I do.
Do I?
Yeah.
I'm not sure how, I mean,
you told me we couldn't cut anything
from the film, that you wanted to use it,
all of it, so I just gave
you more material.
Does it really matter if it's true or not?
So, the lip filler thing was true,
you did get fucking lip filler.
Because otherwise, what would be
your fucking motivation for lying,
if you didn't tell some truth that you
wanted to cover up?
So the lip filler thing was real,
so I know that that's real,
because it wouldn't make logical sense
if the lip filler thing was fake.
Right?
No, but it is fake.
Do you really think I can't act?
I wish you would act.
I wish you'd do something
with your fucking life.
- Maybe I already I am!
- You're in New York City,
you're in New York fucking City, act.
- Maybe I am.
- Stupid fucking bitch.
Swear to fucking God.
You're so fucking beautiful,
and the camera loves you,
and you're a piece of shit.
How does that feel?
All the world's a stage.
I guess so.
Are we done here?
Do you have anything else
you wanna say to the world?
Be true to yourself.
That's all.
(acoustic guitar strumming)
(melodic humming)
I find it hard to sleep.
I'm tired of counting sheep.
I'll take you anywhere,
I'll take you
anywhere,
when you dream tonight,
please dream of us,
dream of us.
Show me where you go.
I just want to know.
I'll do with anything,
I'll do with
anything,
when you dream tonight,
please dream of us,
dream of us.
Just dream of us,
dream of us.
That was beautiful.
by a content creator
who came across my films and
liked how they looked.
She asked if she could hire me for a day
to shoot her going around New York City.
I said yes - and asked
if, in lieu of payment,
I could later do a documentary on her,
comprised of a sit-down
interview in her bedroom.
She agreed.
This is that documentary.
Here, just clap, so that I have the audio.
Okay, cool.
[Signing the release form]
Alright.
Um, so, who are you?
Hi, I'm Rachael Hunger,
um, [Rachael Hunger]
I live now in New York,
used to live in Albany, but...
I'm still getting used to it. Um...
Why are we here today?
Well, we're, I guess, here to
shoot a little documentary,
since you were so kind and gracious
in allowing me to film with you
for my UGC.
I really appreciate it, so, here we
are. [UGC = User-Generated Content]
Um, alright, so what's it,
what's it like being a content creator?
Or, is that what you call yourself?
I don't want to assume.
(she giggles)
Yeah, because I
do feel like 'influencer',
it sounds so, like, uppity,
so yeah, I would say 'content creator',
and I'm definitely not, like,
I don't have a million followers,
I'm not like Lele Pons, I'm just like,
just doing basic stuff, y'know?
Showing people around,
basically taking them throughout my day,
in little bits and pieces with me,
whether it's getting ready,
or going to lunch,
or trying out a new spot for a drink.
That kind of stuff.
And when did you get started doing this?
How long have you been doing it?
I've been doing it for the last
like two years, I'd say,
hardcore, but,
more seriously in this last year.
Um, trying to get actual payments
for my jobs.
So, where are you at in your career?
Like, do you feel like
you have a lot of followers?
Do you feel like, um, you still have
room to grow? Like,
how do you feel about your career
as a 'content creator'?
Well, I mean, 23,000 is good,
but I feel like I want to do better if
I can, [Rachael has 23,000 followers]
because, I don't know, it seems to me
that based on my experiences thus far, um,
I've gotten a lot of
like, free deals and stuff,
um, coupons even...
When I first started,
that was like, the only thing I got
in return for posting about something.
Um, but yeah, I think like, coupons,
um, all that stuff is fine,
but it really doesn't pay the bills, so,
that's what I'm going for.
I'm looking to hopefully
get some brand endorsements
that are legit,
and have a contract where like
I post X amount for this amount of money,
and it's guaranteed. Um,
so yeah, that's my goal, um,
right now I'm getting there,
I had a, a little 50 dollar payment,
that was something.
It was like 'oh, here's
a little endorsement
to our spot', but it wasn't
actual money, it was still like, to be,
received and tendered at their location.
It was like a pizzeria.
(she chuckles)
Which sounds so corny, but, (she chuckles)
You know, it's something.
Yeah, yeah.
It gets me out there.
So, where are you from?
What's, what's your, what's your story?
Well, I'm from a little outside of Albany,
um, but in the area that I was in,
it was very 'the sticks' pretty much,
so, a little farm-y, you know?
A lot of livestock,
crops,
but not that much, it was just
really in that like, area in my town,
that specifically,
and it was kind of like
a little isolated, if you will.
A little creepy.
(she chuckles)
A little 'Children of the Corn'.
I prefer New York City.
(she chuckles)
What do you like about New York City?
Uh, I love the people, I feel like
where I grew up it was so quiet
and desolate, if you will. Uh,
kinda, like I said,
'Children of the Corn'. Um,
so it was nice to be able to get out
and visit the city every once in a while
as a teenager,
even as a kid I would sometimes
do it with my family, but.
Have you seen 'Children of the Corn'?
Yeah!
I have, and it's quite haunting.
Chilling, if you will.
Yeah.
There's a lot of those,
I think there's like
there might be like 9 or 10 different
'Children of the Corn'
movies at this point.
Are there really?
I think there are.
Because when I was growing up,
there was like a bunch of sequels that were
like straight-to-video.
- Oh, yeah.
- And then I think they've done like
a remake maybe,
and then like, other ones or something,
but I think there might be like 9 or 10.
Oh wow, oh my god.
Yeah. I have only seen maybe the first one
and the second one, I think.
Mm.
And what'd you think?
I, I think like, the premise is better
than the actual movie.
You know? It's one of those.
- Definitely.
- Like, yeah.
(he chuckles) - There
was like a kid pastor, right?
- Wasn't that like part of it?
- Yeah, yeah.
Ugh, my god, he got...
He gave me the creeps, I didn't like him.
- Mhm.
Do you like horror movies?
Um, I do a little,
I, I dabble here and there, um,
I'm trying to think of like what my
favorite one might be.
I have a hard time nowadays
sitting through movies, like all the way.
If I'm honest, my
attention span is just shot.
But like-(she chuckles)
In general, if I had
to pick a horror movie,
I would say
'Saw'.
That was really good, in my opinion.
- Yeah, 'Saw' is good.
I love 'Saw'.
Yeah, the special effects are crazy.
Like, I don't know how they do all that.
- Mhm. Yeah.
I know a little bit, but not everything.
Do you feel like that's something
you would ever want to do, like,
just be in movies, or anything like that?
It's funny that you say that,
because yes, um,
I considered going to like acting school
when I first kinda moved out here,
which was like just last month, um,
in theory, I could save
up for it, I could do it.
Not sure how long film is gonna like last.
You know what I mean?
Everyone's attention
span is like shot to shit.
