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Filmfest München

Sparkling and Wild: ’80s New York in Film

Filmstill mit zwei Personen in glitzerndem Disco Outfit aus dem Film Wigstock: The Movie, 1987
Tom Rubnitz, Wigstock: The Movie, 1987

This fifth cooperation between Museum Brandhorst and the Munich International Film Festival celebrates the underground artists and filmmakers of 1980s New York. A curated program of films and works on video in the museum’s media room and the cinemas of the film festival showcase an unusual side of the Big Apple, introducing us to a wide variety of scenes and communities — from nightclubs to the art world — from various points of view. On view from June, 28 to September, 29 in the exhibition “Andy Warhol & Keith Haring. Party of Life”.

Uptown, Midtown, Downtown

The films screening at FILMFEST MÜNCHEN take us to Uptown, Midtown, and Downtown New York. WILD STYLE (1982), universally considered the preeminent hip-hop movie, showcases the world of graffiti, breakdancing, rap, and turntablism, while VARIETY (1983) concerns itself with female voyeurism amid peep shows and adult movie theaters on Manhattan’s Times Square. DOWNTOWN 81 (1981/2000) follows the renowned artist Jean-Michel Basquiat, still unknown at the time, around the pre-gentrified Lower East Side with all its unique characters and locations.

Ein Filmstill mit Edie Sedgwick und Andy Warhol aus Courtney Hamels 'Andy & Edie' (1984)

Courtney Harmel & Tom Rubnitz

Starting from the first week of the exhibition “Andy Warhol & Keith Haring. Party of Life”, selected works by video artists Courtney Harmel and Tom Rubnitz are being presented in Museum Brandhorst’s media room. They invite visitors to immerse themselves in a decade of queer (club) culture, performance art, and friendship in New York’s East Village in the 1980s. Works on video such as Harmel’s THE ANDY AND EDIE SHOW AT LIMELIGHT (1984) and THE MEGA-STAR BOOK SIGNING AT FIORUCCI (1985) or Rubnitz’s MADE FOR TV (1984) and WIGSTOCK: THE MOVIE (1987) portray a community of creative people in the vibrant center of New York who were obsessed with television, dedicated to nightlife, and tragically affected by the severe AIDS epidemic.

New Yorks '80s film to video scenes

Essay

Essay "New Yorks '80s film to video scenes" by Sophie Cavoulacos

Tanzendes Paar auf der Tanzfläche eines Clubs

WILD STYLE

Raymond aka Zoro, a budding graffiti artist, takes us to the South Bronx in the 1980s. In this hardscrabble world of streetball and MC battles, the Downtown art scene meets Uptown graffiti culture. This globally acclaimed hip-hop film is an iconic portrait of the era that honors hip-hop, b-boys and graffiti art. Featuring an all-star cast including Lee Quiñones, Lady Pink, Fab 5 Freddy, Patti Astor, Busy Bee, Grandmaster Flash, and many more.
USA 1982 Directed by: Charlie Ahearn
SUN June 30 21:30 HFF Kino 1

Screening

VARIETY

Christine needs money. Desperately. So she takes a job selling tickets at an adult movie theater. There she meets a regular customer named Louis and becomes practically obsessed with finding out more about him. The screenplay is by punk writer Kathy Acker, the music by John Lurie, and photographer Nan Goldin puts in a guest appearance. A feminist classic of the American underground, exploring a locus of secrecy and voyeurism.

USA 1983 Directed by: Bette Gordon
TUE July 02 21:30 HFF Kino 1

Screening
Der Künstler Jean-Michel Basquiat sprüht ein Graffiti auf eine Hauswand in New York

DOWNTOWN 81

In this long-lost film, Basquiat, who was still an unknown figure at the time, plays himself. Filmmakers Edo Bertoglio and Glenn O’Brien follow the then 21-year-old artist around for a whole day. The artist has to come up with rent money in order to be allowed to move back into the apartment he’s been evicted from. Hoping to sell a painting, he roams the streets, clubs and ultra-hip subculture of post-punk-era Manhattan.
USA 1981/2000 Directed by: Edo Bertoglio
SAT July 06 21:30 HFF Kino 1

Screening

Exhibition

Porträtaufnahme von Keith Haring und Andy Warhol die zusammen im Palladium Club in New York für Nan Goldin posieren.
Nan Goldin, Keith Haring & Andy Warhol at Palladium, 1985

The film program is presented alongside “Andy Warhol & Keith Haring. Party of Life,” the world’s first comprehensive institutional exhibition dedicated to the two artists.

Andy Warhol & Keith Haring. Party of Life

IN KOOPERATION MIT