Saturday,
April 29 at 7:00pm
Land
of the Lost Films
with
DJ Robert Drake – Host of WXPN’s Land of the Lost
Downtown
81
dir.
Edo Bertoglio, USA, 1981/2000, 35mm, 73 mins, color
 A
fictitious “day in the life” of artist Jean-Michel Basquait,
the film weaves its way through the New York alleyways and nightclubs
that belonged to the new wave generation. With appearances by
Deborah Harry, Fab 5 Freddy, Lee Quinones and musical performances
by James White and the Blacks, Kid Creole and the Coconuts and
DNA, Downtown 81 is a document of one of the most
exciting
eras
in America s underground culture.
preceded
by
Andy
Warhol’s Fifteen Minutes
(Pilot & Episode 1)
dir.
Don Monroe, USA, 1985/86, video, 30 mins each, color
 Once
upon a time in 1986, then cutting edge cable television channel
MTV teamed up with icon Andy Warhol to create Andy Warhol’s
Fifteen Minutes. Hosted by Warhol, the show was a pop-pastiche
of music, fashion, art and celebrity.
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