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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.
Mar 14, 2001 · A 2000 documentary film that captures the artist Jean Michel Basquiat's life in 1981 New York, where he tries to sell his paintings and find a place to stay. The film features archive footage, music, and interviews with Basquiat and his friends, such as John Lurie and Fab 5 Freddy.
Downtown 81 not only captures one of the most interesting and lively artists of the twentieth century as he is poised for fame, but it is a slice of life from one of the most exciting periods in American culture, with the emergence of new wave music, new painting, hip hop and graffiti.
The ambling, freewheeling Downtown 81 follows Jean through the city's still-untamed streets, incidentally picking up the incredible diversity of cultural act...
Oct 25, 2019 · ‘Downtown 81’: Film Review. Jean-Michel Basquiat plays a version of himself in 'Downtown 81,' Edo Bertoglio and Glenn O'Brien's long-buried tour through lower Manhattan's art scene.
Starring the legendary American painter, graffiti artist, poet and musician Jean-Michel Basquiat (1960-1988), DOWNTOWN 81 is both a post-modernist fairytale and a vivid depiction of the...
Oct 20, 2019 · The real New York of 1981 is the setting and subject for Downtown 81, a low-budget time capsule of bohemian Manhattan that distorts its representation of the city for reasons more loving than lazy. Like the city then, the film’s history is messy and beleaguered.
