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.
Release Date : Sep 14, 1990
Genres : Documentary
Production Company : Crisp City Productions
Production Countries : United States of America
Original Language : English
Casts : Quentin Crisp, Peter Walker, Gilbert Stafford, Gus Rogerson, Michaela Murphy, John Sex, Felicity Mason, Fran Lebowitz, Guy Kettelhack, John Hurt, Richard Seiburth
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Status : Released
Budget : 0
Revenue : 0
