1 00:00:13,747 --> 00:00:18,952 >>> A POET ONCE DESCRIBED CYPRUS AS A GOLDEN GREEN LEAF THROWN INTO THE SEA. THE ISLAND, JUST 140 MILES LONG, 2 00:00:19,018 --> 00:00:24,224 IS WRAPPED IN SANDY BEACHES AND RICH HISTORY. THESE TURQUOIS WATERS, ACCORDING TO LEGEND, WERE THE BIRTHPLACE 3 00:00:24,290 --> 00:00:41,741 OF APHRODITE. BUT TODAY THE PLAYGROUND OF THE GODS HAS BECOME A PLACE FOR RUSSIAN OLIGARCHS WITH TIES TO 4 00:00:41,808 --> 00:00:47,380 VLADIMIR PUTIN. >> ALREADY A BIG TARGET. THOSE ARE GOOD HANDS! >> THIS FOOTBALL PLAYER WASN'T 5 00:00:47,447 --> 00:00:56,389 JUST DRAFTED INTO THE NFL. AT 6'11", HE'S THE TALLEST PLAYER AND ONLY AMERICAN CURRENTLY PLAYING AUSTRALIAN 6 00:00:56,456 --> 00:01:02,462 RULES FOOTBALL. A FAST AND FIERCE GAME THAT MAKES OURS LOOK LIKE A QUILTING BEE. 7 00:01:02,529 --> 00:01:08,067 WHO IS THIS TALL TEXAS TRANSPLANT? AND HOW DID HE BECOME A STAR DOWN UNDER? 8 00:01:08,134 --> 00:01:16,276 THAT'S OUR STORY TONIGHT. >>> I BELIEVE THE FIRST PIECE WAS -- >> JEFF IS ONE OF THE PROMINENT 9 00:01:16,342 --> 00:01:24,818 AND POLARIZING ART STARS IN THE WORLD. HIS CREATIONS MAY LOOK SIMPLE, BUT THEY CAN TAKE DECADES TO 10 00:01:24,884 --> 00:01:30,223 MAKE AND PUSH TECHNOLOGY AND TASTE. CRITICS MAY SCOFF AT TIMES, BUT THAT'S NOTHING NEW. 11 00:01:30,290 --> 00:01:38,832 HE HAS BEEN CONTROVERSIAL SINCE HE FIRST STARTED SHOWING HIS ART MORE THAN 40 YEARS AGO. >> I'M LESLEY STAHL. 12 00:01:38,898 --> 00:01:44,003 >> I'M BILL WHITAKER. >> I'M ANDERSON COOPER. >> I'M SHARYN ALFONSI. >> I'M JON WERTHEIM. 13 00:01:44,070 --> 00:01:59,719 >> I'M SCOTT PELLEY. THOSE >>> AFTER RUSSIA LAUNCHED ITS INVASION OF UKRAINE, THE U.S. 14 00:01:59,786 --> 00:02:04,924 AND ITS ALLIES RESPONDED WITH SANCTIONS TARGETING COMPANIES, OLIGARCHS AND OFFICIALS WITH TIES TO RUSSIAN PRESIDENT 15 00:02:04,991 --> 00:02:13,366 VLADIMIR PUTIN. HEADLINES TRUMPETED THE TROPHIES OF RUSSIAN OLIGARCHS SEIZED THROUGHOUT EUROPE - YACHTS 16 00:02:13,433 --> 00:02:21,241 IN ITALY, VILLAS IN THE SOUTH OF FRANCE AND PRICELESS ART IN GERMANY - BUT THOSE FIXED ASSETS ARE RELATIVELY EASY TO LOCATE. 17 00:02:21,307 --> 00:02:27,046 FINDING THE BILLIONS OF DOLLARS OLIGARCHS HAVE STASHED AROUND THE WORLD IS PROVING TO BE MORE DIFFICULT. 18 00:02:27,113 --> 00:02:37,056 HOW DO YOU HIDE THAT MUCH MONEY FROM AN INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY THAT SAYS IT'S DETERMINED TO FIND IT? 19 00:02:37,123 --> 00:02:44,464 THE QUESTION LED US TO CYPRUS - A TINY MEDITERRANEAN ISLAND AT THE CROSSROADS OF EUROPE, ASIA AND THE MIDDLE EAST. 20 00:02:44,531 --> 00:02:48,134 AS WE FIRST REPORTED IN JANUARY, THE ONCE BUSTLING VACATION SPOT IS IN THE MIDDLE OF AN INTERNATIONAL GAME OF HIDE AND 21 00:02:48,201 --> 00:02:58,177 SEEK. >>> A POET ONCE DESCRIBED CYPRUS AS A GOLDEN GREEN LEAF THROWN INTO THE SEA. 22 00:02:58,244 --> 00:03:04,017 THE ISLAND, JUST 140 MILES LONG, IS WRAPPED IN SANDY BEACHES AND RICH HISTORY. THESE TURQUOIS WATERS, ACCORDING 23 00:03:04,083 --> 00:03:15,061 TO LEGEND, WERE THE BIRTHPLACE OF APHRODITE. BUT TODAY THE PLAYGROUND OF THE GODS HAS BECOME A PLACE FOR 24 00:03:15,128 --> 00:03:23,202 WEALTHY RUSSIANS. WE HEADED DOWN THE SOUTHERN COAST OF THE ISLAND. BEFORE THE WAR IT WAS A FAVORITE 25 00:03:23,269 --> 00:03:30,877 SPOT FOR RUSSIANS TO FALL. A THREE-HOUR FLIGHT FROM MOSCOW, LIMASSOL'S MIX OF DESIGNER SHOPS, FUR STORES, CYRILLIC 26 00:03:30,944 --> 00:03:36,115 SIGNS AND STORES SERVING CAVIAR EARNED IT THE NICKNAME - "MOSCOW ON THE MED." BUT ALEXANDRA ATTALIDES, A 27 00:03:36,182 --> 00:03:41,955 MEMBER OF THE CYPRUS PARLIAMENT, SAYS AFTER THE FALL OF THE SOVIET UNION, THE OLIGARCHS WHO DESCENDED ON THE ISLAND WEREN'T 28 00:03:42,021 --> 00:03:46,693 HERE FOR THE BEACHES. >> THERE ARE BEAUTIFUL BEACHES IN SPAIN, IN PORTUGAL, IN GREECE. 29 00:03:46,759 --> 00:03:52,599 THERE ARE A LOT OF BEAUTIFUL BEACHES. I THINK THAT THEY FOUND A FERTILE GROUND HERE THAT HELPED 30 00:03:52,665 --> 00:04:01,507 THEM. >> HOW DID THE RUSSIAN OLIGARCHS USE CYPRUS? >> AFTER 1989 WHEN THEY STOLE 31 00:04:01,574 --> 00:04:09,916 THE PROPERTY OF THE RUSSIAN PEOPLE AND THEY STARTED TO BUILD THEIR EMPIRES. AND THEN MAYBE THEY WERE AFRAID 32 00:04:09,983 --> 00:04:15,221 THAT SOMEDAY SOMETHING WOULD HAPPEN, SO THEY WANTED THEIR ASSETS TO BE SAFE OUTSIDE RUSSIA. 33 00:04:15,288 --> 00:04:20,526 SO THEY WERE LOOKING FOR TAX HAVENS, AND WE HAD A VERY LOW TAX RATE AT THE TIME. >> THEY GOT A PLACE TO HIDE 34 00:04:20,593 --> 00:04:27,333 THEIR ASSETS. >> YEAH. >> CYPRUS HISTORICALLY BUILT A FINANCIAL SYSTEM TO ATTRACT 35 00:04:27,400 --> 00:04:35,241 OVERSEAS WEALTH. >> MAIRA MARTINI IS AN ANALYST FOR TRANSPARENCY INTERNATIONAL, A NONPROFIT THAT TRACKS MONEY 36 00:04:35,308 --> 00:04:40,613 LAUNDERING AROUND THE WORLD. SHE SAYS FOR DECADES, IF YOU WERE AN OLIGARCH, OR JUST A SHADY CHARACTER LOOKING TO HIDE 37 00:04:40,680 --> 00:04:50,490 YOUR RUBLES, CYPRUS WAS HARD TO BEAT. >> IT OFFERS THE SECRECY AND STILL SECURITY, AND THAT'S WHAT 38 00:04:50,556 --> 00:04:54,260 CRIMINALS AND CORRUPT INDIVIDUALS ARE USUALLY LOOKING FOR. >> WHAT DO YOU MEAN IT OFFERS 39 00:04:54,327 --> 00:05:02,168 SECRECY? >> SO, IN CYPRUS, FOR MANY YEARS YOU COULD OPEN A BANK ACCOUNT WITHOUT HAVING A LOT OF 40 00:05:02,235 --> 00:05:07,440 QUESTIONS ASKED. YOU CAN OPEN A COMPANY WITHOUT HAVING A LOT OF QUESTIONS ASKED, MEANING YOU CAN PUT THE MONEY 41 00:05:07,507 --> 00:05:14,280 THERE WITHOUT NEEDING TO TELL WHO YOU ARE, WHERE THE MONEY COMES FROM. >> CYPRUS BECAME AS FAMOUS FOR 42 00:05:14,347 --> 00:05:20,086 ITS OPAQUE BANKING AS ITS CLEAR WATER. SOON, LIKE SUN-STARVED TOURISTS, FOREIGN MONEY STARTED POURING 43 00:05:20,153 --> 00:05:30,096 INTO THE ISLAND. >> BY 2012, THE COUNTRY OF ABOUT A MILLION RESIDENTS HAD AMASSED BANK DEPOSITS OF NEARLY 72 44 00:05:30,163 --> 00:05:38,004 BILLION EUROS. ABOUT 30% OF THOSE BANK DEPOSITS CAME FROM RUSSIAN NATIONALS. BUT IN 2013, THE TIDE TURNED. 45 00:05:38,071 --> 00:05:49,782 THE DEBT CRISIS IN NEIGHBORING GREECE THREATENED TO SINK THE CYPRUS ECONOMY. LAWMAKERS, FEARING THE COUNTRY 46 00:05:49,849 --> 00:05:53,286 WOULD LOSE ALL THAT RUSSIAN CAPITAL, PUSHED A SCHEME OTHER COUNTRIES HAD USED TO ATTRACT WEALTH - A "CITIZENSHIP BY 47 00:05:53,352 --> 00:05:59,092 INVESTMENT" PROGRAM. >> FROM THE BEGINNING, FOR ME, THIS WAS UNACCEPTABLE. >> HERE'S HOW IT WORKED. 