Frankly, just like mine, so,
I, I wonder about
how long
that will go on for. You
know what I mean? Like,
I think it's cool, don't get me wrong,
I love movies
to a degree, uh,
but I just can't sit through them anymore,
and I'd rather watch like something
shorter if I could,
because time is money, and...
What do you mean by 'shorter'?
Like how short?
Like, I like watching um...
(she chuckles)
Like YouTube videos
even, I know that's like
- still kind of like old school, but.
- Mhm.
I enjoy it,
because like usually they're pretty short,
and they don't need to
be on for like 40 minutes.
It can be like a quick 10-minute
'Get Ready With Me' or
'go to Sephora with me' or...
So, you watch that stuff? Like even like,
because you, I know you make that stuff,
but like you will actually like watch
somebody else doing that stuff?
Oh yeah, absolutely, I mean,
I'm not bit-biting or anything,
but I am kind of taking
inspiration from stuff,
because, you know, there's nothing
new under the sun,
somebody said that, right? Um,
And yeah, I think it, it's good
to get that inspiration,
plus I low key enjoy it, because
it's like getting to spend time with
another person,
without actually having
to like do anything,
you can just chill.
That's interesting, I
never would have thought
that like content creators watch other
content creators.
Yeah... Like it, it just
feels like it's a very um...
I don't know, it's like your own pursuit,
and I would feel like
it would be something
that you would just like
get sick of, or something.
I mean,
the only thing that I get sick of sometimes
is like trying to film.
That's probably the hardest thing, for me.
- Mhm.
Um, just because like
it's not always opportune,
and I'm usually by myself trying to do it,
and I feel kind of ridiculous like
trying to do a oh 'here's me in New York',
and I have to be alone like on Chelsea Pier
trying to get a photo with like my
my stand and all that. Ugh.
It's just awkward.
Yeah.
So, I think that's like the most annoying
part about it, to be fair.
- Everything else is fine.
- Do you ever,
do you ever feel like silly like
when you're in public
and like you're shooting
content and like people
are looking at you weird,
or anything, or?
All the time.
Yeah, and you can't tell me they're not,
I know they are. (she chuckles)
Plus, I've seen those videos on TikTok,
of people like
oh, 'influencer in the wild',
or things like that, ugh.
Yeah.
I just pray and hope
that I'm never on it. (she chuckles)
What's something like
embarrassing about you?
Like I don't mean like career-ending,
but just something like
that you know, like,
cute embarrassing, like,
curious, you know?
- That's hard.
- Like harmless embarrassing.
Like just like a tidbit. You know like a
I don't know.
Mm.
Harmless tidbit.
(he chuckles)
Do you have any like guilty pleasures,
- entertainment-wise or life-wise?
- Oh.
Yes,
definitely, um,
something pretty much no one knows is that
like when I'm not
watching other influencers
talk about stuff,
and products, whatever,
I go and look at metal detectors online,
so I can like kinda see what they're doing
and try to go to locations,
because I, I asked for a metal detector
two Christmases ago and
I've been using it
intermittently here and there,
- haven't found anything.
- You use a, you use a metal detector
in New York City? Oh, okay.
- Not in New York City, but like
when I was still home,
I could use it outside
and just like go to random places because
honestly, there is a lot
of history to New York
- and, yeah, there's a lot of cool stuff.
- What have you found,
- have you found anything cool?
- I can show you, if you want.
These are some of my beautiful coins.
This is probably a
quarter, more than likely.
Um, what else do I have here?
This one looks like a dime,
but very very severely
weathered and worn.
As is this one,
these are all from the beach.
Um, I went to Rockaway
two months ago,
and yeah, these are uh, these are them.
So, you've never, you've never shown this
on like with content or anything?
You've never like, metal-detected?
No, because... Why?
(he chuckles) - Because
like, I don't know, I think
it would, it's not really my brand, per se.
People would...
I think that would be cool.
You think so?
I, I would watch some
like metal-detecting.
I, I, I'm just now hearing
of like metal-detecting
as like a category of video,
I never even heard of that.
No, yeah, it's really fun, um,
A lot of people do it, and it it
for the most part is uneventful,
just like the real thing, because,
it's just walking around,
waiting to find a spot, but,
when they do, it's really fun,
and I'm like, ugh, I'm craving that like
just give me something cool!
Old Victorian object or something, however,
I don't film that, only because, um,
I don't know,
I, I don't think the
image that I've cultivated
in my like online presence
would translate well with that content.
Like, I don't even speak in my videos,
let alone like
show my day-to-day really, like.
Yeah, it's weird, like um,
does it does it feel
weird being seen talking?
A little bit. (she giggles)
Well, you're not right now,
because we literally just see
your pants and the coins, but we
we just shot stuff where you were like
you were straight-up talking to the camera,
that was like, was that weird?
Yeah, I was just trying to focus on you,
I was like oh yeah, I just, (he chuckles)
I'm talking to a person.
(she chuckles) - Yeah,
alright, I'm gonna cut,
and we can talk more
about like what that's like.
Yeah yeah.
Alright, so here you are,
staring at the camera,
and talking,
and that's something you
don't normally do,
so let's talk about that, um,
why don't you talk in your content?
What's, what's that about,
when you're your
persona, or your character,
I don't know what to call it, but, um,
why don't you talk in your content?
Um,
well, honestly,
it does make me kind of nervous,
and that sounds silly, right?
Because like, I film
videos, and that's like
what I'm trying to do for a living, um,
but like, yeah, it's really hard, I think
the medium I work best in
is visual, and
that translates really well
to like, the audience that I want, um,
so yeah, that's, that's
why I mainly don't do it,
and also 'cause
I, I don't feel like I have the best
voice in the world,
so, there's that too.
You have a nice voice,
you have a good voice.
Thank you.
When I hear myself
after I've tried to record
something with audio,
I'm like, who the fuck is that? Like,
I don't know who that is. Ah!
So not only are people hearing you talk,
they just heard you curse.
(she gasps) (he chuckles)
Shit!
- No, I'm just teasing.
- This isn't family friendly.
It's whatever, it's out
there in the ether now.
- Mhm.
- I'm coolin'.
Hopefully I don't speak too freely.
(she chuckles)
You definitely have like, faces that you do
when you do your content, um,
Yeah? Oh, you've noticed
(they chuckle) the?
Well yeah, I mean that's
part of your character.
So it's like, I, I'm just noticing when I'm
seeing you, because um
I, I haven't really watched
too many of your videos,
um, to be honest, but
just seeing a couple,
you have like certain faces,
and like I can see like when you're talking
as your actual, human self,
like, you don't really make the same faces.
No, yeah, I mean,
yeah, I typically am very animated,
because I understand
that like it's much like
silent film acting in a way, because like
I'm doing this like visual representation
of an experience, a product, uh,
and it's, there's no sound needed,
it's just simply like
visually stimulating, so...
- yeah.
- Mhm.
Can you cycle through
a couple of your faces
- right now?
