Movies: Quentin Crisp
- 1993
Philadelphia (1993)
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Two competing lawyers join forces to sue a prestigious law firm for AIDS discrimination. As their unlikely friendship develops their courage overcomes the prejudice and corruption of their powerful adversaries....
- 1995
To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar (1995)
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Manhattan drag queens Vida Boheme and Noxeema Jackson impress regional judges in competition, securing berths in the Nationals in Los Angeles. When the two meet pathetic drag novice Chi-Chi Rodriguez — one of the losers that evening — the charmed Vid...
- 1992
Orlando (1992)
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England, 1600. Queen Elizabeth I promises Orlando, a young nobleman obsessed with poetry, that she will grant him land and fortune if he agrees to satisfy a very particular request....
- 1985
The Bride (1985)
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Doctor Frankenstein creates a mate for his monster, a woman called Eva, who promptly rejects the male creature. In turn, the doctor becomes obsessed with Eva, and tries to make her a perfect victorian woman....
- 1996
The Celluloid Closet (1996)
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What "That's Entertainment" did for movie musicals, "The Celluloid Closet" does for Hollywood homosexuality, as this exuberant, eye-opening movie serves up a dazzling hundred-year history of the role of gay men and lesbians have had on the silver scr...
- 1993
Naked in New York (1993)
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Naked in New York begins in the car of grown up Jake, he is talking to us about his girlfriend, Joanne, and to whom you can turn to for help while facing life. From there it flashes back to his memories of his parents, college, house across from a s...
- 1975
The Naked Civil Servant (1975)
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Story of the life of Quentin Crisp, an Englishman who was brave enough to live his life according to his own style even in the hostile days of WW2....
- 1990
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. Nossiter's camera follows Crisp about the streets of Manhattan, where Crisp seems very much at home, wearing eye shadow, appearing on...
- 2017
Queerama (2017)
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Created from a treasure trove of archive, Queerama traverses a century of gay experiences, encompassing persecution and prosecution, injustice, love and desire, identity, secrets, forbidden encounters, sexual liberation and pride. The soundtrack weav...
- 1997
Little Red Riding Hood (1997)
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A black comedy version of the classic tale....
- 2001
Rescued from the Closet (2001)
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A collection of interviews recorded for the making of the 1995 documentary "The Celluloid Closet," on the subject of LGBT representation in film history....
- 1998
Homo Heights (1998)
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Gay guru and fading icon Malcolm wants to escape from Homo Heights town, which is ruled by drag queen and leader of gay mafia Maria Callous....
- 1988
The Ballad of Reading Gaol (1988)
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Oscar Wilde’s famous and eloquent defence of love – made while he was being cross-examined at the trial that led to his incarceration and death – is strikingly illustrated, word by word, with Mapplethorpe-like imagery....
- 1981
Chelsea Hotel (1981)
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This TV documentary shows some of the colourful residents of and people connected with the New York Chelsea Hotel. Some highlights include Andy Warhol and William Burroughs having dinner; Quentin Crisp pontificating in a blue rinse hairdo on his balc...
- 1990
Romeo.Juliet (1990)
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The tale centers on an eccentric bag lady who rescues the stray cats of Venice and puts them on a boat to set sail for the new world. It has not been re-released for the home video market. This lack of availability, which has been described as making...
- 1990
Kojak: Flowers For Matty (1990)
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Kojak charms his way into high society to investigate art thefts that are tied to munitions smuggling and murder....
- 1994
Nelson Sullivan's World Of Wonder (1994)
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Tells the story of Nelson Sullivan who was the unofficial video documentary filmmaker of the late 1980s downtown New York nightlife and LGBTQ+ community, with extensive archival segments directed by Sullivan himself....
- 1980
An Evening with Quentin Crisp (1980)
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In this witty monologue, Quentin Crisp advises and opines about personal style (with a few digressions)....
- 1970
Value for Money (1970)
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A girl takes her camera along to a rocky beach, but quickly becomes fascinated with a far stranger mechanical contraption that she finds there....
- 1967
Captain Busby: The Even Tenour of Her Ways (1967)
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The first half of Ann Wolff's BFI-funded short sees the eponymous captain (played by O'Connor) enacting the bizarre actions of the verse, chewing his beard, bouncing through a window and "frowning at a passing ceiling". In the second half, a curious ...