Downtown '81
- Released on
Drama, Comedy, Music
•- Runtime
- 72 mins
(23 votes)
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.
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.
Cast
- Jean-Michel Basquiat
- Saul Williams
- Anna Shroeder
- Debbie Harry
- Giorgio Giomelsky
- Coati Mundi
- Debi Mazar
- George Quinones
- Walter Steding
- Steven Brown
- Eszter Balint
- Kid Creole
- Fab 5 Freddy
- Arto Lindsay
- John Lurie
- Michael Holman
- Ted Bafaloukos
- Elliott Murphy
- Amos Poe
- Lee Quiñones
- Chris Stein
- Kool Kyle
- Cookie Mueller
- Richard Weigand
- Bradley Field
Director
- Edo Bertoglio
Producers
- Maripol