- Um...
Or is it, is it hard to do if you're not
like actually doing the video?
I think, like, I can do like um...
Sometimes I'll mouth things,
- Mhm. Yeah yeah.
- But that's different, like.
(he chuckles)
Does it feel silly when you're
doing it, or? (she chuckles)
Because like, it, obviously this is like
outside of the context of you
doing it doing it.
Yeah, um,
if it, yeah, it does
feel a little bit weird,
I feel like a Sim, like.
(they chuckle)
Alright, well,
I'm gonna cut and we'll we'll
talk about something else or
figure it out.
Okay.
Okay, so you have very prominent lips.
(she chuckles)
Um, - Thank you.
What's it like having really big lips?
Um, I mean I, it's fine, um,
I do get comments sometimes that are
sometimes less than nice, uh,
- Less than nice?
- A little bit indecent, if you will, yeah.
Oh, okay. (he chuckles)
I thought it was like, I was,
I, I was thinking like
people were just like
'screw you, you have
big lips' or something, but,
Oh no, no yeah, I mean, (he chuckles)
- Yeah.
- For the most part it's just like thirsty guys
- trying to flirt.
- Yeah.
So... But yeah, um,
You've, I guess you've
had them your whole life.
I feel like people with big lips,
it's just kind of like,
I guess they're just born with them.
(she chuckles)
- Yeah, I mean,
you would think so, right?
Because like,
Do they come in later?
Is it like puberty? Is it like breasts?
Do they like? (they chuckle)
I mean, sure, in some cases, sure, um,
But yeah, I mean,
this is totally off-the-record, but,
if I'm honest with you, and myself,
I did go ahead and take that leap,
I got swindled and totally...
I just, I fell into the, the hole.
I fell into that pitfall of
doing what everybody else was doing,
and I definitely got lip filler.
Oh. Okay.
- Yeah.
- I didn't even know that.
- No, yeah.
- It looks like natural, like it doesn't look like
I don't know.
Ugh. Thank you.
I hope, yeah, I mean,
I was glad that it didn't go terribly,
- there was one time when it did.
- Mhm.
Um, it was just not cute.
I feel like, okay, so,
what is it, is it like,
does it like wear off and you get more?
Or what's the deal with it?
So like,
it basically...
There's a lot of debate on this,
scientifically-speaking,
according to like the research, um,
somebody did like an MRI of someone's face,
after they had filler,
and it had supposedly
dissolved, because it wasn't
where it was when they
initially like injected it.
What is it that they put in there?
I think it's
hyaluronic acid?
What's that?
(he chuckles)
- It's like, it,
it's basically collagen,
just like extra.
And it's like a interesting like
- viscous fluid, if you will.
- Okay.
II guess that's the right,
I don't know if that's right, but.
I haven't done it in a while,
so it's likely that maybe
they have decreased in size, or deflated.
I mean they're still huge lips.
Thank you.
- I mean yeah.
- But they're fake.
- Unfortunately yeah, they're fake. Yeah.
- Yeah, spoiler.
But it's okay, I mean I always had a good
bottom lip, so that is truly mine, but,
So your bottom lip's yours.
- Mhm.
- Top lip is fake.
Yeah, for the most part.
So, what do your lips feel like
to you right now?
They feel like my regular lips.
So I'm looking in the mirror, like,
are they still there? They are. Um.
But yeah, they're just kind of
there, sometimes it's weird, like,
kissing people is weird,
- Mhm.
- Because it's like
I don't know what my top lip
is entirely doing the whole time,
and I'm just trying to make sure it's
acting right.
Alright.
So, yeah.
It's a little weird, but um...
Sorry, that was so extra share, ah.
(he chuckles)
It's interesting.
Yeah, I guess so. I guess so,
but, I don't know, I feel like it's
something that...
it's sort of a secret, if
- Mhm.
- If I'm honest, um,
But yeah, we've been having such like a
a cool conversation,
I was just like, let me
spout out and share, um,
Well, that's the point of a documentary
is you, you get people
being natural. You know?
Yeah, yeah. Um,
yeah, I suppose.
Is there um,
Is there any chance you might be willing to
kind of like cut that part?
Or make it a little bit more ambiguous?
Are you serious?
Yeah, if, if you could,
I mean I know that sounds extra, and like,
you know, it's silly, I
should probably be okay
with the fact that I
did something like that,
but I, what I'm not sure I'm okay with,
upon reflecting, uh,
is my audience knowing that, because...
Alright, let me cut,
and we can talk about it.
Like talk about it talk about it.
- Okay.
- Okay.
I always have like a
natural aversion to like
cutting things that work, and I feel like
it was such an interesting conversation.
Totally, I, I totally understand, um,
and it is your documentary,
um, I just, you know, I wonder if
maybe it's possible that
I could have a little bit more say
in like what's included and what's not?
I would just want you to look at
the finished product,
and then decide like how you feel about it,
and then let me know.
- Okay.
- Um,
because like, at the end of the day, like,
you signed a release,
and it's my footage,
and I can do with it whatever I want,
but, you know, I'll show you a cut of it,
and then maybe if you see a cut of it,
you might feel like
'oh, that actually works'.
- You know what I mean?
- Yeah, sure. Yeah.
I feel like you're angry with me now.
No no no, I'm just um
uh, pensive. (she chuckles)
No, I just mean like, like let me
take a crack at it basically.
Like let me try and make my version of
the best movie I can make,
and if that's in there, that's in there,
and if it's not in there,
then it's not in there,
and then you look at it with fresh eyes,
because like what feels weird in the moment
isn't necessarily what's gonna feel weird
when you look at it like incorporated into
a full piece, does that make sense?
No, yeah yeah, sure, and,
okay.
Alright, um, (he chuckles)
Well, what else is there to talk about?
I don't know, what, what can we talk about?
Alright, so, here is my room,
behind me I have my calendar,
because it's always good to stay on time.
Here I've got my little pencil case,
some beautiful Cracker Barrel pens.
Two dollars, total steal,
go to Cracker Barrel.
Oh, I have these cute little testers
from Carolina Herrera.
These were only 35
paired together at the store.
I was like, that's tea, I'm getting it.
What does 'tea' mean, by the way?
Oh, 'tea'? It's like oh
that's tea like that's
that's a deal, like that's the secret
- that I needed to know.
- Oh, right.
'Oh, that's the tea, right there' like
- Okay.
- Little-known secret.
Little life hack.
What else is over here?
I mean, I have room spray,
this was something
that I actually got from uh
Tassot A-pare-ies?
I, I never knew how to learn the name.
But uh yeah, they gave this to me to try.
So yeah, you've probably seen it on my
little Instagram page.
And then,
this is my Sarah Jessica Parker perfume.
I really do love 'Sex and the City',
that's like one of my favorite shows.
Mhm.
- Does it smell like paradise?
- What does it smell like?
