Downtown '81
Comedy, Drama, Music
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2001
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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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Runtime:
72 min
Release date:
13 Jul 2001
Country:
US
Languages:
Japanese, Chinese, English, Spanish
Budget:
$0
Revenue:
$0
Awards:
3 nominations total
Top Critics Reviews
fresh:
A fascinating if fragmented, dreamlike look at the downtown art-music-fashion scene of a yeasty, creative era.
– Jane Sumner,
Dallas Morning News,
7 Mar 2002
fresh:
A crudely poetic inventory of the people and places about to rock pop culture.
– Carrie Rickey,
Philadelphia Inquirer,
1 Feb 2002
fresh:
Performances by DNA and the Plastics alone are worth the price of admission.
– Eric Harrison,
Houston Chronicle,
2 Nov 2001
fresh:
Gives us a glimpse of the city as it was, suggesting that there was something revolutionary, even inspiring, about those days of not-so yore.
– John Petrakis,
Chicago Tribune,
20 Sep 2001
fresh:
It captures the youthful excitement of a burgeoning creative movement.
– Kevin Maynard,
Mr. Showbiz,
20 Jul 2001