A fascinating documentary on the life of British gay rights activist Quentin Crisp in New York, where he classes himself as a resident alien. Crisp moved to the Big Apple in 1973, high on the success of the Thames TV documentary The Naked Civil Servant. The move to a society obsessed with the pursuit of celebrity marked the end of almost 70 years of obscurity and persecution. This very funny film, which depicts him equally at home on TV chat shows, chatting with friends about the Andy Warhol years or just eating sausage and baked beans out of a tin, picks up his life at the age of 81, and finds him meeting up again with John Hurt, who played him in that early film. Others dropping in for a chat and witty insights on the world and current affairs include Sting, Paul Morrissey and transvestite Holly Woodlawn. A must for lovers of the offbeat and bizarre, this is a fascinating glimpse behind the chintz curtains on the world of a real gent self-dubbed 'one of the last stately homos of England.'


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