I can't smell it from over here. Don't like
spray more of it, just in case
I hate it, but, (they chuckle)
Here, let, here pass it to me,
and I'll just sniff it.
Is this what Sarah
Jessica Parker smells like?
That's what I would think,
I would think so, right?
And it's pretty magical, I love it.
It's like, I was expecting to hate it,
but I kinda like it.
Yeah, it's not bad, right?
It has almost like a
cigarette-y sense to it,
or like a hookah, it almost
smells like a hookah. (she chuckles)
Have you ever done hookah?
No, I've never done hookah.
Okay, this kind of
it has like a hookah-ness.
I wonder if Sarah Jessica
Parker does hookah.
It would not surprise me,
because she smokes
a whole lot in that show.
Ah, yeah, that's true, I forgot about that.
Um,
what else?
This is like my little
everything bin right now, but,
when it's not everything,
it's mainly just my hair stuff.
And then over here this is just like
everything else.
This is like a three-tiered system.
Makeup,
nails and body,
more nails and body.
(she chuckles) So,
basically the same thing. Um,
You have like a statue of big lips.
Oh yes I do, I,
one could say I
manifested that as well, um,
But we're not allowed to talk about
your big lips.
Yeah, shh.
Um, but then I also
have this lovely turtle,
I got this from T.J. Maxx.
Mhm.
Literally 15 dollars.
Alright. I like the cat poster.
Oh, yeah, thank you!
I don't know if you saw the picture
of my actual cat, but.
Yes, I did.
I like to think of that
painting as an homage.
Mhm.
I like to be really organized,
so I've got like summer tops here,
summer pants here,
and then this is all my like
really nicer type stuff,
um. Got some of this.
This is actually really really cool,
this is a high-ticket item,
I got this from a brand based in Greece.
They sent it to me in the mail,
all I had to do was
like shoot a video in it,
and it was really cute. Ah!
Also got this from a little brand deal,
this is like an independent boutique brand
called Spencer's Closet,
- and they gave this to me to wear.
- Mhm.
During Fashion Week last year.
Ooh, this was my fit for 'Barbie'.
I made a whole reel about it,
going to the Barbie movie,
and like going in my hot pink,
me and my friends went all together.
It was really cool.
- Did you like 'Barbie'?
I do, yeah, and I, I did like her.
As like a toy, or like in the movie?
No, I meant did you like the movie?
- I did like the movie.
- I thought it was good.
I fell asleep a little bit, but.
Uh-oh.
Is that, is that, do we
have to cut that out,
that you fell asleep during it?
No, it's fine, I can admit
that. (she chuckles)
But yeah, I have this as well,
this is like my favorite...
What is this from? Divided.
Yeah, I didn't get a deal with them, but,
I did really like their dress,
- I think it's like Urban Outfitters?
- Mhm.
But I did a shopping with me trip
to Urban Outfitters,
and this is what I got.
- So nice.
- Okay.
Yeah, um.
But yeah, that's, that's mainly it,
I mean I could uh,
I could try some on for you, if you want.
We could do like a little
'ooh, get ready with me'.
Or it, maybe even like for transitions,
in between things, when we're like
talking about stuff,
we can like, oh, look
at her in this outfit,
and then, changing subject,
in this outfit.
You know? That kind of vibe?
Okay, yeah. Totally.
- Would that be cool?
- Yeah.
Alright, cool cool, so...
yeah.
I guess with that in there.
- Okay, I'll cut, I'll cut here.
- Wait, what?
- I was gonna say, I guess with that in there um
maybe we can cut out some of the, the more
sensitive subjects that we were
talking about earlier.
Oh my god. Like, really?
Yeah. I mean yeah.
Wait, what, what do you mean?
I mean like, you know,
maybe we can substitute.
Like, - Substitute what for what?
Lip filler for clothes.
What's 'clothes'? What does 'clothes' mean?
Like outfits, like, 'oh, check this out'.
Really cute.
I can explain where I got it and
what a good deal I got on it,
even if I didn't.
Well, that's not as interesting.
I mean, you, one could say that.
Like if you're just putting on a jacket,
and talking about a jacket,
that's not as interesting as you
talking about the fact
that you have lip fillers,
and giving an honest like
down-to-earth, uh,
statement on that. You know?
Like it, I, I just feel like you're
this is almost like you're turning this
documentary into kind of like
what your content is.
Unintentionally.
I wouldn't have agreed to shooting um
your content for you
around New York City
if I thought that like
the documentary was literally just gonna be
more content of you like
trying on stuff or whatever.
Oh.
So like, honestly like, I feel like um
the documentary
like can be
just us disagreeing about
what the documentary
is.
Like, this shot
that I have on you right now, like,
I just like the shot of just you sitting,
and just being like a person,
and uh, we're just having a conversation.
Like to me, that's compelling, like,
I'm not
a young person who watches content.
That's not compelling for me,
- Mm.
- I'm somebody who watches like documentaries
where people are being
real with each other. Um,
but,
I think a way to, for us to meet halfway
is the fact that like
you know, in the context of us disagreeing,
there's a documentary there.
Um, does that make sense?
Is that something you would be more
comfortable with?
I do like the idea
of it being more focused on
us disagreeing about like
what the point of the
documentary is, or like what
any point to any documentary is, really.
Well, 'cause that's real,
like that's what we're
if, if that's what's happening between us,
our disagreement, - Yeah.
I feel like that disagreement
becomes the documentary.
That like, for me, documentaries,
and film in general,
should be always chasing like what's real,
and like what's happening right now,
and what's happening right now is
we're disagreeing about what this is.
- You know? So.
- Yeah, sure.
Can we, uh,
is that something you feel safe capturing?
Because I, I, I'm just worried now
that we're gonna go down that path,
and then you're gonna be like,
alright, well, cut all the stuff
about us disagreeing, and,
just keep all the stuff about
me talking about clothes
and stuff. You know?
Oh no, yeah, I mean,
you can, you can totally keep the
the disagreement in there,
I think that honestly
I really really like your
idea there, because like
that is really compelling,
I like things that have like,
you know,
a story, I don't think is interesting,
unless there's resistance, - Mhm.
- In some way, shape, or form.
- Sorry, I'm just
figuring the shot a bit better, but
No, word.
But yeah, I um,
I definitely think...
Like, we don't have to get along,
and that can be part of the
the interestingness of what we're doing.
You know? Because we're, you know,
we're two different people.
Like, I come from a very
different world from you,
and you come from a very different
world from me.
Like I don't get why people make content.
I think it's stupid, like,
I'm fine admitting that to you,
and I'm sure you get that from people
in your life.
