Downtown '81

Downtown '81

Release Date: 2001-07-13

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.

Rating: 6.661 / 10

Cast

Jean-Michel Basquiat

Jean-Michel Basquiat

as Jean (archive footage)

Saul Williams

Saul Williams

as Jean's Narration (voice)

Anna Shroeder

Anna Shroeder

as Beatrice

Debbie Harry

Debbie Harry

as Fairy Godmother

Giorgio Giomelsky

Giorgio Giomelsky

as Landlord

Crew

  • Edo Bertoglio - Director

  • Glenn O'Brien - Writer

  • Vincent Gallo - Thanks

  • Vincent Gallo - Original Music Composer

  • Pamela French - Editor

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