Jean Michel Basquiat in Downtown 81 (DVD) [videorecording] / New York Beat Films presents ; written by Glenn O'Brien ; produced by Maripol ; directed by Edo Bertoglio.
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1981. Special features: New digital transfer from original 16mm film; New expanded photo gallery featuring photos by Maripol; Commentary by Maripol and Glenn O'Brien; Interview with Fab Five Freddy; Rare extras. Jean-Michel Basquiat, Tuxedomoon, DNA, Tha Plastics, Kid Creole and the Coconuts with Coati Mundi, James White and the Blacks.
Contents:
Disc 1. Feature film -- disc 2. Bonus material.
Summary:
Starring the legendary American painter, graffiti artist, poet and musician Jean-Michel Basquiat (1960-1988) this 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 who must raise money to reclaim the apartment from which he has been evicted.
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