Oh sure, yeah. But if it's
stupid... Um, I don't, I don't
dislike you as a person,
I'm just saying, like,
I, I don't understand why people make
this kind of shit. Like I, like,
with this same equipment, like,
a fucking camera,
you can make like an
actual like fucking movie,
and not just like worship
these fucking brands,
and uh, make your whole life about chasing
these little fuckin' morsels of shit
that they fucking throw your way,
whether it be a fucking coupon,
or some fucking shit that
they throw you, and then
you're constantly
chasing this fucking carrot
that's like dangling in front of your face.
Like that's fucked up too.
So it's like, us talking about that shit,
and that's fine, I'm
there's shit that you think
like is fucked up about me and I'm sure
you think like 'oh, this
pretentious asshole',
that's like shitting on
what I'm doing right now.
You know, I'm sure you
have shit that you would
want to say to me, and that can be kind of,
if, if we're rolling
while that's happening,
then that's fucking compelling, so,
I think that's interesting.
Okay. I mean...
Like, say something to me, like say,
I'm not trying to force it,
because then that would be fake, but like,
how are you feeling about me
shitting on what you do?
Does that feel, does that feel good?
Does that feel uncomfortable?
It feels...
pedantic.
Pedantic?
Okay.
Because like,
I mean I, I kind of got the gist of it
when I first like approached you,
and we had a little chat
you know, over the phone about
what we do, and what we're into, and... Mhm.
Yeah um I mean, I got
the gist of it from there,
so like, I do know that, I'm aware,
um that you feel that
way, and I, I do respect it,
to a degree,
even though I disagree, um,
yeah, I'd say,
content creation in general
at this moment in time
is much more lucrative
than trying to work in film.
I have no doubt that it's more lucrative,
and also I'm not trying to work in film,
I'm just trying to make
stuff that I like, like,
you know that, you've
seen some of my stuff,
you wouldn't have contacted me
if you didn't like kind of what I'm doing,
which is just doing my own thing, um,
- Oh no, yeah, of course.
- You know, I'm not, what I mean is like
I'm different also from
people on my side, uh,
making art and chasing being in Hollywood,
and all that shit.
Like I'm doing my own thing there.
Um, so, you know,
I'm, I'm not chasing that shit in general,
is what I'm trying to say.
- Mm.
- Um,
So you don't want to make
high-budget movies?
No. Not at all.
- Really?
- If I'm not doing shit like this,
like even though this
day is not going great
because we're disagreeing
on what this documentary should be, like
this small footprint type shit,
I fucking love.
And you, the, I'm sure
the small footprint-ness
of making content is what makes it
tolerable for you to be
shilling for these fucking brands,
is the fact that you can just go out
and do it yourself,
rather than like
you being part of some fucking,
if you worked at some network,
or you worked at some TV station,
or whatever, or you
were, you know, on some red carpet
interviewing people or whatever, like,
there's that path,
and you didn't take that path,
so there's some acknowledgment there
of like you like the fact that you can just
get out there with a fucking camera
or your phone, and you can make something.
So like, we're kind of
cut from the same cloth,
in a certain sense,
it's just that like
I'm looking for honesty,
and you're kind of,
I don't know, it's almost
like a brainwashing
thing where like you're
so fucking close to just
like making something
that's like honest and cool,
but oh, these fucking
brands call you and say like
go visit here, or like a
store calls you and says
like come check out our thing
and make content about
it, it's like, I don't know
it's just, it's, its a, different place
than I come from shit with,
so it's hard for me to relate.
It's not entirely dishonest,
the type of content that I make,
I mean, I can understand
why it might seem that way,
because not everything is included,
for instance, my voice.
I don't include that, so that element
- of reality is lost.
- And I don't, I don't,
I don't have any problem
with that, I think that's cool, uh,
that's fine that you
don't talk in your stuff.
- Cool, great, yeah.
- No, yeah.
But like, I'm just saying it
it seems like you think that I'm like
dick-riding these brands,
and I'm definitely not, I'm just
showing the best part
that they have to offer,
whether it be
a product or
an experience,
- and I'm showing the best aspects.
- That's fair, but you wouldn't
you wouldn't do it if they weren't,
I mean, actually, I should phrase that
as a question, would
you do this kind of stuff
if they weren't asking you to do it?
I mean...
Because uh, I mean I can get, like,
when you're starting out,
you could just go and
do stuff to show that you can do it,
- Yeah, yeah of course.
- But like, you know,
I don't know, it, some of the stuff,
would you even do?
I mean,
- Like, okay, let me put it this way.
- Touch.
Let me put it this way:
these are the best
years of your life, right?
You're young, you're beautiful,
you're in New York City,
- right?
- Thank you.
Why aren't you a fucking artist?
Like, let's, let's be real,
let's get real with this
fucking documentary,
like why aren't you making art?
Like, what's the fucking,
what are you getting out of
what you're doing
that's so much better than like
if you were to tell a fucking
compelling story?
Like what is the fucking problem?
- Why isn't my TikTok reel an art?
- Well it's something else, right?
It's commercialism and it's
the commercial area of things and it's
advertising and it's
to an extent it's propaganda.
But that, it's still like
in and of itself like
a lot of commercials, let's say,
the, the Campbell's soup can commercial,
where it hops of the shelf and
follows a kid home.
Mhm.
That's, like,
there's a storyline there, like
there's a point to that, and,
it's still art, you know what I mean,
even though they're trying to get you
to buy a product at the end of the day,
that still doesn't take away
the aspect of artistry that goes into that.
- Mhm.
- Like,
it's still beautiful.
I think of that as like a short film,
No yeah, look, commercial art
can be some of the best art,
and there's been really influential
commercial art.
I would have more respect for you
if you were actually making stuff
that could be held
to that regard,
or could be in a museum one day,
but you're not, you're
like literally you're just
being used as a fucking pawn, dude.
Like, for real.
I wouldn't say 'a pawn',
because like at the end of the day,
there is benefits to the job.
And it, I guess it depends on what your
expectation is when you go into that, like,
if you're expecting to be paid
a million dollars the first time
you get a brand deal, like,
you're not gonna get that, but,
you will get a good experience.
You will get to go places
you haven't gone before.
And you find that compelling?
I mean, I think it is
incredibly compelling,
it's another way to connect with people,
and I think that's
integral to art
- as a, as a whole.
- Mhm.
So I, this, I'd say like okay,
I agree to disagree with you
in terms of like,
oh, content creation isn't art
because I'm like sold out or whatever,
I haven't even like gotten
that much money from it
I mean I've gotten vouchers, basically, so,
I wouldn't say I'm
selling out in that regard,
but I would say that
I'm taking the opportunity
that I have to use
my assets,
and make some money for myself.
And broaden my social connections.
See, that was good, like,
a little bit of that, that
was like interesting.
Are you comfortable
with that being in there?
- Yeah, yeah, absolutely, I, I think that's good.
- Okay.
Alright.
Okay, so like what, what
would the clothing be?
Um, I mean we can go with a, a variety
of different outfits, I mean,
But like what would it be? Like what's,
when you, when you say
'trying on clothes', is it like,
like what's, what does
'trying on clothes' mean?
