π 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.
π Languages Available:
English
π Date Released:
1990-09-14
β Running Time:
83 mins
β Vote Average:
5.3
Beloved Cast
Self
Quentin Crisp
The Bum
Peter Walker
Man on Street
Gilbert Stafford
Street Performer
Gus Rogerson
Street Performer
Michaela Murphy
Self
John Sex
Dinner Hostess / Writer
Felicity Mason
Writer
Fran Lebowitz
Writer
Guy Kettelhack
Actor
John Hurt
Professor
Richard Seiburth
Writer
Hunter Madson
Singer
Sting
Gossip Columnist
Michael Musto
Talk Show Host (archive footage)
Sally Jessy Raphael
Gay Activist
Shi Ringer
Publisher
Tom Steele
Pornographer
Al Goldstein
Self
Paul Morrissey
Cabaret Performer
Lenny Dean
Playwright
Robert Patrick
Performance Artist
Penny Arcade
Painter
Patrick Angus
Gallery Owner
Paul Bridgewater
Sculptor
Orshi Drozdick
Filmmaker
Emile de Antonio
Painter
David McDermott
Painter
Peter McGough
Painters' Friend
Trey Spiegel
Painter
Franco the Great
Performer / Actor
Holly Woodlawn
Self
Vincent Hanlon
