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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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Austin I 13 Oct 2007

This film really works more as a documentary than as a narrative film. It felt like "Slacker"--which I did not care for--set in the lower east side during the early 80s. The music and art showcased was fresh, but the pace was piddling. The whole thing was redubbed because, as I understand it, there was not enough cash to fund post so the film went underground for about two decades and when it surfaced the audio was lost. Pretty much everyone filmed came back to rerecord their part, except for Basquiat--pushing roses. Saul Williams, a death rattle, or something of the sort, of the vibrant, vagrant art scene to which Basquiat belonged, comes in to record JM's part. I guess that was a good choice. I reiterate: documentary in film's clothing.

Wil F 23 Feb 2006

Just cause it's Basquiat. And Saul Williams does voice over.

Elizabeth Weitzman 04 Jan 2008

Amateurish in the extreme, the film is a feast of bohemian cliché, bad writing and worse acting.

Vasilios P 19 Nov 2007

NY no-wave scene.James White and The Contortions,The Mudd Club,rock star fairies and Jean Michel Basquiat walkin through the streets of NY.Nice i think!

Brendan Kelly 10 Mar 1986

Extraordinary real-life snapshot of hip, arty, clubland Manhattan in the post-punk era.