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Downtown 81
Starring the legendary American painter, graffiti artist, poet and musician Jean-Michel Basquiat (1960-1988), DOWNTOWN 81 is both a post-modernist fairytale and a vivid depiction of the downtown New York art and music scene in the early 1980s. The film chronicles a day in the life of a 19 year-old starving artist (Basquiat) who must raise money to reclaim the apartment from which he has been evicted. Hoping to sell a painting to earn the rent, he wanders the downtown streets, painting in hand, encountering painters, models, junkies, graffiti artists, rappers and rockers whose lives and performances provide a slice of life from one of the most exciting periods in American culture.
Details
- Length
- Rating NR
- Released:
- Added Feb 24 2020
- Production Year 1981
- Empire SKU 2789506
- UPC Code 738329244538
- Studio Kino Lorber
- Packaging HD
- Number of Discs 1
- Disc SS-SL
- Subtitles English
Features
Interactive Menus
Chapter Selections
Web Site Information
Audio commentary with writer Luc Sante and artist Lee Quiñones
Re-release trailer
Downtown 81: The Metrograph Oral History by Horacio Silva (booklet)
Audio/Video
- Audio
English DD-Plus 5.1
- Video
Standard 1.33:1 Color