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| Downtown 81 | |
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| Directed by | Edo Bertoglio |
| Written by | Glenn O'Brien |
| Produced by | Glenn O'Brien |
| Starring | Jean-Michel Basquiat Anne Carlisle |
| Cinematography | John McNulty |
| Edited by | Pamela French |
| Music by | Vincent Gallo |
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Running time | 72 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $108,058[1][2] |
Downtown 81 is a 2000 American film that was shot in 1980-1981.[3] The film was directed by Edo Bertoglio and written and produced by Glenn O'Brien and Patrick Montgomery, with post-production in 1999-2000 by Glenn O'Brien and Maripol. It is a rare real-life snapshot of an ultra-hip subculture of post-punk era Manhattan. Starring renowned artist Jean-Michel Basquiat and featuring such East Village artists as James Chance, Amos Poe, Walter Steding, Tav Falco and Elliott Murphy, the film is a bizarre elliptical urban fairy tale. In 1999, Michael Zilkha, founder of ZE Records (the label of several of the film's artists), became the film's executive producer.
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- ^ Lisa Lockwood (April 8, 2017). "Glenn O'Brien, who once wrote GQ's Style Guy column, dies at 70". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved April 9, 2017.