James Franco on Display

[MckenZicRuz]

ME and Franco should get high together

[stroberimanisrasanya]

Performance art=bullshit

[SJ363]

It's a shame a lot of people here either doesn't know who Marina is, or cares. I mean James Franco is awesome, and even more awesome that he likes her, but the comments on Marina being creepy is just ... what?

[gugge92]

Looks like he needs a good night's sleep

[marissawtts]

@gugge92 in an interview he says that he like never sleeps because he cant stand doing nothing. he only sleeps when its like physically impossible for him to stay awake and he passes out

[gugge92]

@marissawtts yeah i think i've seen that one. it's the one with his brother interviewing him right?

[marissawtts]

@gugge92 yea, its funny

[spydormen]

He didn't blink!!! Awesome artists.

[smokesletsgo1234]

best staring contest ever!!

[carOliinaChiise]

wow how strong can be a look

[gerberita]

Why is his hair light brown sometimes?? And sometimes black... i dont get it ,__, ! Please explain haha... does he dye his hair brown??

[Sarttimi]

holy fuck he looks deaddddly here! omg. so sexy. im dying.

[ThePurplehaze246]

I don't understand what that was about. it seemed completely RANDOM to me.

anyways, lluv the vid, love james franco so i'm glad i watched it lol. ;)

[Narola]

I would have laughed the second she looked up :D

[juchiluchis]

@Narola actually i would have scream : OH MY GOD JAMES FRANCO lol

[Narola]

@juchiluchis I mean if I was in James's point of view..

[Narola]

OMG! just noticed that she looks like my English teacher! D:

[akitaevita313]

so gorgeous 

[katrina947]

This video made me laugh pretty hard! If I was in James' place the instant the women looked up at me I'd have smiled or something. Also LMAO @ the people watching them!

[MisledDeath]

I thought this was an epic staring-contest until James blinked.

[butterstotherescue]

whattttttttttttttttttttttttttt­tttt did i just watch

[caerulea0]

so handsome 

[Evaa395]

omg she didn't rape him !!!how could she resist that gorgeous boy!!! O_O

[mendozjh]

You could see it that way... keep in mind the two featured here have already met.

[jussara2851]

WHAT SH**T IS THIS?

[michelle610ify]

wow. i should've gone. i mean i don't even live that far from MOMA.

[kouchnir]

this is so ridiculous



[tedi392]

wow!

[rachelbenson]

i couldn't imagine a pairing of 2 greater people!

[AlexiaDew]

He was going to laugh.... ahah.. But this is very interesting!

[Froufroutrixibelle]

he looks so tired

[TheKampfkeksi]

i don't get what this is about...that's way too artistic for me...

[alyxoro]

she actually is friends with him so she already knew him before this happened

[hyperactivehardware]

@manmusiclover i could to

[fruitconor]

WHAT!

[107megmeg]

i dont get it...



[Edelveisluv]

I bet, when she first look up at him and blinked, there was a question in her mind: Is he an angel?... :D

[themannequin3]

I would never be able to sit that calmly in the presence of James Franco...

[AlexiaDew]

@themannequin3 I agree haha !!!!

[xIloveRandom]

so intense

[MrStark310]

his hair is awesome..

[minxie888]

@manmusiclover I don't think I could JUST stare at James all day, my body would begin to have a mind of it's own in about 5 seconds and I'd just end up wanting to jump him ;-D

[Wolfkil1]

Someone mentioned "staring contest" which is true. I think it is about staying "in character". This is probably the most difficult time to stay in character when you have no script to help you stay in character. James is a teacher as well as an actor and I think he knows this all too well.

[lifeissrecret2000]

lol, shit , james , i know why ur quiting , she us nbot hot at al , haaaaa1 !

[ilikethewordrandom]

He's beautiful !

[bekygod]

well the woman's a performance artist, I guess the performance was that people could just come and sit with her, with her looking into your eyes and vica versa. but im only guessing.

