Downtown 81
2000, Drama, 1h 11m
29 Reviews 1,000+ RatingsYou might also like
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Critic Reviews for Downtown 81
All Critics (29) | Top Critics (14) | Fresh (23) | Rotten (6)
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Its bygone-ness still abuzz with creativity and movement, "Downtown 81" is a celluloid scrapbook that we can all be thankful for in helping capture the rumble before takeoff.
December 5, 2019 | Full Review… -
For anyone steeped in or curious about the often uncategorizable music made during this period, Downtown 81 is a joyous artifact.
October 25, 2019 | Full Review… -
This time capsule of bohemian New York distorts its representation of the city for reasons more loving than lazy.
October 21, 2019 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review… -
Viewers of 'Downtown 81' become de facto archaeologists. We peer into long-since-shuttered clubs, and gaze at rubble-filled lower Manhattan blocks where a Whole Foods or Capital One bank may now stand.
October 18, 2019 | Full Review… -
A fascinating if fragmented, dreamlike look at the downtown art-music-fashion scene of a yeasty, creative era.
March 7, 2002 | Rating: C+ -
A crudely poetic inventory of the people and places about to rock pop culture.
February 1, 2002
Audience Reviews for Downtown 81
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May 21, 2012"Downtown 81" wants to be transcendent and wants to the cognoscenti on art and culture. I'm not sure if it achieves just that (it probably doesn't,) but it does manage to capture the small pockets of culture in Manhattan that revolves around music, visual arts, fashion, etc. If anything the film is a fascinating time capsule that looks like a documentary and has the ultra-left ideas and attitudes of the people in the place imbedded in the screenplay. As the film progresses it gets more and more avant-garde, and like the hip drugged youth in the film whose ambitions only go as far as their ecstacy/ketamine/THC-suppressed drive for change, the film also feels as if it nearly loses sight of its original ambition and scope, especially in the 2nd and 3rd act. The film embraces its disjointedness and converts itself into, what might as well be, a compilation of electrifying, kinetic music videos, as inane and aimless they may be. But, at the same time it is an impeccable showcase of the area's culture and the people whom it belongs to. Other than the premise, which is still somewhat interesting, most notably with the charming ending, some choices in editing and camera angles are questionable. At best the film, which is really just an embodiment of one idea after the other, is moderately interesting. Perhaps amusing or a pleasant distraction. Just don't expect it to be nearly as enriching as it pretends to be.Edward S Super Reviewer
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