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.
Genre: Documentary
Stars: Quentin Crisp, Peter Walker, Gilbert Stafford, Gus Rogerson, Michaela Murphy, John Sex
Crew: John Foster (Director of Photography), Frank Prinzi (Director of Photography), Jonathan Nossiter (Director), Dean Silvers (Co-Producer), Jonathan Nossiter (Producer), Jonathan Nossiter (Writer)
Country: United States of America
Language: English
Studio: Crisp City Productions
Runtime: 83 minutes
Quality: HD
Released: Sep 14, 1990
IMDb: 5.7
