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Resident Alien (1990)

5.71h 23mDocumentary
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Synopsis

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.

Movie Information

Director
Jonathan Nossiter
Writers
Jonathan Nossiter
Release Year
1990
Runtime
83 minutes
Genre
Documentary
Language
EN
Country
United States of America
Status
Released
Rating
5.7 / 10 (12 votes)

Top Cast

Quentin Crisp — cast portrait as Self
Quentin Crisp
Self
Peter Walker — cast portrait as The Bum
Peter Walker
The Bum
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Gilbert Stafford
Man on Street
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Gus Rogerson
Street Performer
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Michaela Murphy
Street Performer
John Sex — cast portrait as Self
John Sex
Self
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Felicity Mason
Dinner Hostess / Writer
Fran Lebowitz — cast portrait as Writer
Fran Lebowitz
Writer

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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.

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