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You really don't have to... paint me, Adam
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Acute Misfortune

You really don't have to...paint me, Adam

You really don't have to...
paint me, Adam

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You really don't have to... paint me, Adam.
Duration
5 seconds
Views
24
Timestamp in Movie
00:09:54
Uploaded
Jun 26, 2025
Genres
biography, drama
Production
Arenamedia,Plot Media,Blackheath Film,Screen Australia,Film Victoria,Soundfirm

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Movie Summary

The Film adaptation of Erik Jensen's award-winning biography of Adam Cullen is the story of the biographer and his subject, as it descends into a dependent and abusive relationship.
ADAM: Well, you'll be the only fucking 19-year-old - Acute Misfortune 00:06
ADAM: Well, you'll be the only fucking 19-year-old
ERIK: "Adam Cullen hitches his sleeve over a swastika tattoo - Acute Misfortune 00:07
ERIK: "Adam Cullen hitches his sleeve over a swastika t...
"He pulls the body of an animal - Acute Misfortune 00:06
"He pulls the body of an animal
"It has the same tortured aesthetic - Acute Misfortune 00:09
"It has the same tortured aesthetic
"But its real connection is with his wish - Acute Misfortune 00:05
"But its real connection is with his wish
"He unbuttons his shirt to show me a scar - Acute Misfortune 00:06
"He unbuttons his shirt to show me a scar
"'Acute misfortune,' he says. 'The art world caused this.' - Acute Misfortune 00:11
"'Acute misfortune,' he says. 'The art w...
"At 42, he is the youngest ever to have a retrospective - Acute Misfortune 00:07
"At 42, he is the youngest ever to have a retrospective
"His subject is the precipice - Acute Misfortune 00:05
"His subject is the precipice
"He paints violent men - Acute Misfortune 00:05
"He paints violent men
"Several times, he ends a thought with the same phrase - - Acute Misfortune 00:12
"Several times, he ends a thought with the same phrase ...
"On one side is a missive he says - Acute Misfortune 00:07
"On one side is a missive he says
"'I am a great painter.' - Acute Misfortune 00:11
"'I am a great painter.'
"These are the two parts of his anxiety, - Acute Misfortune 00:07
"These are the two parts of his anxiety,
"The room is mostly empty, nervous with spilt paint, - Acute Misfortune 00:11
"The room is mostly empty, nervous with spilt paint,
Thames & Hudson want a biography. - Acute Misfortune 00:04
Thames & Hudson want a biography.
No. I want you to write it. - Acute Misfortune 00:05
No. I want you to write it.
- Everything I want said. - (CHUCKLES) Thank you. - Acute Misfortune 00:04
- Everything I want said. - (CHUCKLES) Thank you.
Adam Cullen is not difficult. Neither is he one-dimensional. - Acute Misfortune 00:05
Adam Cullen is not difficult. Neither is he one-dimensional.
It should have been there forever. - Acute Misfortune 00:04
It should have been there forever.