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Make byFabrizio Nucci
Downtown '81
Downtown '81

Downtown '81

2001

6.5

Categories:

  • Drama
  • Comedy
  • Music

Overview:

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.

Edo Bertoglio

Director

Maripol

Producer, Art Direction

Glenn O'Brien

Writer

Cast:

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  • Jean-Michel Basquiat

    Jean-Michel Basquiat

    Jean (archive footage)
  • Saul Williams

    Saul Williams

    Jean's Narration (voic...
  • Anna Shroeder

    Anna Shroeder

    Beatrice
  • Debbie Harry

    Debbie Harry

    Fairy Godmother
  • Giorgio Giomelsky

    Giorgio Giomelsky

    Landlord
  • Coati Mundi

    Coati Mundi

    Self