A time capsule that holds the legendary artist in immortal youth, the cult classic also preserves a certain New York, which has now changed beyond recognition. In late 1980 and early 1981, when the ...

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. By John DeFore We often say, of old movies we ...

I’ve become preoccupied with two films that fascinatingly document time and place: Richard Linklater’s Slacker (1990), and Edo Bertoglio’s Downtown 81 (filmed in the early ’80s but released in 2000), ...

Newly restored, the movie 'Downtown '81' features Basquiat as a struggling artist trying to sell a painting just to make rent. Basquiat in the trailer for Downtown 81. Metrograph NYC/YouTube ...

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 ...

(PR) On November 6, Recall Records will release the soundtrack to cult American film Downtown 81. Starring the legendary American artist Jean-Michel Basquiat (1960-1988), the film vividly depicts the ...

Downtown 81 arrives 20 years late, but in a way the film is just in time to remind us how much pop music has changed and how much better it could be. Showing at 7 p.m. Friday, Saturday and Sunday at ...

A collection of two announcements, one press-release nd one Japanese promotional book for the Basquiat movie Downtown 81 (published circa 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 ...

Downtown 81 is a soundtrack filled with quality music, but, as a whole, it is unlistenable. Basquiat embellished all of New York art, and the music world at the time was a mix of post-disco pop, no ...