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Downtown 81, New York Beat Films presents ; produced by Maripol ; directed by Edo Bertoglio ; written by Glenn O'Brien

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Downtown 81, New York Beat Films presents ; produced by Maripol ; directed by Edo Bertoglio ; written by Glenn O'Brien
Language
eng
Characteristic
videorecording
Main title
Downtown 81
Oclc number
79037041
Responsibility statement
New York Beat Films presents ; produced by Maripol ; directed by Edo Bertoglio ; written by Glenn O'Brien
Runtime
72
Summary
A portrait of the explosive early-80's Manhattan art and music scene with the main focus on the provocative 19-year-old artist Jean-Michel Basquiat, already known for his excursions into street graffiti art and pioneering electro-beat. The film focuses on a day in the life of 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, who are on the cutting edge of new wave music, new painting, hip hop and graffiti
Technique
live action
resource.variantTitle
Downtown eighty-oneNew York beat movieNew York beat
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