[jacintahutton]

why did I have the feeling that either one of them was going to morph and attack? It was intense.

[3M00RI]

what was that? why were they staring at each other the whole thing?

[ekimusman2]

can someone please explain this to me? it feels rather pompous in its ambiguity. I sure hope that this isn't another "performance" deemed profound by people too afraid to call it plain old boring/dumb.

[peroestoesimposible]

love her

[crearusername]

if he had smiled at her... Marina´s art project would have been in danger...thats one luminous smile

[SingersAccount2]

i think this is when he was at school

[muhaaaxp]

STTTTTAAARIIIINNNNNG COOOONNNSTEEEEEST!!!!!

[afixlifexlove]

1:10

So cuuute :)

[MrMeatballs1945]

Art is trying to be "weird" on purpose.

[rheaprinzmetal]

would it piss her off if you started laughing?

[SuaveLlaveBlog]

why does James Franco always look messy but yet he's not?

[CreeepyGirl]

what was that???)

[TNZeitlin]

Its interesting that in our hectic lives we rarely take a moment to stop dead still and just breathe, reflect, observe. When we stop dead there is a moment of peace is there not? A definitive period of time in which we occupy a space and simply just are. I havent read about Marina and what she was aiming at but for me it made me reflect on my own inner turmoil and examine the movement inside my head. Although they are both stationary clearly there is still some movement inside.

[rheaprinzmetal]

@TNZeitlin try telling that to the woman with the three squabbling children who go out of their way especially to ruin their mother's down time ALL THE TIME haha ;)

[TNZeitlin]

@rheaprinzmetal a woman once told me a long time ago that years from now I will have children of my own and they would make my life a living hell, and that she would be sitting back and laughing... Oh yeah that woman was my mother and she was right too ;)

[HiatusArt]

staring contest with james franco? i'll definitely lose in about a milisecond

[600euros]

he only lasted not even a minute and a half?? the average for this participatory performance installation was 20 minutes. james franco is a quitter.

[crazymonkey160994]

THIS IS SOME ARWARD STARING CONTEST

[darlss]

@manmusiclover seems like 243 people agree! definitely not just you ahha

[mentalitymentalist]

Marina Abramovic is a genius. If you guys don't know her, or anything about her, look her up. She's amazing. You'll soon understand why she did this.

[ieatmidget]

what a fucking asshole

[xolil0925]

haha the ending is soo cute like he's about laugh

[ancona246]

AWKWARD

[superstaaaar1]

most beautiful person alive?

[California4me1]

@superstaaaar1  YEP!

[caligrl106]

@superstaaaar1 lol definitely.

[rmo18]

i want james franco to fuck me!my pussy is moist

[xaprilwindsx]

the one person that disliked, must be a lesbian.

[funkybum]

look! it's pricess leia

[funkybum]

In his mind "meow meow meow meow"

in her mind "ruff ruff ruff ruff"

[livelaughlove280]

If I was in her place..I would not be able to keep a straight face LOL but I would love to look at his face all day!

[16repoman]

Is there an actual maniquine of him, if so I would like to steal it. ;)

[yesrelation]

I love this. Something so simple that seems so powerful! I watched this way too many times!

[MrComeandseeme1]

hay =) can anyone explain me what this is about please =) thx

[opheliaroxs17]

pause at 0:09

enjoy =)

[MultiBatmanToast]

@opheliaroxs17 arr *____* <3

[funkybum]

they're totally gonna make out!

[RodionRUSDUB]

what the fuck did i just watch? :L:L

[nessie4215]

he knows her

[MEGAMOLZORDS]

lol i don't get it. oh well i'm fine ith lookng at him

[MJinnocent09]

he kinda looks like a young johnny depp here anyone else agree :) obvs james is way hotter

[azindn]

Performance art is so boring outside the museum setting. It's flat. Who cares half the time without the institutional setting of museums, its just someone acting out.

[211091miss]

you can tell he wanted to laugh out loud at the end, and he got up to stop himself...

