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The film is a day in the life of a young artist, Jean Michel 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, whose lives (and performances) we peek into. He finally manages to sell his painting to a wealthy female admirer, but hes paid by check. Low on cash, he spends the evening wandering from club to club, looking for a beautiful girl he had met earlier, so hell have a place to spend the night. Downtown 81 not only captures one of the most interesting and lively artists of the twentieth century as he is poised for fame, but it is a slice of life from one of the most exciting periods in American culture, with the emergence of new wave music, new painting, hip hop and graffiti.
Jean Michel Basquiat
Jean
John Lurie
Self
Richard Weigand
Doctor
Cyndy Schneidau
Nurse
Millie Schneidau
Nurse
Steven Z. Soszynski
Grocer
Anna Schroeder
BĂ©atrice
Giorgio Gomelsky
Landlord
Ted Bafaloukos
Junk Dealer
Bobby Grossman
East Village Junkie
Mickey Clean
Pot Dealer
Roberta Bayley
Street Girl
Dave Street
Musician
Tish Bellomo
Manic Panic Girl
Snooky Bellomo
Manic Panic Girl
Kool Kyle
Rapper
Claudia Summers
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Tuxedomoon
Themselves
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