48 00:05:59,158 --> 00:06:05,465 ANY FOREIGNER WHO INVESTED MORE THAN 2 MILLION EUROS IN THE COUNTRY, TYPICALLY, BUYING REAL ESTATE, COULD GET A CYPRIOT 49 00:06:05,531 --> 00:06:12,305 PASSPORT...A COVETED POSSESSION BECAUSE CYPRUS IS PART OF THE EUROPEAN UNION. >> SO THE PEOPLE WHO ARE BUYING 50 00:06:12,371 --> 00:06:17,043 THE PASSPORT OF CYPRUS, THEY WERE BUYING THE EUROPEAN PASSPORT. THEY WERE BUYING AN OPEN DOOR TO 51 00:06:17,110 --> 00:06:25,551 27 COUNTRIES. >> FROM 2013 TO 2020, CYPRUS ISSUED ALMOST 7,000 OF THOSE "GOLDEN PASSPORTS" - NEARLY HALF 52 00:06:25,618 --> 00:06:37,730 TO RUSSIANS. SUDDENLY, THE SKYLINE OF LIMASSOL WAS INJECTED WITH HIGH-RISE LUXURY APARTMENTS AND 53 00:06:37,797 --> 00:06:45,371 ITS PORT WITH MEGA YACHTS AND ITS STORES WITH WEALTHY RUSSIANS. >> YOU COULD SEE THEM WALKING 54 00:06:45,438 --> 00:06:50,176 AROUND LIKE PRINCESSES, MOVING IN THE MOST EXPENSIVE SHOPS. THEY HAVE THEIR BUSINESS, THEY HAVE THEIR HOUSES, THEY HAVE 55 00:06:50,243 --> 00:06:54,881 LUXURY HOUSES. >> BUT IN 2020, AN UNDERCOVER INVESTIGATION BY AL JAZEERA REVEALED CORRUPTION IN THE 56 00:06:54,947 --> 00:07:03,890 PASSPORT PROGRAM. >> NO PASSPORT CASE IS CLEAN... >> CYPRUS HAD ILLEGALLY ISSUED HUNDREDS OF "GOLDEN PASSPORTS" - 57 00:07:03,956 --> 00:07:13,399 SOME, TO CRIMINALS AND FUGITIVES. AFTER PROTESTS AND UNDER PRESSURE FROM THE E.U., THE 58 00:07:13,466 --> 00:07:19,705 CYPRUS GOVERNMENT SHUTTERED THE PROGRAM WEEKS LATER. BUT THE PASSPORTS WERE STILL OUT THERE. 59 00:07:19,772 --> 00:07:27,613 >> WHEN YOU GIVE PASSPORTS TO PEOPLE THAT LATER WE REALIZE ARE CRIMINALS, THEN YOU OPEN THE DOOR OF EUROPE TO CRIMINALS. 60 00:07:27,680 --> 00:07:33,386 >> THE GOLDEN PASSPORTS ALSO OPENED THE DOOR OF EUROPE TO RUSSIAN ELITES. "60 MINUTES" HAS LEARNED THAT AT 61 00:07:33,452 --> 00:07:41,294 LEAST A DOZEN OF THESE NOW SANCTIONED RUSSIAN OLIGARCHS WERE ISSUED "GOLDEN PASSPORTS." AMONG THEM, IGOR KESAEV WHO 62 00:07:41,360 --> 00:07:48,134 OWNED A RUSSIAN ARMS FACTORY. BILLIONAIRE ALEXANDER PONOMARENKO, WHO WAS THE CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD OF 63 00:07:48,201 --> 00:07:54,473 RUSSIA'S BIGGEST AIRPORT AND WHO THE U.S. GOVERNMENT CALLS ONE OF PUTIN'S "ENABLERS." AND ALUMINUM TYCOON 64 00:07:54,540 --> 00:08:01,914 OLEG DERIPASKA, A PART OF PUTIN'S INNER CIRCLE. ACCORDING TO THE U.S. TREASURY, HE'S BEEN INVESTIGATED 65 00:08:01,981 --> 00:08:07,954 INTERNATIONALLY FOR, AMONG OTHER THINGS, MONEY LAUNDERING, ILLEGAL WIRETAPPING AND EXTORTION...ACCUSATIONS HE 66 00:08:08,020 --> 00:08:15,094 DENIES. MAIRA MARTINI TOLD US A CYPRIOT PASSPORT COULD MAKE IT EASIER FOR THOSE SANCTIONED OLIGARCHS 67 00:08:15,161 --> 00:08:21,934 TO BUY PROPERTY AND MOVE ASSETS AND THAT THE COZY RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN WEALTHY RUSSIANS AND CYPRUS IS RAISING CONCERN 68 00:08:22,001 --> 00:08:32,578 INTERNATIONALLY. >> IF YOU'RE A SMALL COUNTRY THAT IS VERY DEPENDENT ON FOREIGN MONEY COMING FROM ONE 69 00:08:32,645 --> 00:08:38,784 SINGLE COUNTRY, THIS ALSO EVEN MIGHT CREATE A CONFLICT, RIGHT? >> REALLY SANCTIONS ARE ONLY AS STRONG AS THE WEAKEST LINK. 70 00:08:38,851 --> 00:08:48,828 IS CYPRUS THE WEAKEST LINK HERE? >> I THINK CYPRUS IS ONE OF THE WEAKEST LINKS. >> THEN CYPRUS MINISTER OF 71 00:08:48,895 --> 00:08:55,568 FINANCE CONSTANTINOS PETRIDES DISAGREES. WE FIRST SPOKE TO HIM IN FALL. 72 00:08:55,635 --> 00:09:00,206 HIS OFFICE OVERSEES EFFORTS TO FREEZE THE CYPRUS ASSETS OF ANYONE SANCTIONED BY THE E.U. >> WHO HAS BEEN SANCTIONED, 73 00:09:00,273 --> 00:09:05,978 SPECIFICALLY, INDIVIDUALS WITHIN CYPRUS? >> REGARDING THE CITIZENSHIP, I THINK ABOUT TEN PEOPLE WERE 74 00:09:06,045 --> 00:09:14,020 FOUND UNDER RESTRICTIVE MEASURES. AND THE COUNCIL OF MINISTERS HAS INITIATED A PROCESS TO REVOKE 75 00:09:14,086 --> 00:09:22,828 THEIR PASSPORTS. >> THE TEN PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN SANCTIONED, WHO ARE THEY? >> I DON'T HAVE ANY, ANY NAMES 76 00:09:22,895 --> 00:09:25,998 NOW. >> BUT WOULD YOU BE ABLE TO PROVIDE US WITH THAT LIST OF NAMES IF WE ASKED FOR IT? 77 00:09:26,065 --> 00:09:34,974 >> I'M NOT SURE. I WOULD HAVE TO -- I WOULD HAVE TO SEE. >> WE SENT MINISTER PETRIDES A 78 00:09:35,041 --> 00:09:40,246 REQUEST FOR THOSE NAMES AND THE LIST OF ANY ASSETS OF SANCTIONED RUSSIANS THAT CYPRUS HAS SEIZED OR FROZEN. 79 00:09:40,313 --> 00:09:46,052 IN A SERIES OF EMAILS, OVER THE LAST THREE MONTHS, PETRIDES OFFICE RESPONDED THAT DUE TO EUROPEAN DATA PROTECTION RULES, 80 00:09:46,118 --> 00:09:51,390 "NO DETAILED LIST CAN BE MADE PUBLIC." BUT OTHER E.U. COUNTRIES HAVE PUBLICIZED DETAILED LISTS OF 81 00:09:51,457 --> 00:09:58,698 THEIR ACTIONS. >> SO IS THE EXPECTATION THAT EVERYONE SHOULD JUST TRUST THE CYPRUS GOVERNMENT THAT THEY'RE 82 00:09:58,764 --> 00:10:04,470 IMPLEMENTING THE SANCTIONS THAT THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO ON RUSSIANS? >> I'M NOT SAYING THAT EVERYBODY SHOULD TRUST THE CYPRUS 83 00:10:04,537 --> 00:10:11,844 GOVERNMENT. THE CYPRUS GOVERNMENT DOES NOT NEED SOMEBODY TO TRUST IT. WE HAVE THE REPORTS OF THE 84 00:10:11,911 --> 00:10:20,252 MUTUAL ASSESSMENT FOR CYPRUS 2019 THAT SHOWS ALL THE PROGRESS MADE IN THE PAST YEARS. I THINK THAT WE HAVE PROVED AS 85 00:10:20,319 --> 00:10:28,160 CYPRUS THAT WE ARE A RELIABLE MEMBER OF THE E.U. WE DO ADMIT THAT IN THE PAST THERE HAVE BEEN MISTAKES. 86 00:10:28,227 --> 00:10:34,967 BUT CYPRUS HAS ALSO BEEN UNFAIRLY STIGMATIZED. >> PETRIDES TOLD US THE PASSPORTS OF SANCTIONED 87 00:10:35,034 --> 00:10:41,841 OLIGARCHS ARE IN THE "PROCESS" OF BEING REVOKED AND SAID CYPRUS HAS SEIZED 105 MILLION EUROS OF RUSSIAN DEPOSITS...A BIG NUMBER, 88 00:10:41,907 --> 00:10:49,749 BUT JUST A FRACTION OF THE ESTIMATED 5.6 BILLION EUROS OF RUSSIAN DEPOSITS MADE IN CYPRUS LAST YEAR. 89 00:10:49,815 --> 00:10:55,554 WE ALSO ASKED MINISTER PETRIDES ABOUT THIS. THE DOZENS OF CYPRUS PROPERTIES AND ACTIVE SHELL COMPANIES WE 90 00:10:55,621 --> 00:11:03,529 WERE ABLE TO TRACE BACK TO SANCTIONED RUSSIANS. HE TOLD US ANY CYPRIOT COMPANY WITH AN E.U. SANCTIONED OLIGARCH 91 00:11:03,596 --> 00:11:10,903 LISTED AS THE OWNER HAS BEEN PLACED UNDER "INCREASED SCRUTINY." BUT OFTEN, RUSSIAN OLIGARCHS 92 00:11:10,970 --> 00:11:18,277 DON'T LIST THEIR NAMES ANYWHERE NEAR THEIR ASSETS. TAKE THE CASE OF ROMAN ABRAMOVICH AND HIS PLANES. 93 00:11:18,344 --> 00:11:25,151 ACCORDING TO U.S. INVESTIGATORS, THEY WERE HIDDEN UNDER FIVE SHELL COMPANIES, STACKED LIKE RUSSIAN NESTING DOLLS, WITH 94 00:11:25,217 --> 00:11:34,593 ADDRESSES IN THE BVI, AND BRITISH ISLAND OF JERSEY...ALL LEADING TO AN ANONYMOUS TRUST IN CYPRUS. 