[nessie4215]

that so intense. coolest starring contest ever

[specifik1]

This is absolutely beautiful, just imagine staring at someone for a moments time without saying a word then walking away like it was the best conversation of your life. What a truly powerful moment!

[noodlelover12]

God, I wish I was that chair. James is soooo fineee....

[Dabrickashizzle]

epic staring contest?

[Basketball92485678]

LOL.

why are they not laughing?

if i had to do this i would be pissing my pants.

[casalgirl]

i would stand up and run to his arms, goodness what a temptation!!

[megmegs84]

i love this

[nickmooreimages]

This makes me feel extremely awkward

[boomdart]

So what exactly is this? An artistic stare down?

[PoochMount18]

@boomdart

Lol, what you said made me laugh!! haha

[FoxyVideoGirl1]

James... U and ur brother are MAGICAL...

[twinzrox22]

that was really weird but hey

he looked pretty hot

i coul;d stare at hime all day;)

[almalucia13]

I love his little smile of defeat at the end

[bulabula80]

how did i miss this! i wish i went to see that hahaha

[falloutgirl902]

LOOL 1:05 the smile :) x

[ryanfoley123]

That woman was wearing a red dress when I saw her. Even SCARIER!!

[salina230]

awkward...

[blueberry0816]

@tweetylova09 ....this is NOT a staring contest!.....jerk!

[nicolecreature]

I'm surprised she didn't look up and go Holy Hell it's James Franco!

[JCMIrishRose]

@nicolecreature I sure as heck would have, LOL. Kutos to her for not breaking character.

[youbaboon]

bravo marina, carica!

[budjooooalls]

i wonder if hes stoned

[ajacobo1990]

hahaha this was odd!

[yerocp]

OMG..... lets have a wank session shall we....please, and I love his work, but this is a lot bull shit.

[Akkkico]

Don't you think it was very romantic? I felt it's really beautiful that 2 persons see each other for long without getting know each other. They notice so many things by just watching instead of talking regular conversation. I wish I can have this 2 chairs at the corner of street in my city, and anyone can sit down and see the person without words. Each person has life story, and the face tells us a lot.

[xxdontgetsmartxx]

@Akkkico That's the nicest comment here on YouTube I've read in a while! :-)

[brideonfire]

james lost the staring contest. 

[happyfeetOX]

James Franco is a work of art

[7redslipper]

i think he laughed because he was thinking something dirty! I love his masturbatting mind!

[katarzyna1113]

@7redslipper you siting in his brain

[UHHHiloveyou]

this dude just gets hotter with age!

[clhagger]

lol That smile he gives her before he gets up!

[konoq]

aw james lost the staring contest.

[wolffear]

This is an art exhibit at MOMA (Musium of Modern Art). They have stuff like this all the time including the famous Tim Burton Exhibit (which is absolutely stunning). Art is art, rather it's from a pen/brush or from the visions of our everyday lives.

[starsnrockets01]

wtf?? this is art? ...please stick to paper and paint or clay this is just awkward

[paulbanksbaby]

@starsnrockets01 Oh please. There is all types of art.

[flavaflavs]

wow, didn't know that creepy guy at the bus stop was actually a 'performance artist'

[freshfaceex3]

@flavaflavs hahahahah

[LukeNervous]

damn i got shivers.

[zainekh4n]

wow. i'm not 100% what happened, but it was powerful. staring into a person's eyes (even one you know well) is such an odd feeling... i feel like i know what's going on well enough to know that something significant happened, but not really sure what. the woman's eyes were amazing.

[triggerua]

Okay, Isn't it obvious what is happening here? Beauty, true beauty. I am not sure if this shattered my heart or healed it.

[jojococoa]

wtf is this shit? a staring contest? boring!

[1pinkyswear]

He makes Johnny Depp seem "normal".

[bordonthestreet]

excellent

[mikelj135]

hahahahahaha WFT indeed!

[larlar752000]

Haha wtf?