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Downtown '81

2001 · 72 min · Unrated

7.5/10

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.

Director
Edo Bertoglio
Genres
Drama, Comedy, Music
  • Performance mode
  • Big screen energy
  • Unhinged but iconic

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