About this title: Originally shot in 1980-81, this film, directed by Edo Bertoglio, is a rare real-life snapshot of ultra-hip subculture of post-punk era Manhattan. Starring renowned artist Jean Michel Basquiat (who died in 1988 at age 27) and featuring such early Village hipsters as Melle Mel, John Lurie, and Lydia Lunch, the film is a bizarre elliptical urban fairytale. The film opens with Jean (Basquiat) in the hospital with an undisclosed ailment. After checking out, he happens upon an enigmatic woman, Beatrice (Anna Schroeder), who drives around in a convertible. He arrives at his apartment only to ...
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Format: DVD
Screen format: Widescreen
DVD region: 1
Studio: Zeitgeist Films
Date: 10/22/2002
UPC:795975102537
Description: Giorgio Gomelsky, Bobby Grossman, Daniela Morera, Coati Mundi, Saul Williams. New. 2000 Run time: 72. Buy with confidence-Satisfaction Guaranteed! read more
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