5.3Resident Alien · 1990
Resident Alien (1990) is a Documentary film directed by Jonathan Nossiter, starring Quentin Crisp, Peter Walker, Gilbert Stafford.
Documentary
5.3Overview
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.
Cast
Quentin Crisp, Peter Walker, Gilbert Stafford, Gus Rogerson, Michaela Murphy, John Sex, Felicity Mason, Fran Lebowitz
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What is "Resident Alien" about?
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.
When was "Resident Alien" released?
Resident Alien was released in 1990.
Who stars in "Resident Alien"?
The cast includes Quentin Crisp, Peter Walker, Gilbert Stafford, Gus Rogerson.