Oh, I mean like, you know,
little outfit reveals, like,
we find a way to
or at least, how I do it,
when I'm doing like a TikTok,
I try to find like a walkway to go down,
whether it be a hallway or
like even just my bedroom door.
Walk in in one outfit,
and then walk in in another one,
cut to, walk in in another one,
and then it's like a runway.
Like me, doing a runway show, by myself.
So then it's not actually
like trying on clothes
it's not like putting on clothes,
it's like finished product,
like here's me in clothes,
- right?
- Yeah. Yeah. Pretty much.
- Um.
- Like a runway show.
Yeah, I don't know.
It just sounds a little content-y to me.
If it was you
trying on, like literally
putting on, taking off clothes,
that would be more interesting,
because that's not something that you
would normally see you do.
Yeah, it'd be more like something
you'd see an OnlyFans model do.
(he chuckles)
Right, but, I'm just
trying to, I'm just trying to
give an example of like the fact that like
there's just no real reason to do, like,
'here's me in this outfit',
and then cut to
'I'm in another outfit',
cut to, 'I'm in another outfit', like
that's just not the kind
of thing I'm going for,
like I would rather just talk to you, um,
and ask you more questions about
what it's like to be you and stuff.
Like it just doesn't seem useful to grab
that kind of footage,
unless there's something
about it that's different than what
normally would be there.
But watching me undress seems useful?
I, you, I mean, I feel like you're
pinpointing upon that, but,
well yes, to, you know,
I'll argue from the position
you're putting me in,
but yeah, it would be, it would be useful,
it would be interesting.
It would be entertaining,
it would be beautiful,
because I would shoot it beautifully.
Would you consider
well-directed porn 'art'?
I would consider
poorly-directed porn 'art'.
I think 'porn' is a genre, I think um
I would defend any art that is art,
and art is art,
and that's all that art is, and so,
I'm not trying to make porn here,
so I kind of like
I know what you're getting at, um,
and I don't appreciate it, um,
but yeah, I would,
of course I would defend any art.
No, yeah, I just,
I just think it's interesting that um
seeing me in the outfits isn't useful,
but watching me get to that point is.
Yeah, because that's normally what
we would not see.
So, if we're seeing you
putting on or taking off clothes,
that's something we wouldn't normally see.
Again, this is the
purpose of a documentary,
is to give people a glimpse of you
behind what they would normally see of you.
You're a beautiful woman.
Who wouldn't want to see a beautiful woman
putting on or taking off clothes?
That's like what people have painted since
paint existed.
You know, you can go
into a museum and see like
paintings of like women
washing their legs and shit, you know?
This isn't 'porn', this
isn't me being a creep,
this is me being an artist.
Like welcome to fucking models and artists,
and the oldest fucking relationship
in the history of art.
A woman is beautiful.
A painter, or a sculptor,
uh, captures them.
You know?
Right.
What was the eye roll there?
I saw the fucking eye
roll, what do you mean?
So I reckon that's the
reason why you picked me
for your little documentary, then?
That you're beautiful?
I, is this the first time
you've been told that?
Yes, you're beautiful.
It's not the first time,
not to toot my own horn, but...
No, what I mean is like
yeah, okay, so, you know,
you wanted me to shoot content of you.
Great, I was like, let me do a documentary,
yeah, because you're beautiful is probably
part of why I chose to do
that deal, rather than
just get paid or something.
Because I was like, this chick's gorgeous,
like why can't I just
do a documentary? That would be dope.
That would be priceless,
art is always priceless, right?
I guess, sure.
But I mean,
don't you think it's kind of voyeuristic
to deem
watching someone undress,
which is usually a private moment,
for most people...
Yes, art is about
private moments, - As art?
It's about like you talking about your lip
filler, it's like what they
say about free speech:
free speech isn't there to protect
speech that you love,
it's there to protect speech that you hate.
That's the only possible purpose.
The only possible purpose of art
is moments that you wouldn't normally see,
or you wouldn't normally appreciate.
We see women walking down the street,
fully clothed, all the time.
We don't always see women
in states of undress, unless we have
some sort of intimate
relationship with them,
but art provides us a glimpse into
intimacy and into
connecting with other people,
and being allowed into their world.
You know? You allowed me into your world
with this documentary,
and so I, I fucking went down
that path with you, with you,
and the second we started revealing things
about yourself that are actually
about yourself,
you fucking back off.
And that's fucked up, because
we were - Is it fucked up?
Yeah, it is, because we were so close
to fucking creating a piece of art here.
You know?
I think
what we're doing right now is 'art'.
Is it not? Having a dialogue?
Yes, I'm fine with this,
this is good, this is all usable.
Right.
I just think
you don't have to necessarily
have a naked woman in your
finished product to make it interesting,
or to make it 'art'.
I don't necessarily need to have
a naked woman in my art
for it to be 'art', I'm just saying, you,
you were talking about putting
on clothes and taking off clothes.
The only way that I would want to do that
is if you were actually,
like we saw you in your underwear,
which, honestly, like fucking, dude,
like I've seen your fucking content,
you've been on beaches,
you've been in fucking bikinis and shit
on the fucking beach,
so what's the big deal about
you in like a bra and panties?
It's the same fucking
attire, it's just that
you're on the beach or you're in
a fucking bedroom, so it's like,
you're you're playing this
moral high ground thing
(he coughs) Excuse me.
You're playing this like
moral high ground thing, but like
you know, what, what is the problem?
Like why, why do you care? Like, what?
Who gives a shit?
Did you like forget to
shave your legs today
or something, like
what's the fucking problem?
But the point is like
you're the one who brought up fucking
taking on or putting off clothes,
like I've never brought that up once
during this whole fucking thing.
So like, - You don't have
to curse at me, thank you.
I curse when I talk, it's,
I'm not cursing at you,
I'm expressing myself
as like a human being.
I'm using, uh, all parts of the buffalo,
and some of the parts of the buffalo
is me fucking cursing, dude.
I don't, I'm not angry with you, I'm,
this is like intellectual
discussion, right?
Yeah, but I bet you'll
cut that out, won't you?
What won't, what would I cut out?
What doesn't make you look good.
What doesn't make me look good?
I look like fucking great here, dude.
Do you? Because you just told
me that - Yeah, I'm, I'm saying...
This would only be interesting
if I undressed for you on camera...
No no no... Followed it
up by cursing at me a ton.
No, that's not what I said.
Do you want to put any
more nails in your coffin?
(he chuckles)
What, you think I'm gonna
get cancelled for this shit?
No, because, if you actually look
at the content of what I said,
nothing I said was wrong,
in fact, I was backed into a uh
theoretical corner, um,
with how you were
describing the situation, so,
I think, I think I come off fine.
I think you come off a little bit
fucking inflexible.
Really?
Yeah.
