Resident Alien

Resident Alien

1990/09/14 • Released • English

Documentary
5.3
1h 23m

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.

Director : Jonathan Nossiter

Casts
Quentin Crisp

Quentin Crisp

Self

Peter Walker

Peter Walker

The Bum

Gilbert Stafford

Man on Street

Gus Rogerson

Street Performer

Michaela Murphy

Street Performer

John Sex

John Sex

Self

Felicity Mason

Dinner Hostess / Writer

Fran Lebowitz

Fran Lebowitz

Writer

Guy Kettelhack

Writer

John Hurt

John Hurt

Actor

Richard Seiburth

Professor

Hunter Madson

Writer

Sting

Sting

Singer

Michael Musto

Michael Musto

Gossip Columnist

Sally Jessy Raphael

Talk Show Host (archive footage)

Shi Ringer

Gay Activist

Tom Steele

Publisher

Al Goldstein

Al Goldstein

Pornographer

Paul Morrissey

Paul Morrissey

Self

Lenny Dean

Cabaret Performer

Robert Patrick

Playwright

Penny Arcade

Performance Artist

Patrick Angus

Painter

Paul Bridgewater

Gallery Owner

Orshi Drozdick

Sculptor

Emile de Antonio

Emile de Antonio

Filmmaker

David McDermott

Painter

Peter McGough

Painter

Trey Spiegel

Painters' Friend

Franco the Great

Painter

Holly Woodlawn

Holly Woodlawn

Performer / Actor

Vincent Hanlon

Self

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