- Actors: Jean Michel Basquiat, John Lurie, Ted Bafaloukos, Tom Baker, Eszter Balint
- Directors: Edo Bertoglio
- Writers: Glenn O'Brien
- Producers: Glenn O'Brien, Maripol, Michael Zilkha, Patrick Montgomery
- Format: Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Full Screen, NTSC
- Language: English
- Region: (US and Canada This DVD will probably NOT be viewable in other countries. Read more about DVD formats.)
- Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
- Number of discs: 1
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- Studio: Zeitgeist Films
- Release Date: Sep 1 2004
- Run Time: 72 minutes
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
- ASIN: B00006GF6H
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #42,696 in DVD (See Top 100 in DVD)
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4.0 out of 5 stars
The extra star is for the Time Capsule.....,
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This review is from: Downtown 81 (DVD)
Movie is really a "loose term" here, there's not much of a linear story going on, but it is excellent for capturing a exciting time period for NYC.Enjoyed seeing the different groups, Kid Creole and Deborah Harry a/k/a Blondie in their respective primes. I bought it for Basquait, but it was decent. Yeah, the dialogue sucked, watch it on mute and turn up the musical #'s... I don't blame the filmakers though, apparently the original sound was lost.
4.0 out of 5 stars
KID CREOLE ROCKS,
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This review is from: Downtown 81 (DVD)
This movie is totally not what I expected, and I am very glad it is not! It is a funny story with good screen shots of Jean-Michel and his co-stars. Not a documentary but a movie worth watching again and again. You will be pleased.one might take notice of the Kid Creole performance...looks very familiar to the Talkin Heads "stop making sence" concert performance video of 1984. well, Creole did it in 1981! David Byrne obviously saw it and got away with it...till now! Kid Creole ROCKS!!!!
4.0 out of 5 stars
A trippy almost surreal peek into the 80s New York art scene,
By Kyle Garrett (Chicago,ILL) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Downtown 81 (DVD)
If you can bypass the bad,out of sync dialogue(It seems the original master audio might have been lost and recreated solely for the re-issue)this is a really good ,dare I say it, art movie. It's a rare treat for anyone to see classic No Wave bands like DNA,Tuxedomoon & James White and the Blacks on film,hands down. And who can ever say even one bad word about the Japanese band the Plastics? My only slight beef with the film was that it sometimes tried to drive the point too much in the premise that "This is New York,baby!!! We're the center of the world!" Also,it vacillated between Basquiat,his syntax art and the bands so often you weren't sure what was the film's true focus. Still,for a 21 year old lost movie(that survived only by the master negative being locked away and forgotten)it's a gem of a period piece. The special appearance by Debbie Harry makes things even more quirky. Very definitely an excellent companion video to the Basquiat biopic.
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