I'd like to see if this gets to the
final cut of the film.
- This scene? I'm happy with it.
- Yep.
Well, I look forward to watching it, then.
Okay.
I think you would like
this movie more than you
think you would.
Okay, so why are you
giving me the silent treatment?
Why aren't you saying
anything to me anymore?
I'm rolling, so, I want to capture
what you have to say about
you not talking to me anymore right now.
I disagree with you on a lot of things.
Most things.
- Yes.
- But,
That's fine.
I think I agree with you on one...
Maybe one thing.
What do you agree with me on?
I agree that
it's better to be honest.
Yes!
That's all I've been fucking saying, dude.
It is better to be honest.
Fuck yes, okay,
let's do this.
Can I ask you questions and shit?
Go for it.
I'll try to remain
myself
- and not any other version.
- Okay.
Fuck yes, alright, um,
gimme something from your life
that you've never told anybody,
and let's capture that fucking honest
moment, and I guarantee you you'll
feel better about yourself.
And you'll feel better about this project,
if you just share something
that's real.
Have you ever had your heart broken?
Yeah.
Have you ever broken a heart?
Probably, that I wasn't aware of it.
Are you just so, you know,
cold-hearted that you don't even care
if you broke somebody's heart or not, or?
No, I mean I, um,
Who broke your heart?
Let's get back on that.
Who broke your heart?
It was this guy that I
I dated when I was like sixteen,
and we met online, it
was so fucking stupid.
Um, it might have been
kind of a trauma bond,
now that I think of it, but,
basically, I found a way
to use some college money
to go to England and meet this guy, IRL.
And we had a whole
little tryst, if you will,
for like a week, and then,
I came back home,
kept in contact with him...
- Kind of.
- Did you guys fuck?
I'll let you figure that out.
Take a guess, what do you think?
'Tryst' usually means fuck, I feel like.
Yeah, so I mean, yeah,
that is true, we did, but, um,
yeah,
it was a really like
whirlwind-type romance,
it was quick...
Uh, - The fucking, or the romance?
The romance, because after that
it just became like torture, frankly,
because there's no way to keep up
a relationship that far apart.
You know what I mean? Like,
he's in England, I'm in the US,
we don't see each other physically, like,
we don't get that time, and when we did,
and then we couldn't
see each other after that,
that made it even worse.
Because it's like we had one
taste of like getting that feeling,
and then...
So then what happened, did he cheat on you?
- What happened?
- Yeah, actually.
- Really?
- Yeah.
That's a surprise.
Oh, not too surprising,
it was long distance.
Yeah, that's what I
mean. I'm being sarcastic.
Oh. (she chuckles)
Yeah, no, yeah, um,
yeah.
Were you pissed off when that happened?
Yeah, I was very upset. Um,
Was that before you started making content,
or after?
Much before.
Do you think maybe that
led you down the path of
like wanting attention from other people,
and showing yourself?
Maybe?
Maybe a little.
Why do you think you want to show yourself
to the world in the way that you have?
And why do you think you're so apprehensive
about showing yourself in
uh, more artistically significant ways?
If you want me to be like...
Do you want the real answer, or do you want
the nice fluffy answer?
Give me both.
I wanna hear your
version of like a fluffy one,
and then give me the real answer.
A fluffy one would be um
my parents did their best,
but ultimately failed to
supply me with a uh
a more secure self-esteem.
If that makes sense.
It makes total sense.
- They were very critical.
- Mhm.
Uh,
and the truthful, the
more truthful answer is,
they were just really
fucking shitty people.
They were physically violent.
- Emotionally explosive.
- I'm sorry.
I'm sorry.
No, it's okay.
Do you want me to cut, or?
- No, it's okay.
- Okay.
And it's important to be truthful.
So yeah, that's the reason why, probably.
I'm honored that you shared that.
- That's really beautiful.
- Thank you.
Yeah, no, it's okay, I mean,
shit happens.
(nervous chuckle) Um.
Yeah. Do you want me to cut?
We can just cut real quick.
Yeah, sure.
Okay.
So, start telling that story again,
that you were telling me
before I started rolling.
Oh um,
(they chuckle)
Yeah um, it was just so stupid,
me and my friend Christina,
we just got like totally
bored one night and
everybody was having a party,
we weren't invited,
in fact we were kind of barred from it
for reasons that don't
need to be explained.
She got in a fight with somebody. Anyway,
Look at me more when you're telling it.
Uh, yeah, so, anyway, she uh,
she decided like,
'Wanna play truth or dare?'
and I was like 'Yeah, sure'.
So, we decided to go and she,
it was just truth mostly,
I didn't have any dares
in mind, she didn't,
until like half an hour
in, she's like, 'Oh my God,
why don't we go skinny dipping?'
That was her dare, and I was like, fuck,
alright, well I guess I'm
going skinny dipping then, so,
I had to run across this quad,
because she somehow tacked on another layer
to the dare, that wasn't,
that's not the rules,
but she made it the rules, so,
of course, I had to do
something extra, but,
so did she, she followed me, so.
So, what did it feel like?
Doing it?
Uh,
cold. (they chuckle)
- And it was freezing.
- Was that, so that,
was that the first time
you'd seen her naked?
Yeah.
And the first time she'd seen you naked?
Yeah.
Was there any attraction there,
between the two of you?
I mean, maybe.
Well, I mean you decided to be
naked with each other,
and you could a just been like, fuck no,
I'm not gonna do that,
but you decided to do it anyway, so.
That's true. That's true.
Do you dabble in
stuff with women, or?
I mean,
sure, you could say that.
So, you're attracted to women too?
- Yeah.
- In addition to men?
- Yeah.
- Were you, were you attracted to her?
A little bit,
but it wasn't formally known, so.
Mhm. Do you think there was anything,
do you think she might have felt anything
for you, or it was just kind of one-way?
I think it was more one-way.
Yeah. That sucks.
She had a boyfriend like all the time.
- Mm.
- So.
I'm sure he wouldn't have minded if.
(they chuckle)
- Right? Yeah.
Of course.
This shot is so good.
Oh really? Yeah.
I'm glad.
You look great.
This is almost like the
poster or something,
I don't know.
Oh thanks! Yay!
- Beautiful.
- See, this is fun, right?
You're having fun with this, right?
Oh yeah, absolutely.
Yeah, dude.
This is better.
Look, you're fuckin', the
camera loves you when
you're being fucking honest, dude.
I just feel like Rose in 'Titanic'.
Yeah, exactly.
'Paint me like the French
woman' or whatever.
Yeah.
You can feel free to take
your top off at any time,
like she did.
Sure.
- I'm just kidding, I'm just kidding.
- Nice try.
I'm just kidding.
I think we're good.
I think we got it.
Did that feel good?
Oh, you do?
Yeah, dude.
That's it?
Well, I don't know. Um,
is there more you would want to share?
I mean, if you think we got everything.
