O’BRIEN, Glenn. New York Beat: Jean-Michel Basquiat Downtown 81.

(Tokyo): Petit Grand Publishing, Inc., 2001.  First edition.  Quarto.  111 pages. Introduction by Glenn O’Brien, text in Japanese and English. The book of the film.  New York Beat was shot over December 1980 and January 1981. The film was funded by Rizzoli, but the movie was abandoned in the mid-’80s due to financial problems. Producer O’Brien resurrected the film after acquiring the rights in 1999 (over a decade after Basquiat’s death). It was released in 2000 as Downtown 81 at the 2000 Cannes Film Festival.  The volume is illustrated with photographs by Edo Bertoglio and Maripol.  A very good copy in dust jacket with obi and invitation to the Paris screening laid-in.