Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977). Steven Spielberg
Cinematography: Vilmos Zsigmond
Focus Puller: Mike Genne
Jean-Michel
Basquiat on East 5th Street, Lower East Side, New York City
(1981)
Basquiat
walked the streets of the Lower East Side in 1981 with a raw
energy that matched the neighborhood’s grit. Clad in thrifted
layers, his presence on East 5th Street near Avenue D blended
easily with the local scene of punks, artists, and outsiders.
The buildings were tagged with graffiti—some of it his own early
SAMO messages. Basquiat’s rise was just beginning, but he was
already known in downtown circles. The streets around him were
filled with boarded-up storefronts, squats, and nightclubs
pulsing with underground culture. His footsteps on the cracked
sidewalks echoed a generation pushing art beyond galleries and
into the raw city.
The mechanical shark used for the movie JAWS (1975)
The
crew called it "Bruce", after Spielberg's lawyer.
THE DOORS (1991)
This was Jim Morrison's rooftop pad at Westminster Ave, Venice CA, depicted here by Val Kilmer in the Oliver Stone film.