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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. Dec 5, 2019 | Full Review…
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.
Robert Abele
For anyone steeped in or curious about the often uncategorizable music made during this period, Downtown 81 is a joyous artifact. Oct 25, 2019 | Full Review…
For anyone steeped in or curious about the often uncategorizable music made during this period, Downtown 81 is a joyous artifact.
John DeFore
A fascinating if fragmented, dreamlike look at the downtown art-music-fashion scene of a yeasty, creative era. Mar 7, 2002 | Rating: C+
A fascinating if fragmented, dreamlike look at the downtown art-music-fashion scene of a yeasty, creative era.
Jane Sumner
A crudely poetic inventory of the people and places about to rock pop culture. Feb 1, 2002
A crudely poetic inventory of the people and places about to rock pop culture.
Carrie Rickey
Performances by DNA and the Plastics alone are worth the price of admission. Nov 2, 2001
Performances by DNA and the Plastics alone are worth the price of admission.
Eric Harrison
Gives us a glimpse of the city as it was, suggesting that there was something revolutionary, even inspiring, about those days of not-so yore. Sep 20, 2001
Gives us a glimpse of the city as it was, suggesting that there was something revolutionary, even inspiring, about those days of not-so yore.
John Petrakis
As a music fan, particularly a fan of punk and post-punk, Downtown 81 is essential viewing... Dec 6, 2019 | Rating: 7/10 | Full Review…
As a music fan, particularly a fan of punk and post-punk, Downtown 81 is essential viewing...
Lorry Kikta
An intermittently electric movie that plays like a hybrid concert documentary, genre parody and art film fairy tale. Oct 30, 2019 | Rating: 3.5/5 | Full Review…
An intermittently electric movie that plays like a hybrid concert documentary, genre parody and art film fairy tale.
Daniel Barnes
This time capsule of bohemian New York distorts its representation of the city for reasons more loving than lazy. Oct 21, 2019 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review…
This time capsule of bohemian New York distorts its representation of the city for reasons more loving than lazy.
Michael Joshua Rowin
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. Oct 18, 2019 | 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.
Melissa Anderson
Although Basquiat is effortlessly charismatic, he isn't given much to do; the film leans heavily on narration, much of which crosses the line separating poetic from pretentious. Jun 30, 2014 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…
Although Basquiat is effortlessly charismatic, he isn't given much to do; the film leans heavily on narration, much of which crosses the line separating poetic from pretentious.
Mike D'Angelo
Invaluable because it catches the sights, sounds and moods of a city that are of a bygone era. Sep 9, 2007 | Rating: B- | Full Review…
Invaluable because it catches the sights, sounds and moods of a city that are of a bygone era.
Dennis Schwartz
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