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Resident Alien

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Resident Alien (1990)
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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. Rossiter's camera follows Crisp about the streets of Manhattan, where Cri... Read allAt 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... Read allAt 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 autobiographica... Read all
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    • Quentin Crisp
    • Peter Walker
    • Gilbert Stafford
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    • Quentin Crisp
    • Peter Walker
    • Gilbert Stafford
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    • Trivia
      The word "fuck" is used 20 times in the film, but only in a rap song played on the soundtrack called "Fuck Martinez"
    • Quotes

      Dew ragged white street performer: Welcome to New York. If you can make it here, you'll fail anywhere else.

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      Features The Saga of Gösta Berling (1924)
    • Soundtracks
      Banned in the U.S.A.
      Performed by 2 Live Crew, Fresh Kid Ice, Brother Marquis, and Luther Campbell

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    6/10
    Beautiful subject, but only fair style
    In a rude, harsh world, it is hard to overrate the value of someone as witty, generous, kind and genteel as the beloved, late Quentin Crisp. Unfortunately, the same cannot be said for this movie. If you were lucky enough to spend time with him or see his one-man show, which he started around age 70 and was filmed in 1979, you will already have gained more than "Resident Alien" has to offer. The movie opens with thrilling, teasingly macabre music and visuals, but from then on, it falls somewhat flat. Too much of it focuses on his commentators - and the director repeats some shots as if he thought repetition would work for him just because it worked for Mr. Crisp. Fran Lebowitz is never to be missed, but for newcomers to Crisperanto, there is not quite enough of the man himself and his speeches to make them fall in love as I did long before the movie. >
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      • October 18, 1991 (United States)
      • United States
      • English
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      • Harlem, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
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      • Crisp City Productions
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    • 1 hour 25 minutes
      • Black and White
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