95 00:11:34,660 --> 00:11:39,331 BUT IT WASN'T CYPRUS AUTHORITIES WHO ULTIMATELY MOVED TO SEIZE THE PLANES. IT WAS PROSECUTORS FROM THE U.S. 96 00:11:39,398 --> 00:11:46,205 DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE. >> THERE'S ALWAYS BEEN DARK CORNERS OF THE INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL SYSTEM. 97 00:11:46,272 --> 00:11:56,215 AND KIND OF LIKE WATER FINDING A CRACK, THAT'S WHERE THE CRIMINAL NETWORKS WILL GO. >> U.S. DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL 98 00:11:56,282 --> 00:12:00,419 LISA MONACO IS IN CHARGE OF THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE'S "KLEPTOCAPTURE UNIT," TASKED WITH FINDING THE ASSETS OF 99 00:12:00,486 --> 00:12:05,758 SANCTIONED OLIGARCHS HIDDEN AROUND THE WORLD. >> IT USED TO BE, YOU KNOW, THE GUY FLEEING WITH SUITCASES OF 100 00:12:05,825 --> 00:12:09,995 MONEY. THAT'S NOT THE CASE ANYMORE. >> IT IS NOT. >> IT IS CRYPTO. 101 00:12:10,062 --> 00:12:14,767 IT IS PLANES. IT IS YACHTS. IT IS LAYERED. AND SO HOW DO YOU KEEP UP WITH 102 00:12:14,834 --> 00:12:22,141 IT? >> EVEN THE MOST NOTORIOUS ACTORS, WHETHER IT'S THE MAFIA, WHETHER IT'S ROGUE REGIMES, THE 103 00:12:22,208 --> 00:12:30,649 BEST TOOL WE HAVE IS FOLLOWING THE MONEY >> THE MONEY HAS LED DOJ INVESTIGATORS AROUND THE WORLD 104 00:12:30,716 --> 00:12:36,889 AND CLOSER TO HOME. IT TURNS OUT, LIKE THE TOURISTS WHO VISIT CYPRUS, DIRTY MONEY DOESN'T STAY ON THE ISLAND 105 00:12:36,956 --> 00:12:43,195 FOREVER. TYPICALLY, IT'S "WASHED" AND INVESTED IN OTHER WESTERN ECONOMIES. 106 00:12:43,262 --> 00:12:49,034 INVESTIGATORS SAY THAT'S ONE WAY OLEG DERIPASKA HAS BEEN ABLE TO SKIRT SANCTIONS. >> WHAT THE TASK FORCE EXPOSED 107 00:12:49,101 --> 00:13:01,714 WAS THE NETWORK OF ENABLERS, AND MONEY LAUNDERERS, AND FACILITATORS WHO HELPED HIM HIDE HIS WEALTH IN REAL ESTATE HERE 108 00:13:01,780 --> 00:13:07,019 IN WASHINGTON, D.C. AND IN MANHATTAN. >> IN THE UNITED STATES? >> IN THE UNITED STATES, IN 109 00:13:07,086 --> 00:13:13,359 ARTWORK, IN VANITY BUSINESSES, INCLUDING A MUSIC STUDIO IN BEVERLY HILLS. >> IN THEIR CASE, THE DOJ 110 00:13:13,425 --> 00:13:20,699 ALLEGES THAT IN 2020, OLEG DERIPASKA ARRANGED FOR ONE OF HIS CHILDREN TO BE BORN IN THE UNITED STATES - EVEN THOUGH 111 00:13:20,766 --> 00:13:26,605 HE WAS UNDER U.S. SANCTIONS. >> HE HAS A CHILD THAT'S A U.S. CITIZEN NOW? >> HE WAS ABLE TO DO THAT IN ONE 112 00:13:26,672 --> 00:13:34,013 INSTANCE. AND THEN IN THE SECOND INSTANCE, THAT WAS NOT ACCOMPLISHED. >> BECAUSE U.S. CUSTOMS STOPPED 113 00:13:34,079 --> 00:13:41,820 IT. THE GOVERNMENT CASE DETAILS HOW, AS THE WAR IN UKRAINE INTENSIFIED, DERIPASKA USED A 114 00:13:41,887 --> 00:13:49,728 "CYPRUS" COMPANY TO ARRANGE "TRAVEL ON A PRIVATE JET FROM RUSSIA TO LOS ANGELES" FOR HIS PREGNANT GIRLFRIEND, MOVING 115 00:13:49,795 --> 00:13:56,569 MONEY TO RENT A HOME FOR HER IN BEVERLY HILLS. BUT WHEN SHE LANDED IN LOS ANGELES THIS SUMMER, SHE WAS 116 00:13:56,635 --> 00:14:04,276 STOPPED BY CUSTOMS OFFICERS. >> DERIPASKA, HIS GIRLFRIEND, AND THE U.S. RESIDENT WHO HELPED HIM ARE NOW CHARGED WITH 117 00:14:04,343 --> 00:14:11,417 SANCTIONS EVASION. THEY ARE NOT IN CUSTODY, BUT THE DOJ HAS ANNOUNCED PLANS TO SEIZE HIS U.S. PROPERTIES WORTH AN 118 00:14:11,483 --> 00:14:19,325 ESTIMATED $70 MILLION. SINCE THE START OF THE WAR, THE U.S. HAS MOVED TO SEIZE MORE THAN A BILLION DOLLARS OF 119 00:14:19,391 --> 00:14:23,529 SANCTIONED ASSETS AROUND THE WORLD. >> SO WHAT SHOULD HAPPEN TO THOSE ASSETS? 120 00:14:23,596 --> 00:14:33,005 >> WE ARE SEEKING THE AUTHORITY FROM CONGRESS TO ALLOW US TO USE THE PROCEEDS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE UKRAINIAN PEOPLE. 121 00:14:33,072 --> 00:14:39,345 >> OLEG DERIPASKA HAS PUBLICLY CRITICIZED THE ECONOMIC IMPACT THE WAR IN UKRAINE COULD HAVE ON RUSSIA. 122 00:14:39,411 --> 00:14:46,218 BUT U.S. INVESTIGATORS MAINTAIN HE IS A "PUTIN CRONIE" WHO IS "PROPPING UP RUSSIA'S WAR MACHINE." 123 00:14:46,285 --> 00:14:57,796 BACK IN CYPRUS, "60 MINUTES" FOUND A VILLA IN THIS SEASIDE COMPLEX, OFFICES IN THIS BUILDING AND MORE THAN A DOZEN 124 00:14:57,863 --> 00:15:02,101 ACTIVE SHELL COMPANIES LINKED TO OLEG DERIPASKA. THE CYPRUS GOVERNMENT WILL NOT SAY WHETHER IT HAS FROZEN ANY OF 125 00:15:02,167 --> 00:15:12,344 THOSE ASSETS. >>> HOW U.S. PROSECUTORS SEIZE RUSSIAN ASSETS. >> WE'LL GO AS FAR AS FIJI IF WE 126 00:15:12,411 --> 00:15:29,228 HAVE TO. >> AT 60MINUTESOVERTIME.COM, >>> DON'T BE FOOLED BY THE NAME. THEY CALL AUSTRALIAN RULES 127 00:15:29,295 --> 00:15:35,401 FOOTBALL "FOOTY," WHICH SOUNDS CUTE AND PRECIOUS. BUT FOOTY IS A SPORT THAT MAKES AMERICAN FOOTBALL LOOK LIKE A 128 00:15:35,467 --> 00:15:40,673 QUILTING BEE. IT'S A GAME OF ALMOST CARTOONISHLY VIOLENT COLLISIONS, WITHOUT THE BENEFIT OF PADS. 129 00:15:40,739 --> 00:15:44,910 IT FEATURES NONSTOP TRASH TALK AND IS PLAYED ON A FIELD PRACTICALLY THE SIZE OF A SPEEDWAY. 130 00:15:44,977 --> 00:15:53,352 AS THE NAME DOES SUGGEST, AUSTRALIAN RULES FOOTBALL IS THE NATIONAL SPORT DOWN UNDER, WITH GAMES THAT DRAW 100,000 FANS AND 131 00:15:53,419 --> 00:16:02,895 TV AUDIENCES THAT, PER CAPITA, OFTEN OUTRATE THE NFL. SO WHY IN THE NAME OF WALTZING MATILDA DO CROWDS IN MELBOURNE 132 00:16:02,961 --> 00:16:12,604 SOMETIMES BREAK INTO CHANTS OF "USA-USA"? THE ANSWER, AS WE FIRST REPORTED IN APRIL, THEY'RE CHEERING 133 00:16:12,671 --> 00:16:16,375 MASON COX, A TEXAN WHO STANDS NEARLY 7 FEET TALL, RANKS AMONG THE BEST FOOTY PLAYERS OUT THERE, AND MIGHT BE THE MOST 134 00:16:16,442 --> 00:16:23,649 UNLIKELY SUCCESS STORY IN GLOBAL SPORTS TODAY. >> SETS IT UP. COX AGAIN. 135 00:16:23,716 --> 00:16:29,455 I CANNOT BELIEVE IT. >> AT FIRST GLANCE, ANYWAY, MASON COX COMES ACROSS AS THE QUINTESSENTIAL AUSSIE RULES, OR 136 00:16:29,521 --> 00:16:41,066 AFL, PLAYER. AT AGE 32, HE'S LOGGED ALMOST 100 GAMES OVER EIGHT SEASONS FOR THE 137 00:16:41,133 --> 00:16:46,071 STORIED COLLINGWOOD MAGPIES. THE AFL'S EQUIVALENT OF THE DALLAS COWBOYS. AND HE IS AN EVANGELIST FOR HIS 138 00:16:46,138 --> 00:16:53,112 SPORT, ONE PLAYED ON AN OVAL SURFACE ALMOST DOUBLE THE SIZE OF AN NFL FIELD. FOOTY ENTAILS PLAYERS RUNNING 139 00:16:53,178 --> 00:16:58,384 ABOUT 10 MILES A GAME, JUKING. >> A DOUBLE STEP FROM MASON. >> ZORKO -- >> TACKLING. 140 00:16:58,450 --> 00:17:05,858 >> OHHHHH. >> PASSING BY PUNCHING THE BALL AND SCORING BY KICKING THE BALL THROUGH GOALPOSTS. 