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Downtown 81 (New York Beat Movie)

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Synopsis

After being released from the hospital, the artist Jean Michel Basquiat wanders around Manhattan trying to sell art to make money and find a place to stay.

Cast

  • Jean Michel Basquiat
  • John Lurie
  • Cyndy Schneidau
  • Millie Schneidau
  • Steven Z. Soszynski
  • Anna Schroeder
  • Giorgio Gomelsky
  • Ted Bafaloukos
  • Bobby Grossman

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Metacritic

80

Its bygone-ness still abuzz with creativity and movement, Downtown 81 is a celluloid scrapbook that we can all be thankful for in helping capture the rumble before takeoff.

Metacritic review by Robert Abele
Robert Abele
Los Angeles Times
37

Alternates between being amusingly pretentious and studiously dull.

Metacritic review by Elizabeth Weitzman
Elizabeth Weitzman
New York Daily News
50

As a piece of cinematic art, this meandering, shambolic film isn't much to speak of, but as a time capsule, it's priceless.

Metacritic review by Ken Fox
Ken Fox
TV Guide Magazine