Downtown '81 (2001) — comedy, drama, music film. Directed by Edo Bertoglio. Starring Jean-Michel Basquiat, Saul Williams, Anna Shroeder, Debbie Harry. This page maps 4 characters and 3 relationships between them as an interactive character network.
Interactive Features for Downtown '81
Downtown '81 offers interactive tools beyond traditional movie databases:
Character Relationship Map
— Interactive D3-powered visualization of character connections, alliances, and conflicts. Explore how 4 characters interconnect through 3 relationship links.
A surreal journey through New York's downtown art scene following an artist's eviction and magical encounters.
Comedy, Drama, Music · 6.7/10 · 72 min · 2001
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.