141 00:17:05,924 --> 00:17:11,630 >> BANG. >> SIX POINTS FOR SPLITTING THE CENTER UPRIGHTS, ONE POINT FOR THE SIDE ONES. 142 00:17:11,697 --> 00:17:15,934 >> ARMS IN THE AIR. CHEERS. THAT HAS GONE THROUGH. >> IT'S UNLIKE ANYTHING ELSE 143 00:17:16,001 --> 00:17:20,072 YOU'VE EVER SEEN. IT'S PROBABLY THE ROUGHEST SPORT IN THE WORLD I'D SAY. IT'S A MIX OF BASKETBALL, 144 00:17:20,139 --> 00:17:26,945 FOOTBALL. IT'S A MIX OF SOCCER, CRICKET, EVEN. THERE'S REALLY NO RULES. 145 00:17:27,012 --> 00:17:30,716 A FEW STICKS AT EACH END. JUST TRY TO KICK IT THROUGH THOSE, AND THEN WHOEVER DOES MORE THAN THE OTHER TEAM WINS. 146 00:17:30,783 --> 00:17:36,455 >> SOUNDS LIKE FUN. >> YEP. [ LAUGHTER ] >> FOR THREE STRAIGHT GOALS, 147 00:17:36,522 --> 00:17:44,329 MASON COX DELIVERS. >> COX PLAYS LIKE A HUMAN BLOWTORCH, NOT ONLY CATCHING AND KICKING, BUT MASTERING THE ART 148 00:17:44,396 --> 00:17:50,669 OF THE SPECCY, A TACTIC THAT TRANSFORMS AN OPPONENT'S BACK INTO A STEP LADDER. YES, IT'S LEGAL. 149 00:17:50,736 --> 00:17:55,574 >> IT IS ONE OF THE MAJOR THINGS OF AFL THAT PEOPLE LOOK AT AND THEY GO, OH, MY, GOSH, THAT IS INSANITY. 150 00:17:55,641 --> 00:18:01,280 TO STICK YOUR KNEES ON SOMEONE ELSE'S SHOULDER, LAUNCH YOURSELF UP TO 15 FEET IN THE AIR, TAKE A GRAB, COME DOWN AND THEN BE 151 00:18:01,346 --> 00:18:04,416 LOOKING AT THIS GUY, GOING, YEP, I JUST LITERALLY JUMPED ON TOP OF YOU. [ LAUGHTER ] 152 00:18:04,483 --> 00:18:11,256 >> IT'S LIKE GETTING DUNKED ON. >> YEAH, IT'S VERY SIMILAR. >> COX ALREADY A BIG TARGET AND THOSE ARE GOOD HANDS. 153 00:18:11,323 --> 00:18:17,696 >> BUT MASON COX IS THE MOST UNLIKELY PLAYER IN THE HISTORY OF THE SPORT. NEVER MIND THAT, AT 6'11", HE'S 154 00:18:17,763 --> 00:18:22,901 THE TALLEST PLAYER EVER TO SUIT UP. OR THAT HE'S THE ONLY AMERICAN IN THE LEAGUE. 155 00:18:22,968 --> 00:18:30,776 HE LIVED THE FIRST 23 YEARS OF HIS LIFE WITHOUT KNOWING THE SPORT OF FOOTY EVEN EXISTED. HE MAY BE AN AUSSIE CELEBRITY. 156 00:18:30,843 --> 00:18:36,582 AND MAY RECENTLY HAVE STARRED IN THE AFL'S EQUIVALENT OF THE SUPER BOWL, BUT IS STILL MASTERING THE SPORT'S NUANCES. 157 00:18:36,648 --> 00:18:42,387 AND HE'S STILL FUZZY ON BASIC FOOTY FACTS, AS WE OBSERVED AT PRACTICE. >> KANGAROO BRAND. 158 00:18:42,454 --> 00:18:46,558 WHAT'S THIS MADE OUT OF? >> KANGAROO SKIN. >> NO, IT'S PIG SKIN. >> PIG SKIN. 159 00:18:46,625 --> 00:18:50,829 >> OH, IS IT PIG SKIN? I SHOULD PROBABLY LEARN A FEW THINGS. >> STAY IN YOUR LANE, MATE. 160 00:18:50,896 --> 00:18:54,500 STAY IN YOUR LANE. >> THINK THEY GIVE HIM GRIEF ABOUT THAT? YOU SHOULD HEAR THEM RIBBING HIM 161 00:18:54,566 --> 00:19:01,940 ABOUT HIS ACCENT. HERE'S COLLINGWOOD CAPTAIN, DARCY MOORE. >> HE'S KIND OF THIS WEIRD 162 00:19:02,007 --> 00:19:06,211 FUSION BETWEEN SOUTHERN DRAWL AND AUSSIE ACCENT. >> THAT'S AN INTERESTING MASHUP. [ LAUGHTER ] 163 00:19:06,278 --> 00:19:12,518 >> HE DEFINITELY LOVES PUTTING IT ON IN THE LOCKER ROOM, THAT'S FOR SURE, THE TEXAS DRAWL. >> HE PUTS THE AUSSIE ON FOR US. 164 00:19:12,584 --> 00:19:18,323 >> YOU THINK THE FOOTBALL - MADE OF COWHIDE BY THE WAY - TRAVELS IN STRANGE TRAJECTORIES? GET A LOAD OF COX'S STORY. 165 00:19:18,390 --> 00:19:22,628 >> WHAT WOULD YOU HAVE SAID THE ODDS OF SUCCESS WERE GOING TO BE? >> OH, YOU COULD COMFORTABLY SAY 166 00:19:22,694 --> 00:19:27,399 ONE IN A MILLION. >> ONE IN A MILLION? >> BECAUSE THERE'S SO MANY TALENTED PLAYERS ALL AROUND THE 167 00:19:27,466 --> 00:19:35,173 COUNTRY THAT JUST NEVER MAKE IT. AND THE ODDS OF SUCCEEDING ARE JUST SO -- IT'S SO DIFFICULT. LIKE ANY PROFESSIONAL SPORT, 168 00:19:35,240 --> 00:19:41,513 THERE ARE SO MANY THINGS SEEN AND UNSEEN THAT MAKE IT REALLY HARD TO SUCCEED. >> NO SKILLS, NO TRACK RECORD. 169 00:19:41,580 --> 00:19:48,887 >> YEAH, NO KNOWLEDGE. >> NO KNOWLEDGE. >> LIVING, YOU KNOW, THOUSANDS OF MILES FROM HOME BY HIMSELF. 170 00:19:48,954 --> 00:19:54,793 IT'S AN EXTRAORDINARY THING. >> "HOME" FOR COX WAS SUBURBAN DALLAS, WHERE IN HIGH SCHOOL, HE HAD TO DUCK UNDER DOORWAYS BUT 171 00:19:54,860 --> 00:20:01,099 PLAYED SOCCER, TO THE GREAT ANNOYANCE OF CLASSMATES WHO PLAYED HOOPS. >> THERE'S NO WAY THAT HE'S NOT 172 00:20:01,166 --> 00:20:06,305 ON THE BASKETBALL TEAM AT 7-FOOT. WHAT ELSE COULD YOU POSSIBLY DO AT 7 FEET TALL OTHER THAN PLAY 173 00:20:06,371 --> 00:20:15,547 BASKETBALL, RIGHT? AND MASON IS A PRIME EXAMPLE OF THAT THERE'S WHOLE POSSIBILITY OF THINGS YOU CAN DO AT 7-FOOT. 174 00:20:15,614 --> 00:20:18,984 >> THAT'S MARCUS SMART, NOW A BOSTON CELTICS STAR, WHO WENT TO HIGH SCHOOL WITH COX. >> YOU EVER HEAR HEIGHT IS 175 00:20:19,051 --> 00:20:24,756 WASTED ON THE TALL? >> THAT'S THE OLD SAYING. YOU KNOW, ALL HIS HEIGHT IS WASTED ON THIS TALL DUDE FOR 176 00:20:24,823 --> 00:20:30,028 NOTHING. BUT, AS WE'VE SEEN, IT'S NOT WASTED AT ALL. >> AFTER HIGH SCHOOL, COX WENT 177 00:20:30,095 --> 00:20:35,300 TO OKLAHOMA STATE, MAJORING IN ENGINEERING. AS A SOPHOMORE, HE WAS APPROACHED ABOUT AN UNUSUAL 178 00:20:35,367 --> 00:20:41,640 ON-CAMPUS JOB, PRACTICING WITH THE WOMEN'S BASKETBALL TEAM AND SIMULATING TALL OPPOSING PLAYERS, INCLUDING BRITTNEY 179 00:20:41,707 --> 00:20:49,047 GRINER. WHEN THE MEN'S TEAM WAS SHORT ON HEIGHT, THEY, TOO, CALLED ON COX, WHICH REUNITED HIM WITH 180 00:20:49,114 --> 00:20:55,887 SMART, THEN THE TEAM STAR. >> MASON COX BACK INTO THE GAME. >> A WALK-ON, COX SPENT PART OF THREE SEASONS AS THE LAST OPTION 181 00:20:55,954 --> 00:21:01,259 OFF THE BENCH FOR OSU. >> SAYS HE DID GUARD EMBIID FOR A LITTLE BIT. >> HE DID GUARD EMBIID FOR A 182 00:21:01,326 --> 00:21:07,766 LITTLE BIT. >> YOU REMEMBER THAT. >> WHEN EMBIID WAS AT KU, HE DID GUARD EMBIID FOR A LITTLE BIT. 183 00:21:07,833 --> 00:21:13,238 >> YES, WHEN OSU ONCE PLAYED KANSAS, COX MATCHED UP AGAINST JOEL EMBIID, NOW ONE OF THE NBA'S BEST PLAYERS. 