Movie Description
Resident Alien
(1990)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.
Featured Crew
- Director : Jonathan Nossiter
- Producer : Jonathan Nossiter
- Writer : Jonathan Nossiter
- Editor : Jonathan Nossiter
- Cast : Quentin Crisp,Peter Walker,Gilbert Stafford,Gus Rogerson,Michaela Murphy,John Sex,Felicity Mason,Fran Lebowitz,Guy Kettelhack,John Hurt,Richard Seiburth,Hunter Madson,Sting,Michael Musto,Sally Jessy Raphael,Shi Ringer,Tom Steele,Al Goldstein,Paul Morrissey,Lenny Dean,Robert Patrick,Penny Arcade,Patrick Angus,Paul Bridgewater,Orshi Drozdick,Emile de Antonio,David McDermott,Peter McGough,Trey Spiegel,Franco the Great,Holly Woodlawn,Vincent Hanlon
Cast
Self
The Bum
Man on Street
Street Performer
Street Performer
Self
Dinner Hostess / Writer
Writer
Writer
Actor
Professor
Writer
Singer
Gossip Columnist
Talk Show Host (archive footage)
Gay Activist
Publisher
Pornographer
Self
Cabaret Performer
Playwright
Performance Artist
Painter
Gallery Owner
Sculptor
Filmmaker
Painter
Painter
Painters' Friend
Painter
Performer / Actor
Self
Posters
Recommendations
Facts
Original TitleResident Alien
Status Released
Release Information
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1990-09-14
Original LanguageEnglish
Runtime 01h 23m
Production CompaniesCrisp City Productions
Genres
- Documentary
