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Lee Bullitt

2Jun11

I just like seeing Basquiat walk the earth. point blank.

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ironbound

8May11

i really didn't like the voiceover of Jean-Michell.

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Polyglot

15Apr11

A No Wave masterpiece.

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Brown Battery

18Mar11

The live-in-the-studio footage of DNA at their peak is enough reason alone to see this film. I had forgotten Tim Wright's goofy/cool signature moves. As a document of a small-ish subset of the E. Village/Soho scene of the period it is invaluable and was for me an amusing reminder of some of the characters we mingled with...

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Joshuah

7Feb11

ahhh it's saul williams voice. i was unaware of this.

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Robert W Peabody III

10Jan11

Film was released in 2000, not 1981. Some of the soundtrack was lost, that is not Jean-Michel Basquiat’s voice in the film, but is a voiceover.

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Grey Daisies

22Sep10

"... and the streets look really good to me, they look like art... I wanted to paint the town red, paint the town black.” Jean-Michel Basquiat, Downtown 81

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Joshuah

6Sep10

interesting to hear basquiat narrate something, but still... the only cool thing about this movie is D.N.A. performance.

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PROKOSCH

11Jul10

I can really take or leave the movie, but this has one of the all-time best soundtracks. Ever.

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Patrick Humphreys

23Mar10

Written by GQ's Style Guy.

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ashi

27Jan10

Music: Vincent Gallo? He did not choose or write most of the music. Also, he wasn't in it past crowd shots/a part as an extra. He was like 16. >:(