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Film/Video A LOOK APART DOWNTOWN 81 DIRECTED BY EDO BERTOGLIO THURSDAY, MAY 31, 2001, 7 PM FREE AUDITORIUM |
Made in part to counter the portrayal of Jean-Michel Basquiat in Julian Schnabel's eponymous film, Edo Bertoglio in fact began Downtown 81 in the winter of 1980-1981, but lost the footage for 19 years when his producers went under. Despite its documentary approach, Downtown 81 is fiction, portraying the young Basquiat as a charming and naive young artist in the days before his star ascended in the art world. The cast includes former New York luminaries like DNA, Kid Creole and the Coconuts, Jim Jarmusch, Debbie Harry, Andy Warhol, and the very young Vincent Gallo. 2000, U.S., color, 35mm, 75 minutes.