184 00:21:13,305 --> 00:21:18,644 AND COX HELD HIS OWN. >> HE'S ALWAYS HAD A LITTLE SPUNK, A LITTLE FIRE TO HIM. HE HAD MOMENTS WHERE, YOU KNOW, 185 00:21:18,710 --> 00:21:24,449 YOU'D BE LIKE, MASON, LIKE, WOW, I DIDN'T KNOW YOU HAD THAT IN YOU. LIKE, IS EVERYTHING OKAY? 186 00:21:24,516 --> 00:21:27,085 >> YOU KNOW A LITTLE BIT ABOUT BEING A PHYSICAL ATHLETE. >> JUST A LITTLE BIT. JUST A LITTLE BIT. 187 00:21:27,152 --> 00:21:35,027 >> SHORTLY BEFORE GRADUATING IN 2014, COX LINED UP A SIX-FIGURE ENGINEERING JOB AT EXXONMOBIL. THEN CAME AN INTRIGUING 188 00:21:35,093 --> 00:21:42,901 OPPORTUNITY. A SCOUT HUNTING FOR GRADUATING COLLEGE ATHLETES CONTACTED OSU TO SEE IF COX MIGHT WANT TO 189 00:21:42,968 --> 00:21:49,207 ATTEND A COMBINE IN LOS ANGELES FOR THIS THING CALLED "AFL." >> YOU'D NEVER HEARD OF IT? >> OH, NO. 190 00:21:49,274 --> 00:21:53,478 I'D NEVER HEARD OF IT. NEVER ONCE HAD I -- A WORD HAD BEEN SPOKEN ABOUT IT IN MY LIFE. SO WE GOOGLED IT, AS EVERYONE 191 00:21:53,545 --> 00:21:58,250 DOES, AND THEN THIS THING COMES UP, AND IT'S LIKE, "AFL'S BIGGEST HITS." AND IT IS LITERALLY PEOPLE 192 00:21:58,316 --> 00:22:02,487 GETTING KNOCKED UNCONSCIOUS. >> AND YET YOU GO TO THIS COMBINE? >> I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT I'M 193 00:22:02,554 --> 00:22:07,759 GETTING MYSELF INTO. I LAND IN L.A. I GET PICKED UP IN AN UNMARKED WHITE VAN. 194 00:22:07,826 --> 00:22:11,463 [ LAUGHTER ] THROWN IN THE BACK. AND HE GOES, WE'RE GOING TO GO TO THE HOTEL, AND WE'RE GOING TO 195 00:22:11,530 --> 00:22:15,667 DO THREE DAYS OF TRAINING. >> HAND PASS IN LESTER-SMITH TO MATTHEWS WHO STEADIES, SHOOTS AT GOAL. 196 00:22:15,734 --> 00:22:24,142 >> IF AMERICANS KNOW AUSSIE RULES FOOTBALL AT ALL, IT'S LIKELY BECAUSE IN THE 1980s, BEFORE IT COULD AFFORD NBA OR 197 00:22:24,209 --> 00:22:29,514 NFL RIGHTS, ESPN AIRED AFL GAMES. BUT THE SPORT WAS FOUNDED IN THE 1800s, AS A WAY FOR CRICKETERS 198 00:22:29,581 --> 00:22:37,823 TO STAY IN SHAPE IN THE OFF-SEASON. IT'S ESPECIALLY POPULAR IN MELBOURNE, WHERE THE MCG -- AT 199 00:22:37,889 --> 00:22:44,663 NEARLY 100,000 CAPACITY, THE LARGEST STADIUM IN THE SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE -- WILL ROUTINELY FILL FOR GAMES. 200 00:22:44,730 --> 00:22:49,434 AFTER THE COMBINE, COX WAS SUMMONED TO MELBOURNE, WHERE HE IMPRESSED AUSTRALIAN COACHES WITH HIS HEIGHT AND HIS 201 00:22:49,501 --> 00:22:56,775 SURPRISING AGILITY. SOON AFTER, HE DECLINED HIS JOB AT EXXON AND SIGNED WITH COLLINGWOOD. 202 00:22:56,842 --> 00:23:02,647 >> WE GET THE INITIAL TASTE OF WHAT HE'S CAPABLE OF. CAN'T KICK, CAN'T HANDBALL, BUT 7-FOOT TALL. 203 00:23:02,714 --> 00:23:08,453 >> CRAIG McRAE IS NOW THE TEAM'S HEAD COACH. IN 2014, HE WAS THE HEAD OF DEVELOPMENT AND ASSIGNED TO 204 00:23:08,520 --> 00:23:12,257 TUTOR COX. >> HE'D FINISHED COLLEGE, HE WANTED TO TRAVEL EUROPE. BUT HE TOOK THE FOOTBALL WITH 205 00:23:12,324 --> 00:23:17,462 HIM. I GET THIS VIDEO LATE AT NIGHT OF MASON KICKING THE BALL IN SOME FOREST IN SCANDINAVIA 206 00:23:17,529 --> 00:23:25,904 SOMEWHERE. >> AND THERE'S MASON RUNNING REALLY AWKWARDLY CARRYING THE BALL LIKE THIS, AND THEN 207 00:23:25,971 --> 00:23:31,143 DROPPING THE BALL ONTO HIS FOOT. THERE WAS PROGRESSION, BUT THERE WAS STILL A LONG WAY TO GO. >> COX APPROACHED HIS 208 00:23:31,209 --> 00:23:36,948 DEVELOPMENT LIKE THE ENGINEER HE WAS SUPPOSED TO BE. >> AND THAT'S WHY THEY PAY HIM THE BIG BUCKS. 209 00:23:37,015 --> 00:23:43,321 >> MAKING STEADY AND DELIBERATE PROGRESS, SOLVING THE PHYSICS OF USING HIS HEIGHT AS AN ADVANTAGE, NOT A LIABILITY. 210 00:23:43,388 --> 00:23:49,594 >> AND HE'S DOING ALL OF THIS WITH GUYS THAT HAVE BEEN PLAYING THEIR WHOLE LIVES? >> YEAH, WELL, WE GREW UP, YOU 211 00:23:49,661 --> 00:23:55,901 KNOW, SLEEPING WITH LITTLE FOOTBALLS. WE SLEPT AND BREATHED IT AND IDOLIZED THE GAME. 212 00:23:55,967 --> 00:24:01,273 MASON HAD NONE OF THAT. >> WHAT MADE YOU THINK HE COULD PULL IT OFF? >> HE'S GOT THAT CHIP, THAT, 213 00:24:01,339 --> 00:24:17,556 "HEY, I'M GOING TO PROVE A LOT OF PEOPLE WRONG." ♪ >> COX MADE HIS BIG-LEAGUE DEBUT 214 00:24:17,622 --> 00:24:25,897 IN APRIL 2016 ON THE HALLOWED GROUND OF THE MCG, AN ANNUAL RIVALRY GAME HELD ON ANZAC DAY, A NATIONAL HOLIDAY. 215 00:24:25,964 --> 00:24:32,871 >> I REMEMBER SITTING IN THIS LOCKER ROOM, JUST THINKING TO MYSELF, HOLY SMOKES, LIKE, THIS HAS HAPPENED PRETTY QUICKLY. 216 00:24:32,938 --> 00:24:38,143 YOU'RE SITTING HERE ABOUT TO PLAY IN FRONT OF THE MOST PASSIONATE FANS PROBABLY IN THE WORLD, ON ONE OF THE BIGGEST 217 00:24:38,210 --> 00:24:43,415 DAYS, AND YOU BARELY KNOW WHAT THIS SPORT IS. I STILL HAD QUESTIONS ON RULES AT THAT POINT. 218 00:24:43,481 --> 00:24:49,921 LIKE, I DIDN'T 100% KNOW WHAT WAS GOING ON. ♪ >> HE WAS STANDING ARM IN ARM 219 00:24:49,988 --> 00:24:53,525 WITH HIS TEAMMATES WHEN AUSTRALIA'S NATIONAL ANTHEM STARTED. >> I THINK TO MYSELF, I GO, I 220 00:24:53,592 --> 00:24:58,230 DON'T KNOW A WORD. AND EVERYONE ELSE IS BELTING 'EM OUT NEXT TO ME. SO I KIND OF JUST LAUGH TO 221 00:24:58,296 --> 00:25:02,534 MYSELF AND JUST KIND OF HUM ALONG. [ HUMS ] IT WAS LIKE, I HAD NO IDEA. 222 00:25:02,601 --> 00:25:05,637 AND THAT KIND OF TOOK THE NERVES AWAY. >> THAT SETTLED YOU. >> THAT SETTLED ME. 223 00:25:05,704 --> 00:25:12,911 >> THE GAME STARTED AS IF SCRIPTED. CUE THE SPORTS MOVIE MUSIC. A BALL SPILLED OUT. 224 00:25:12,978 --> 00:25:17,749 DARCY MOORE GOT THE BALL AND SAW COX IN THE DISTANCE AND PUNTED IT TO THE ROOKIE. >> OH, THIS COULD BE A 225 00:25:17,816 --> 00:25:21,953 FAIRYTALE. >> WHO CAUGHT IT AND SCORED WITH HIS VERY FIRST KICK. >> HE RIDES IT HOME. 226 00:25:22,020 --> 00:25:29,461 WHAT A BEAUTY. >> CAN YOU BELIEVE AN AMERICAN IN HIS FIRST GAME HAS JUST KICKED THE FIRST GOAL ON ANZAC 227 00:25:29,527 --> 00:25:34,566 DAY? >> THAT DAY I THINK WAS ONE OF THOSE DAYS THAT SOLIDIFIED THAT, YOU KNOW, THIS MIGHT BE 228 00:25:34,633 --> 00:25:38,837 SOMETHING I DO FOR QUITE A LONG TIME. >> COX WAS, LITERALLY, OFF AND RUNNING. 229 00:25:38,904 --> 00:25:44,109 HIS BREAKOUT PERFORMANCE TWO SEASONS LATER IN THE PRELIMINARY FINAL -- LIKE THE NFL'S CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME -- 230 00:25:44,175 --> 00:25:50,482 SUGGESTED HE COULD BE A STAR. HAVING CROSSED 15 TIME ZONES, COX'S PARENTS WERE IN THE STANDS THAT DAY AS HE SCORED THREE 231 00:25:50,548 --> 00:25:59,424 TIMES. >> CAN HE GUIDE IT THROUGH? YES, HE CAN. THREE OF THE VERY BEST. 232 00:25:59,491 --> 00:26:07,899 IT'S ONE OF THE GREATEST STORIES I RECKON IN AUSTRALIAN FOOTBALL UNFOLDING BEFORE OUR VERY EYES. >> AS MASON COX BECAME A FAN 233 00:26:07,966 --> 00:26:14,339 FAVORITE, HE ALSO DEVELOPED INTO WHAT LOCALS WOULD CALL A FAIR DINKUM AUSSIE. >> THIS COUNTRY HAS REALLY GOT 234 00:26:14,406 --> 00:26:17,943 MY HEART, I THINK. >> I'M STILL MARVELING AT YOUR ACCENT. ARE YOU THE MOST AMERICAN 235 00:26:18,009 --> 00:26:22,647 AUSTRALIAN OR THE MOST AUSTRALIAN AMERICAN? >> PROBABLY THE MOST AUSTRALIAN AMERICAN. 