Resident Alien

Overview

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.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

September 14, 1990

Original language

English

Spoken languages

English

Countries

United States of America

Production

Crisp City Productions

Cast

Paul Bridgewater,Franco the Great,David McDermott,Richard Seiburth,Michaela Murphy,John Sex,Peter McGough,Peter Walker,Paul Morrissey,Penny Arcadeand 22 more

Director

Jonathan Nossiter

Writer

Jonathan Nossiter

Producer

Jonathan Nossiter

Cinematography

Frank Prinzi,John Foster

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0102777