Well, I just feel like we had
this really real disagreement.
You know? We resolved it.
You shared things.
Um, you opened up.
You got raw.
I feel like that's kind of it.
I don't know.
Well, I mean, it's not really
an ending ending, but like
us talking about it ending
could be the ending.
So I think we got it.
- Okay.
- How do you feel?
I feel um
really good, actually.
Yeah, you feel good?
I'm quite refreshed.
I feel like we bonded.
- Yeah, we did!
- Like even though we,
even though we disagreed about shit,
I feel like we bonded a little bit.
Oh yeah, and it felt
really really good to be um
so honest.
Here, move back a little bit,
I want to get the light more on your face.
I want you to look as
beautiful as possible.
Thank you.
Not that you could ever not look beautiful,
but let's...
There, there we go!
That's even better.
Yeah. That's awesome.
- Sorry, you were saying?
- Um,
so, you think we, we got everything?
Yeah, dude.
Cool! Alright, well... Did it feel good?
Yeah, it's been good,
it's been a wild ride, that's for sure.
You look like, see the,
you look like you just fucked.
You know what I mean? Like it, it,
you have to vibe of like
you got something out of your system.
You know what I mean?
Like it was catharsis or some shit.
Yeah, in one way or another, I did.
Yeah.
And I have you to thank, so.
Yeah, you have me to thank for fucking you.
Cinematically, artistically.
Yeah, sure.
Well, that's all!
(they laugh)
That's all art is, that's all sex is,
that's all anything, it's just like,
just get two people being
honest with each other
for X amount of period of fucking time,
- right?
- Yeah.
- Yeah absolutely.
- I feel like you learned something today.
Yeah, I reckon I did.
Yeah.
Yeah, you just have like a, you, you
have like a post-fuck daze, dude.
You're like just kind of high.
You look high.
(they chuckle)
You do, but in a good way,
you look high in like a relatable way.
(she laughs maniacally)
Dude, your actual laugh
is so fucking good, dude.
(he laughs)
You sound so high right now.
Oh goodness, okay, um,
- yeah.
- You sound so high.
You look so high, you sound so high.
Well, that's cause...
Cause you're high?
Did you get high before this?
(she chuckles)
- No I um
I don't have a friend named Kristen.
I never did.
You don't have a friend who?
What'd you say?
I don't have a friend named Kristen.
Is that what? I don't even remember what
the friend's name was.
I just remembered the nude bodies.
Yeah, nobody got nude,
that didn't happen.
- What's her, what's her actual name?
She doesn't exist. It, I made it up.
Wait, what?
Yeah, I made her up.
So you never...
Wait, you didn't go skinny
dipping with anybody?
You didn't do any...
Okay. Why did you make that up?
Well, I mean, you wanted
something interesting.
No, I wanted something honest.
You didn't, I'm not gonna cut that,
I'm gonna cut that out
now, if it was made up.
I'm gonna just not gonna use that.
- Thanks for telling me.
- Well, you're gonna have a lot to cut out.
It wasn't that long,
it was like just a couple minutes.
No, my parents also never hit me.
Why would you lie
about something like that?
Why would you make a documentary
with the veiled purpose
of trying to get someone
nude on camera?
Is that really what you think that I do?
Well at least a little bit.
No, I don't think I do that at all.
Why would you lie about
your parents beating you?
Why would you think that that's okay?
What about people... For the
same reason you thought it was okay
to ask me to take my
clothes off for the camera.
What about people who are
watching this right now who
have actually been beaten?
How are they gonna feel when they see you?
What about your fans?
What fans?
Your fans.
I have followers, not fans.
Okay, sorry.
'Followers'.
Wait,
why would you?
So, you made up
that you went skinny dipping,
which is like, fine, whatever,
but, why would you make up about
your parents beating you?
So, I'm not gonna use that,
and you're gonna thank me one day,
that I didn't use that,
because that's really fucked up.
I'm sorry.
I just
- I'm gonna cut that part out.
- I wanted to prove that I can act,
I mean, you did ask me about
that. I'm gonna cut that part out
about you making that
shit up about your parents,
that's really fucked up.
Yeah.
- I don't know why you would do that.
- The lip filler thing isn't true either.
Excuse me?
The lip filler thing.
That wasn't true either.
That's how this all fucking started.
Why...
Why would you lie
about the lip filler thing?
I thought it gave me more color.
Made me more interesting.
It made you more interesting
to say you had lip filler?
You thought it was hell
a interesting, did you not?
What about the guy in, the guy in England?
That is actually true.
That's true?
That is true.
Are you lying to me right now?
No.
How can I believe you?
You tell me.
What other shit have you lied about?
I feel like there's more.
- There isn't more.
- What are you doing to me right now?
Are you sabotaging my fucking movie?
No, I mean, you wanted
something interesting.
No, I wanted the truth, I wanted honesty,
I wanted real shit.
But that's not really
what any movie is, is it?
We can damn well try.
So, this fuckin' movie sucks now.
Um,
if you'd like to think
of it that way, sure.
But was it still entertaining?
I don't know.
It's a document of a fuckin' liar.
That I'm gonna release, and then,
your followers are gonna be like
'what the fuck is with her'.
Maybe people will be more interested
in what you had to say.
Which is what?
That girls changing clothes
is more interesting than the outfits
that they're wearing.
It is.
That's art.
Art is privacy, art is
intimacy, art is
what we do not see being shown.
Look, I think you
I think you come off worse than I do.
Do I?
Yeah.
I'm not sure how, I mean,
you told me we couldn't cut anything
from the film, that you wanted to use it,
all of it, so I just gave
you more material.
Does it really matter if it's true or not?
So, the lip filler thing was true,
you did get fucking lip filler.
Because otherwise, what would be
your fucking motivation for lying,
if you didn't tell some truth that you
wanted to cover up?
So the lip filler thing was real,
so I know that that's real,
because it wouldn't make logical sense
if the lip filler thing was fake.
Right?
No, but it is fake.
Do you really think I can't act?
I wish you would act.
I wish you'd do something
with your fucking life.
- Maybe I already I am!
- You're in New York City,
you're in New York fucking City, act.
- Maybe I am.
- Stupid fucking bitch.
Swear to fucking God.
You're so fucking beautiful,
and the camera loves you,
and you're a piece of shit.
How does that feel?
All the world's a stage.
I guess so.
Are we done here?
Do you have anything else
you wanna say to the world?
Be true to yourself.
That's all.
(acoustic guitar strumming)
(melodic humming)
I find it hard to sleep.
I'm tired of counting sheep.
I'll take you anywhere,
I'll take you
anywhere,
when you dream tonight,
please dream of us,
dream of us.
Show me where you go.
I just want to know.
I'll do with anything,
I'll do with
anything,
when you dream tonight,
please dream of us,
dream of us.
Just dream of us,
dream of us.
That was beautiful.