Resident Alien

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.

Country:

United States of America

Genre:

Documentary

Duration:

83 minutes

Year:

1990

Director:

Jonathan Nossiter

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Company:

Crisp City Productions

Cast:

Self

The Bum

Man on Street

Street Performer

Street Performer

Crew:

Director of Photography

Director of Photography

Director

Writer

Producer