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Downtown '81 (2001)

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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Gregory T 12 Dec 2007

Film is primarily a visual medium. In the case of Downtown 81, Glenn O'Brien and his friends pointed a camera at NYC's best graff artists, avant musicians, fashion designers and rappers. A wholly engaging film that was lost for many years. Best part: DNA.

John L 02 Sep 2007

New York before it was sanitized. Is it better now of was it better then, hard to say. But this film gives you a look into that world, with Jean Michel Basquiet. Maverick artist and creator of SAMO, short for Same Old Shit.

Maxi B 05 Jul 2007

The movie is interesting because of the cast and time in which it was filmed...captures a moment of time in the New York art and music scene.

Edward S 01 Feb 2012

Painfully dull and weird. The only selling points are the peeks of the Lower East Side, NYC in the early 80's and some early hip-hop house parties.

James T 20 May 2008

Okay, the dialogue and story are ropey, and the it suffers from the fact that the sound had to be re-recorded 20 years later, but as a snapshot of the chaotic, broken-down, yet artistically fertile New York of the time it is second to none. Great for playing spot-the-minor-celebrity, excellent musical performances from the likes of Kid Creole and James Chance, and an superb no-wave, punk-funk and early hip-hop soundtrack. A lush paean to a NYC that doesn't exist anymore.