236 00:26:22,714 --> 00:26:28,453 I STILL LOVE AMERICA, AND I'M STILL AMERICAN. BUT I'M -- I'M HALF-AND-HALF NOW. 237 00:26:28,520 --> 00:26:33,224 >> FLANKED BY HIS CAPTAIN, HIS COACH AND HIS PARENTS, HE GOT HIS AUSTRALIAN CITIZENSHIP TO PROVE IT. 238 00:26:33,291 --> 00:26:38,029 AND HE'S SEEN MORE OF THE COUNTRY'S EXQUISITE LANDSCAPE THAN MOST NATIVES. BUT, AS IN ANY SPORTS MOVIE, 239 00:26:38,096 --> 00:26:43,335 THERE WERE SETBACKS. IN THIS PLAY, HE RESEMBLED A BASKETBALL PLAYER, WHO HEADED DOWNCOURT, FORGETTING TO 240 00:26:43,401 --> 00:26:50,075 DRIBBLE. >> HE'S GONE, HE'S GONE. OH, BOY. >> WHEN COX WAS A ROOKIE NEW TO 241 00:26:50,141 --> 00:26:54,813 THE SPORT, THESE BLOOPERS WERE PART OF THE NOVELTY ACT. >> DROPS WHAT HE SHOULD HAVE TAKEN. 242 00:26:54,879 --> 00:26:59,584 >> WHEN COX WAS A VETERAN THE PASSIONATE COLLINGWOOD FANS WERE LESS FORGIVING. >> YOU'VE SEEN THAT? 243 00:26:59,651 --> 00:27:07,025 >> YEAH, THE JUDGMENT, THE CRITICISM. >> ADDING INJURY TO INSULT, IN 2019, COX WAS RAKED ACROSS THE 244 00:27:07,092 --> 00:27:14,399 EYE IN A GAME, AND DIAGNOSED WITH TWO TORN RETINAS, LEAVING HIM TEMPORARILY BLINDED. THAT, HE SAYS, WAS WHEN HE FELT 245 00:27:14,466 --> 00:27:21,773 THE DISTANCE FROM HOME. >> I'D LOST ONE OF MY SENSES, ALL WITHIN 48 HOURS. AND HAD TO FIGURE OUT IF I EVER 246 00:27:21,840 --> 00:27:26,478 WAS GOING TO PLAY AFL AGAIN, IF WAS EVER GOING TO SEE AGAIN. >> WHAT'S THAT INTERNAL CONVERSATION GOING LIKE? 247 00:27:26,544 --> 00:27:30,348 >> YOU KNOW, DID I DO THE RIGHT TING, COMING HERE? NOW I HAVE SOMETHING THAT'S PROBABLY GOING TO AFFECT ME FOR 248 00:27:30,415 --> 00:27:35,520 THE REST OF MY LIFE. WAS IT WORTH IT? UM, AND YOU FEEL QUITE ISOLATED AND ALONE. 249 00:27:35,587 --> 00:27:42,394 >> MASON COX. >> SIX SURGERIES LATER, HE REGAINED MOST OF HIS VISION BUT WAS A DIMINISHED PLAYER AND THE 250 00:27:42,460 --> 00:27:48,700 GREAT AMERICAN EXPERIMENT LOOKED TO BE FIZZLING. THEN, COX MADE AN EQUIPMENT CHANGE, ADDING ANOTHER 251 00:27:48,767 --> 00:27:56,207 DISTINGUISHING FEATURE, BECOMING THE FIRST AFLer TO WEAR PRESCRIPTION GOGGLES. HE HAD ONE OF THE BEST YEARS. 252 00:27:56,274 --> 00:28:00,311 THIS YEAR, COX'S COACHES SAY HE'S NEVER LOOKED BETTER. >> THAT'S PRETTY DAMN GOOD. >> I'M WATCHING YOUR PRACTICE 253 00:28:00,378 --> 00:28:07,218 THINKING, AMERICANS WOULD LOVE THIS. >> OH, WOULD GO CRAZY FOR IT. >> SO, IN 20 YEARS, IF THERE ARE 254 00:28:07,285 --> 00:28:11,423 A DOZEN AMERICANS PLAYING IN THE AFL, HOW DOES THAT GO OVER WITH YOU? >> I WOULD LOVE AN AMERICAN TO 255 00:28:11,489 --> 00:28:16,227 BREAK EVERY SINGLE RECORD I'VE DONE BECAUSE IT MEANS THAT I'VE LEFT A MARK, YOU KNOW? >> YOU KNOW HOW EXTRAORDINARY 256 00:28:16,294 --> 00:28:21,466 AND UNLIKELY THIS STORY IS. >> I'M GOING TO LOOK BACK AND THINK, YOU HAD THE MOST RIDICULOUS LIFE YOU COULD 257 00:28:21,533 --> 00:28:43,922 POSSIBLY THINK OF THAT MAKES NO SENSE. AND I TOOK IT BY THE HORNS AND I MADE THE MOST OF IT. 258 00:28:43,988 --> 00:29:00,205 >>> JEFF KOONS IS ONE OF THE MOST PROMINENT AND POLARIZING ART STARS IN THE WORLD. YOU'VE SEEN ONE OF HIS GIANT 259 00:29:00,271 --> 00:29:05,043 BALLOON DOG SCULPTURES OR THE STAINLESS STEEL INFLATABLE RABBIT HE MADE THAT RESOLD FOR $91 MILLION A FEW YEARS AGO. 260 00:29:05,110 --> 00:29:09,614 THE HIGHEST PRICE EVER PAID AT AUCTION FOR A WORK BY A LIVING ARTIST. I BOUGHT A MUCH LESS EXPENSIVE 261 00:29:09,681 --> 00:29:13,518 WORK OF HIS AT A CHARITY AUCTION ABOUT TEN YEARS AGO. HIS CREATIONS MAY LOOK SIMPLE BUT THEY CAN TAKE DECADES TO 262 00:29:13,585 --> 00:29:17,655 MAKE. OFTEN PUSH THE BOUNDARIES OF TECHNOLOGY AND SOMETIMES TASTE. CRITICS MAY SCOFF AT TIMES BUT 263 00:29:17,722 --> 00:29:22,927 THAT'S NOTHING NEW. JEFF KOONS HAS BEEN CONTROVERSIAL SINCE HE FIRST STARTED SHOWING HIS ART MORE 264 00:29:22,994 --> 00:29:27,165 THAN 40 YEARS AGO. YOU'LL FIND THE LARGEST COLLECTION IN JEFF KOONS' WORK AT THE BROAD MUSEUM IN LOS 265 00:29:27,232 --> 00:29:36,107 ANGELES. VISITING IT IS LIKE SHOW UP AT A STRANGE CHILDREN'S PARTY LONG AFTER THE KIDS HAVE GONE TO BED. 266 00:29:36,174 --> 00:29:42,981 THERE'S A GIANT PAINTING OF A PARTY HAT, A PORCELAIN MICHAEL JACKSON AND HIS CHIMP BUBBLES. A KIND OF POP CULTURE PIETA, THE 267 00:29:43,047 --> 00:29:52,457 HULK EVEN MAKES AN APPEARANCE. THE STAR ATTRACTION, A TEN-FOOT TALL STAINLESS STEEL BALLOON DOG SCULPTURE. 268 00:29:52,524 --> 00:29:57,195 HE SHOWED IT TO US AFTER HOURS. >> WE HAVE TO MAKE MACHINES TO MAKE THIS WORK. IT DIDN'T EXIST. 269 00:29:57,262 --> 00:30:04,602 >> IT MAY LOOK LIKE IT IS FILLED WITH AIR, BUT THE BALLOON DOG WEIGHS A TON AND TOOK JEFF KOONS SIX YEARS TO MAKE. 270 00:30:04,669 --> 00:30:08,873 >> I STARTED WITH A BALLOON. I BLEW IT UP, I TWISTED A BALLOON DOG. >> DID YOU KNOW HOW TO MAKE A 271 00:30:08,940 --> 00:30:15,647 BALLOON DOG? >> NO, I JUST GOT A LITTLE BOOK. I SAW HOW YOU DO IT. SO I TWISTED IT UP, I PROBABLY 272 00:30:15,713 --> 00:30:23,054 MADE ABOUT 50 OF THEM. I MADE A MOLD OF IT AND THAN WAS USED TO MAKE THE STAINLESS STEEL PIECES. 273 00:30:23,121 --> 00:30:29,394 ORIGINALLY, WHEN I MADE THIS PIECE I THOUGHT I COULD MAKE IT FOR $300,000. WHICH STILL THAT'S A LOT OF 274 00:30:29,460 --> 00:30:36,734 MONEY, BUT IT ENDED UP JUST TO CREATE THE PIECE ENDED UP COSTING ME 1.6. >> WOW. 275 00:30:36,801 --> 00:30:42,574 >> THAT IS MORE THAN WHAT I SOLD THE WORK FOR. >> THAT'S CLASSIC KOONS, HE'S FAMOUS FOR GOING OVERBUDGET AND 276 00:30:42,640 --> 00:30:49,948 HIS OBSESSIVE ATTENTION TO DETAIL IS LEGENDARY. HE SPENT 20 YEARS FIGURING OUT HOW TO TURN THIS MASS OF 277 00:30:50,014 --> 00:30:57,322 ALUMINUM INTO A TEN-FOOT TALL PILE OF PLAY-DOH. TO GET THESE BASKETBALLS TO APPEAR SUSPENDED IN AIR HE 278 00:30:57,388 --> 00:31:04,229 ENLISTED THE HELP OF A NOBEL PRIZE WINNING PHYSICIST. AND HE USED MORE THAN 60,000 LIVING FLOWERS TO CREATE THIS. 279 00:31:04,295 --> 00:31:17,408 40 FOOT SCULPTURE OF A PUPPY. KOONS OFTEN TAKES FAMOUS CHARACTERS AND MAKES THEM LARGER AND SHINIER. 280 00:31:17,475 --> 00:31:25,316 HE ELEVATES EVERYDAY THINGS, MAKING THEM LARGER, SHINIER OR SURREAL VERSIONS OF THEMSELVES. >> LIKE THAT RABBIT RESOLD FOR A 281 00:31:25,383 --> 00:31:32,156 FEW YEARS AGO FOR $91 MILLION. HE MADE FOUR THAT LOOK AT FIRST LIKE THEY'RE JUST PLASTIC INFLATABLES BUT THEY'RE HIGHLY 282 00:31:32,223 --> 00:31:39,030 POLISHED STAINLESS STEEL AND WEIGH ABOUT 150 POUNDS. >> IT'S ICONIC, BECAUSE IT CAN REPRESENT SO MANY DIFFERENT 283 00:31:39,097 --> 00:31:49,040 THINGS, I CAN THINK OF EASTER. I CAN THINK OF A POLITICIAN WITH A KIND OF MICROPHONE. SOMEBODY MAKING PROCLAMATIONS. 