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By Vasilios P (2) on 19 Nov 2007

NY no-wave scene.James White and The Contortions,The Mudd Club,rock star fairies and Jean Michel Basquiat walkin through the streets of NY.Nice…

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By Danielle S (483) on 18 Nov 2007

Liked it better than the schnabel basquiat. raw, clever, and a window into the early 80s new york art scene…

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By Kat F (29) on 15 Nov 2007

I was lucky enough to see Downtown 81 at the Screening Room in Tribeca when it premiered in summer '01…

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By Akiko F (6) on 07 Nov 2007

It's kinda excited to see Real basquiat & real NY 80's scene... I actually expected this is documentary, but not…

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By Austin I (11) on 13 Oct 2007

This film really works more as a documentary than as a narrative film…

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By Andrew R (1,534) on 29 Sep 2007

Interesting document of the early '80s LES scene, cool appearances by James Chance, DNA, and others. Not really that successful as a film, though…

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By John L (999) on 02 Sep 2007

New York before it was sanitized. Is it better now of was it better then, hard to say…

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By Alistair F (6) on 01 Sep 2007

I want a time machine, part 1. Everytime I see this movie I want to be in New York City in the late '70s / early '80s. Incredibly evocative…

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By Chris S (3,490) on 31 Aug 2007

Really cool... if you like Schnabel's Basquiat, this is definitely worth seeing…

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By John O (1,007) on 24 Aug 2007

Downtown 81 is the kind of movie where fiction meets documentary…

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By Max S (301) on 21 Aug 2007

The intersection between art and commerce dances street level like a passion play…

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By Chandler H (73) on 06 Aug 2007

Take note all you art students. the king did it before 20 and without school. (plus good ending with debbie harry)…

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By Ben D (1,196) on 08 Jul 2007

As a film this is pretty terrible, but a soundtrack featuring all your No-Wave favourites saves it…

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By Maxi B (15) on 05 Jul 2007

The movie is interesting because of the cast and time in which it was filmed...captures a moment of time in the New York art and music scene…

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By Maximilian E (13) on 03 Jul 2007

Despite the missing footage, the obvious over-dubs and the fairly pointless adhearance to linear, cause and effect structure, this is a gloriously…

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By Gerry P (70) on 28 Jun 2007

Just a dumb arsty movie staring a hack of an artist…

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By Kate T (306) on 18 Jun 2007

I loved watching him tag/paint. His movements are beautiful…

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By Lauren A (217) on 07 Aug 2006

I really enjoyed this movie! great band cameos and a fun depiction of the downtown scene…

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By Wil F (4) on 23 Feb 2006

Just cause it's Basquiat. And Saul Williams does voice over…

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