At age 73, writer and melancholy master of the bon mot, Quentin Crisp (1908-1999), became an Englishman in New York. Nossiter's camera follows Crisp about the streets of Manhattan, where Crisp seems very much at home, wearing eye shadow, appearing on a makeshift stage, making and repeating wry observations, talking to John Hurt (who played Crisp in the autobiographical TV movie, "The Naked Civil Servant"), and dining with friends. Others who know Crisp comment on him, on his life as an openly gay man with an effeminate manner, and on his place in the history of gays' social struggle. The portrait that emerges is of one wit and of suffering.
Credits
Resident Alien Cast
| Name |
Character |
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John Hurt
He was 50, 77 years old when he died
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as Himself |
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Quentin Crisp
He was 81, 90 years old when he died
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as Himself |
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The Police
was 13, now 47 years old
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as Himself |
Resident Alien Crew
| Name |
Department |
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Jonathan Nossiter as Director. He was 28 (now 62) years old
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Directing |
