Resident Alien (1990)
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
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Quentin Crisp as Self |
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Peter Walker as The Bum |
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Gilbert Stafford as Man on Street |
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Gus Rogerson as Street Performer |
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Michaela Murphy as Street Performer |
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John Sex as Self |
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Felicity Mason as Dinner Hostess / Writer |
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Fran Lebowitz as Writer |
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Guy Kettelhack as Writer |
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John Hurt as Self - Actor |
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Richard Seiburth as Professor |
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Hunter Madson as Writer |
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Sting as Singer |
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Michael Musto as Gossip Columnist |
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Sally Jessy Raphael as Talk Show Host (archive footage) |
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Shi Ringer as Gay Activist |
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Tom Steele as Self - Publisher |
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Al Goldstein as Pornographer |
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Paul Morrissey as Self |
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Lenny Dean as Cabaret Performer |
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Robert Patrick as Playwright |
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Penny Arcade as Performance Artist |
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Patrick Angus as Painter |
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Paul Bridgewater as Gallery Owner |
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Orshi Drozdick as Sculptor |
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Emile de Antonio as Filmmaker |
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David McDermott as Painter |
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Peter McGough as Painter |
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Trey Spiegel as Painters' Friend |
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Franco the Great as Painter |
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Holly Woodlawn as Performer / Actor |
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Vincent Hanlon as Self |
| Camera | John Foster | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Frank Prinzi | Director of Photography |
| Directing | Jonathan Nossiter | Director |
| Production | Dean Silvers | Co-Producer |
| Production | Jonathan Nossiter | Producer |
| Writing | Jonathan Nossiter | Writer |
| Editing | Jonathan Nossiter | Editor |
