Downtown '81 (2001)
1h 12m
Running Time
July 13, 2001Release Date
Plot.
The film is a day in the life of a young artist, Jean-Michel Basquiat, who needs to raise money to reclaim the apartment from which he has been evicted. He wanders the downtown streets carrying a painting he hopes to sell, encountering friends, whose lives (and performances) we peek into.
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This Movie Is About.
Cast & Crew.
Saul Williams
Jean's Narration (voice)
Jean-Michel Basquiat
Jean
Anna Shroeder
Beatrice
John Lurie
Self
Debbie Harry
Fairy Godmother
Richard Weigand
Doctor
Cyndy Schneidau
Nurse
Giorgio Giomelsky
Landlord
Coati Mundi
Self
Debi Mazar
Peppermint Lounge Dancer
George Quinones
Graffiti Artist
Giorgio Gomelsky
Landlord
Walter Steding
Self
Ted Bafaloukos
Junk Dealer
Steven Brown
Self - Vocals, Tuxedomoon
Eszter Balint
Self
Kid Creole
August Darnell
Edo Bertoglio
Director
Edo Bertoglio
Director
Fab 5 Freddy
Graffiti Artist
Glenn O'Brien
Writer
Maripol
Producer
Arto Lindsay
Self
Vincent Gallo
Composer
Media.
Details.
Wiki.
Downtown 81 is a 2000 American film that was shot in 1980-1981. The film was directed by Edo Bertoglio and written and produced by Glenn O'Brien and Patrick Montgomery, with post-production in 1999-2000 by Glenn O'Brien and Maripol. It is a rare real-life snapshot of an ultra-hip subculture of post-punk era Manhattan. Starring renowned artist Jean-Michel Basquiat and featuring such East Village artists as James Chance, Amos Poe, Walter Steding, Tav Falco and Elliott Murphy, the film is a bizarre elliptical urban fairy tale. In 1999, Michael Zilkha, founder of ZE Records (the label of several of the film's artists), became the film's executive producer.
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