Resident Alien
Directed by Jonathan Nossiter6.776%4.7
At age 73, writer and melancholy master of the bon mot, Quentin Crisp (1908-1999), became an Englishman in New York. Rossiter'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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Resident Alien was released on September 14, 1990.
Resident Alien was directed by Jonathan Nossiter.
Resident Alien has a runtime of 83 min.
Resident Alien was produced by Jonathan Nossiter.
The key characters in Resident Alien are Self (Quentin Crisp), The Bum (Peter Walker), Man on Street (Gilbert Stafford).
Resident Alien is rated Not Rated.
Resident Alien is a Documentary film.
Resident Alien has an audience rating of 7.6 out of 10.