284 00:31:49,107 --> 00:31:56,414 BUT I THINK THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS TO ME. IT'S THE REASON IT'S REFLECTIVE, REFLECTING YOU, REFLECTING ME, 285 00:31:56,481 --> 00:32:02,287 THE VIEWER FINISHES A WORK OF ART. IT'S ABOUT YOUR FEELINGS YOUR EXPERIENCES. 286 00:32:02,353 --> 00:32:10,728 IT'S ABOUT YOUR POTENTIAL. >> MAYBE YOU'RE THINKING JEFF KOONS SOUNDS LIKE A PHONY SELF-HELP PROPHET. 287 00:32:10,795 --> 00:32:16,000 PLENTY OF CRITICS DO BUT HE DOES SEE ART AS SOMETHING THAT CAN HELP PEOPLE HAVE A PERSONAL TRANSFORMATION. 288 00:32:16,067 --> 00:32:23,941 >> ART CAN BE ANYTHING, I MEAN, IT REALLY CAN BE. MY PERSONAL EXPERIENCE OF ART IS THAT YOU DON'T HAVE TO BRING 289 00:32:24,008 --> 00:32:32,350 ANYTHING TO IT OTHER THAN YOURSELF. >> SO, YOUR MESSAGE TO PEOPLE IS YOU DON'T NEED TO HAVE A THESIS 290 00:32:32,417 --> 00:32:37,755 IN ART HISTORY TO INTERACT WITH ART AND WHAT YOU FEEL FROM IT IS VALID. >> IT'S AS VALID AS ANYBODY ELSE 291 00:32:37,822 --> 00:32:45,029 COULD EXPERIENCE. >> WHY BALLOON DOGS? WHY GAZING BALLS? AN INFLATABLE RABBIT? 292 00:32:45,096 --> 00:32:51,336 >> MEMORIES. YOU KNOW, AROUND EASTER TIME, I WOULD SEE A LOT OF INFLATABLE RABBITS IN THE YARDS. 293 00:32:51,402 --> 00:33:02,480 I WOULD SEE GAZING BALLS IN PEOPLE'S YARDS, IN THEIR GARDENS. OUR NEIGHBORS WHO DO THAT, I 294 00:33:02,547 --> 00:33:07,752 MEAN, HOW GENEROUS THEY ARE FOR US THAT WE'RE JUST DRIVING BY OR WALKING BY AND WE CAN LOOK. AND WE CAN HAVE A LITTLE AWE AND 295 00:33:07,819 --> 00:33:17,228 WONDERMENT JUST FOR THAT SECOND. TO ME, THEY'RE SYMBOLS OF CULTURAL HISTORY. >> KOONS GREW UP OUTSIDE YORK, 296 00:33:17,295 --> 00:33:21,966 PENNSYLVANIA, IN A RURAL COMMUNITY, WHERE YOU CAN STILL FIND GAZING BALLS IN PEOPLE'S YARDS. 297 00:33:22,033 --> 00:33:29,907 HE HAS EIGHT CHILDREN, SIX WITH HIS SECOND WIFE JUSTINE, TO WHOM HE'S BEEN MARRIED FOR 21 YEARS THEY STILL LIVE PART TIME IN 298 00:33:29,974 --> 00:33:37,248 PENNSYLVANIA, IN KOONS' GRANDPARENTS' HOUSE, PART OF AN 800-ACRE FARM WHERE THEY RAISE HORSES AND COWS. 299 00:33:37,315 --> 00:33:44,088 >> I THINK MOST PEOPLE DON'T ENVISION THIS IS THE LIFE YOU HAVE AS A WORLD FAMOUS ARTIST. >> WELL, I'M VERY INVOLVED IN MY 300 00:33:44,155 --> 00:33:52,497 WORK. BUT ON THE WEEKENDS AND SUMMERS AND HOLIDAYS, THIS IS A REALLY IMPORTANT PART OF MY LIFE. 301 00:33:52,563 --> 00:33:57,802 >> KOONS HAS BEEN DRAWING AND PAINTING SINCE CHILDHOOD. IN 1974, WHILE STUDYING ART IN COLLEGE, HIS MOTHER HELPED HIM 302 00:33:57,869 --> 00:34:07,345 MEET ONE OF HIS FAVORITE SURREALIST PAINTERS. >> MY MOTHER CALLED ME AND SAID I JUST SAW A MAGAZINE THAT 303 00:34:07,412 --> 00:34:13,184 SALVADOR DALI SPENDS HALF HIS YEAR IN NEW YORK CITY AT THE ST. REGIS HOTEL. AND I THOUGHT, MAYBE I'LL CALL 304 00:34:13,251 --> 00:34:22,126 HIM. >> YOU THOUGHT YOU'D CALL HIM? I CALLED THE ST. REGIS AND I ASKED FOR SALVADOR DALI'S ROOM 305 00:34:22,193 --> 00:34:30,034 AND THEY PUT ME THROUGH. I WAS QUITE NERVOUS AND I TOLD HIM I WAS A FAN AND WOULD ENJOY VERY MUCH TO MEET HIM. 306 00:34:30,101 --> 00:34:36,908 HE SAID CAN YOU COME TO NEW YORK THIS WEEKEND ON SATURDAY. I SAID YES. HE SAID BE IN THE LOBBY AT 307 00:34:36,974 --> 00:34:43,748 12:00, AND I'LL MEET YOU THEN. AND HE WAS SPECTACULAR. >> IT WOULD NEVER HAVE OCCURRED TO ME TO JUST CALL SALVADOR 308 00:34:43,815 --> 00:34:51,656 DALI. >> I HAD NOTHING TO LOSE. >> KOONS AND DALI SPENT THE AFTERNOON TOGETHER, AND AT THE 309 00:34:51,722 --> 00:35:00,631 END, HE ASKED THE WORLD-RENOWNED ARTIST TO POSE FOR THIS PICTURE. >> I REMEMBER, HE PUT HIS MUSTACHE UP AND HE WAS TELLING 310 00:35:00,698 --> 00:35:09,674 ME, YOU KNOW, KID, HURRY UP, I CAN'T HOLD THIS POSE ALL DAY. BUT I LEFT NEW YORK THAT EVENING FEELING LIKE I COULD DO THIS. 311 00:35:09,740 --> 00:35:15,446 >> AFTER FINISHING SCHOOL, HE HITCHHIKED TO NEW YORK AND STARTED MAKING ART IN HIS LOWER EAST SIDE APARTMENT BUYING CHEAP 312 00:35:15,513 --> 00:35:22,854 PLASTIC INFLATABLES. PUTTING THEM ON MIRRORS. HE HAD GRAND AMBITIONS BUT NEEDED CASH TO REALIZE THEM. 313 00:35:22,920 --> 00:35:30,228 >> SO EVENTUALLY, I BECAME LICENSED AND REGISTERED TO SELL COMMODITIES AND MUTUAL FUNDS SO THAT'S WHAT I STARTED TO DO TO 314 00:35:30,294 --> 00:35:40,238 MAKE MORE MONEY TO MAKE THE WORKS. >> THAT'S NOT A CAREER MOVE THAT A LOT OF ARTISTS MAKE. 315 00:35:40,304 --> 00:35:45,576 >> I DID IT ONLY THAT I COULD ENOUGH MONEY TO MAKE MY VACUUM CLEANER PIECES. >> THE VACUUM CLEANERS HE'S 316 00:35:45,643 --> 00:35:52,917 TALKING ABOUT WERE FIRST GOT HIM NOTICED IN 1980. HE BOUGHT ABOUT 20 BRAND-NEW VACUUMS DISPLAYED THEM IN CASES 317 00:35:52,984 --> 00:35:57,755 WITH FLUORESCENT LIGHTS. IT WAS PART OF A SERIES CALLED "THE NEW." >> I WAS SHOWING THEM FOR THEIR 318 00:35:57,822 --> 00:36:05,096 NEWNESS. THIS WAS A BRAND-NEW OBJECT. IT WAS NEVER USED. YOU CAN SEE THAT IT'S CLEAN. 319 00:36:05,162 --> 00:36:10,902 IT'S PRISTINE, ITS LUNGS ARE PURE. AND THERE'S ALSO SOME SENSUAL ASPECTS TO IT TOO. 320 00:36:10,968 --> 00:36:16,707 >> AND SENSUAL ASPECTS? >> SENSUAL, I MEAN, YOU HAVE THE HANDLE, AND YOU HAVE THE BAG RIGHT THERE. 321 00:36:16,774 --> 00:36:24,181 AND IT COULD BE LOOK THE AT AS MASCULINE AND YOU COULD LOOK AT IT AND OH, THE BAG IS THE WOMB. >> ART DEFINITELY IS IN THE EYE 322 00:36:24,248 --> 00:36:31,455 OF THE BEHOLDER. >> WHAT DID YOU THINK OF JEFF KOONS AS AN ARTIST AND FIRST SORT OF CAME ON THE SCENE. 323 00:36:31,522 --> 00:36:37,261 >> I WAS INTERESTED IN HIM AND I WAS ALSO KIND OF REPULSED BY HIM. >> ROBERT STORR, FORMER DEAN OF 324 00:36:37,328 --> 00:36:48,439 THE YALE SCHOOL OF ART, WAS A CURATOR AT THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART IN NEW YORK WHEN IT ACQUIRED SOME OF KOONS' VACUUMS IN 1986. 325 00:36:48,506 --> 00:36:53,077 >> I THINK SOME OF WORK IS REALLY UNPLEASANT BUT IT DOESN'T MEAN IT'S NOT SERIOUS. >> WHAT'S UNPLEASANT ABOUT IT? 326 00:36:53,144 --> 00:36:59,383 >> THE IMAGERY IS VULGAR. VULGAR MEANS MANY THINGS. IT MEANS OF THE PEOPLE RATHER THAN OF THE ELITES. 327 00:36:59,450 --> 00:37:04,221 >> SO IT'S TAKING AN OBJECT WHICH THE NEW YORK ELITES MIGHT LOOK AT AND THINK OH, THAT'S TACKY. 328 00:37:04,288 --> 00:37:13,698 THAT'S TRASHY, SOMETHING YOU BUY IN A GIFT SHOP AND BLOWING IT UP AND MAKING IT PERFECT AND SAYING THAT THIS HAS VALUE? 329 00:37:13,764 --> 00:37:17,368 >> IT HAS MEANING, NOT NECESSARILY VALUE, BUT IT HAS MEANING. >> WHAT IS THE MESSAGE OF THAT? 330 00:37:17,435 --> 00:37:24,775 >> THE MESSAGE IS THAT IT'S THERE TO BE EMBRACED THAT IT'S NOT TO BE MOCKED. THAT ONE SHOULD NOT BE SMUGLY 331 00:37:24,842 --> 00:37:29,113 SURE OF ONE'S OWN TASTE TO THE POINT OF IT DENYING THE POSSIBILITY OF OTHER TASTES. >> AND IS HE BEING HONEST ABOUT 332 00:37:29,180 --> 00:37:38,990 THAT? >> I THINK HE'S TOTALLY HONEST. I THINK THAT HE HAS MADE ALL OF THAT FAIR GAME IN A WAY THAT WE 333 00:37:39,056 --> 00:37:48,466 HAVE NOT SEEN SINCE WARHOL. >> LIKE ANDY WARHOL, JEFF KOONS HAS A FACTORY OF SORTS WITH AN ASSEMBLY LINE OF PAINTERS 334 00:37:48,532 --> 00:37:53,237 METICULOUSLY FOLLOWING HIS INSTRUCTIONS, AND DOZENS OF DIGITAL ASSISTANTS, SCULPTURES AND CRAFTSMEN ALL OVER THE WORLD 335 00:37:53,304 --> 00:37:59,577 HELPING MAKE HIS COMPLEX PIECES WHICH ARE OFTEN INSPIRED BY VERY SIMPLE THINGS. THIS IS A VERY MODERN 336 00:37:59,644 --> 00:38:07,518 GRANDMOTHER'S CLOSET. TURNS OUT KOONS WAS FASCINATED BY HIS GRANDPARENTS' PORCELAIN FIGURINES AS A CHILD AND HAS 337 00:38:07,585 --> 00:38:13,858 COLLECTED HUNDREDS OF THEM. >> WHERE DID YOU FIND THIS? >> I FOUND IT ONLINE. >> HE DECIDED TO MAKE THIS $150 338 00:38:13,924 --> 00:38:22,333 BALLERINA INTO A MULTIMILLION-DOLLAR EIGHT-FOOT TALL MARBLE SCULPTURE BUT IT WOUND UP TAKING HIM 12 YEARS. 339 00:38:22,400 --> 00:38:33,411 FIRST HE USED A C.A.T. SCAN MACHINE TO DIGITALLY MAP EVERY DETAIL OF THE FIGURINE INSIDE AND OUT. 340 00:38:33,477 --> 00:38:38,683 THEN IT TOOK HIM FIVE YEARS AND THE HELP OF M.I.T. SCIENTISTS TO BEGIN TRANSLATING ALL OF THOSE DETAILS INTO INSTRUCTIONS. 341 00:38:38,749 --> 00:38:44,989 CARVING TOOK ANOTHER SEVEN YEARS. >> NOW THE WORK WILL REALLY PROGRESS QUICKLY. 342 00:38:45,056 --> 00:38:51,862 >> WE WENT WITH KOONS TO A WORKSHOP IN PENNSYLVANIA TO CHECK ON THE PROGRESS AND FOUND AYAMI AOYAMA AND HER TEAM 343 00:38:51,929 --> 00:38:57,101 CAREFULLY POLISHING THE BALLERINA BY HAND. >> DO YOU HAVE SENSE OF HOW MANY HOURS OF WORK IS DONE ON A 344 00:38:57,168 --> 00:39:08,245 PIECE? >> 33,000 HOURS. >> FOR JUST THE HANDWORK. >> IT MUST BE EXHAUSTING. 345 00:39:08,312 --> 00:39:12,450 I MEAN, THE LEVEL OF DETAIL AND MONOTONY AND DETAIL OF IT IS INCREDIBLE. >> YEAH, IT'S A REALLY UNIQUE 346 00:39:12,516 --> 00:39:20,324 JOB. >> THAT LOOKS LIKE A DENTAL TOOL? >> YEAH, THAT'S ALL IN POLISHER, 347 00:39:20,391 --> 00:39:22,993 YOU KNOW, THE LADIES ACTUALLY USE. >> IS IT REALLY? >> YEAH. 348 00:39:23,060 --> 00:39:31,535 >> YOU'LL NOTICE JEFF KOONS ISN'T DOING THE SCULPTING OR PAINTING. HE COMES UP WITH THE IDEAS AND SETS THE STANDARDS BUT 349 00:39:31,602 --> 00:39:38,309 HIS ARTISANS DO THE LABOR WHICH HS LED TO CRITICISM INCLUDING OUR OWN MORLEY SAFER. >> 30 YEARS AGO MORLEY DID A 350 00:39:38,375 --> 00:39:47,785 STORY CRITIQUING CONTEMPORARY ART AND LIKENED KOONS TO A P.T. BARNUM SELLING TO SUCKERS. >> HE DOESN'T ACTUALLY PAINT OR 351 00:39:47,852 --> 00:39:53,157 SCULPT. HE COMMISSIONS CRAFTSMEN TO DO THAT AND HE GOES SHOPPING FOR BASKETBALLS OR VACUUM CLEANERS. 352 00:39:53,224 --> 00:40:01,031 >> IS IT A LEGITIMATE CRITICISM? >> IT'S A LEGITIMATE CRITICISM IF YOU LOOK AT ART IN A WAY THAT YOU'RE KIND OF WANT EVERYTHING 353 00:40:01,098 --> 00:40:08,939 TO BE DONE BY THE ARTIST THEMSELVES. IT BECOMES LIMITED WHAT YOU CAN DO WITHIN ONE LIFE IF YOU ARE 354 00:40:09,006 --> 00:40:22,553 BEING RESPONSIBLE FOR EVERYTHING. IT'S LIKE THE PRODUCTION OF THIS PROGRAM RIGHT NOW. 355 00:40:22,620 --> 00:40:26,791 ANDERSON, IF YOU HAD TO BE THE LIGHTING AND FOR THE EDITING. >> IF I WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE LIGHTING, WE WOULDN'T SEE YOU OR 356 00:40:26,857 --> 00:40:31,529 MYSELF. >> BUT IF YOU HAD TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR EVERYTHING, HOW MANY PROGRAMS WOULD BE YOU BE 357 00:40:31,595 --> 00:40:37,935 ABLE TO CREATE? I'VE DESIGNED, WORKED ON THE SYSTEMS, SO THAT THE WHOLE PROCESS, AT THE END OF THE DAY, 358 00:40:38,002 --> 00:40:44,175 IT'S AS IF EVERY MARK WAS MADE BY MYSELF. >> AT 68, KOONS HAS REACHED A LEVEL OF COMMERCIAL SUCCESS FEW 359 00:40:44,241 --> 00:40:56,854 ARTISTS EVER IMAGINE. HE'S HELPED DESIGN CARS FOR BMW, AN ALBUM COVER FOR LADY GAGA, EVEN A SUPER YACHT. 360 00:40:56,921 --> 00:41:06,931 AND LATER THIS YEAR, HE HOPES TO CREATE A PERMANENT ART EXHIBIT ON THE MOON. HE'S MADE 125 SMALL STAINLESS 361 00:41:06,997 --> 00:41:10,601 STEEL MOON SCULPTURES AND LANDS THEM. >> IS THERE SOMETHING ABOUT THE ATMOSPHERE ON THE MOON THAT 362 00:41:10,668 --> 00:41:17,474 WOULD AFFECT THE LIFESPAN OF A WORK? >> YES, ALMOST EVERYTHING. YOU HAVE THE TREMENDOUS 363 00:41:17,541 --> 00:41:24,315 RADIATION, YOU HAVE THE TEMPERATURE CHANGE, AT LEAST 250 DEGREES DIFFERENCE FROM NIGHT TO DAY. 364 00:41:24,381 --> 00:41:33,824 ONE OF THE MOST INHOSPITABLE ENVIRONMENTS THAT YOU CAN IMAGINE FOR A WORK OF ART. >> THE MOON SCULPTURES ARE FOR 365 00:41:33,891 --> 00:41:41,665 SALE, OF COURSE, ALONG WITH AN NFT, A NON-FUNGIBLE TOKEN, WHICH SERVES AS DIGITAL PROOF THAT YOUR ARTWORK IS ACTUALLY UP 366 00:41:41,732 --> 00:41:48,038 THERE. YOU'LL ALSO GET ONE OF THESE LARGER MOONS TO SHOW OFF HERE ON EARTH. 367 00:41:48,105 --> 00:42:03,320 HE WON'T SAY HOW MUCH IT WILL COST YOU BUT WITH JEFF KOONS, IT'S A SAFE BET THE PRICE TAG WILL BE OUT OF THIS WORLD. 368 00:42:03,387 --> 00:42:21,071 >>> WE'LL BE BACK NEXT WEEK >>> WE GO TO STORIES. WE TRAVEL THERE BECAUSE WE CAN BRING SOMEONE TO THAT STORY. 369 00:42:21,138 --> 00:42:26,977 WE CAN BE THEIR EYES. WE CAN BE THEIR EYES. >> THE AMOUNT OF DEVASTATION IS UNFATHOMABLE. 370 00:42:27,044 --> 00:42:33,918 >> THE HOUSE WAS SHAKING SO BAD. AND THE ROOF JUST FLEW RIGHT PASSED. >> OH, SWEETHEART, I'M SO SORRY. 371 00:42:33,984 --> 00:42:39,957 YOU LOST IT ALL. OH, MY GOD. I'M SO SORRY. >> WE LISTEN TO A DIVERSE GROUP 372 00:42:40,024 --> 00:42:44,595 OF PEOPLE AND PEOPLE OF DIFFERENT VIEWPOINTS. >> CAN I ASK YOU ABOUT WHAT YOU'RE DOING HERE? 373 00:42:44,662 --> 00:42:51,268 >> THE COST OF FEEDING A FAMILY FROM LAST NOVEMBER TO THIS NOVEMBER. >> THAT HUMAN CONNECTION WE 374 00:42:51,335 --> 00:42:58,342 CREATE ON THE BROADCAST EVERY NIGHT IS INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT. >> YOU HAVE SPINAL ISSUES AND YOU CAN HIT THE BALL THAT FAR? 375 00:42:58,409 --> 00:43:05,482 >> FEELS SO GOOD. >> THAT'S SO INCREDIBLE. >> BECAUSE THE NEWS DOESN'T ALWAYS HAVE TO BE DEPRESSING.