The Significant Death of Quentin Crisp

The Significant Death of Quentin Crisp (2001)

7.0 23 min Movie
Documentary

Quentin Crisp was a writer, raconteur, social rebel, and "professional being". He was nearly 91 when he died of heart failure in 1999, and his death powerfully affected those who loved him. In this portrait, Tim Fountain (Crisp's biographer, and author of the play RESIDENT ALIEN) interviews friends and family of Crisp, to learn something of the significance of his death, and the "enigma of his life".

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Cast

Quentin Crisp Quentin Crisp Self
Tim Fountain Tim Fountain Self - Presenter
Bette Bourne Bette Bourne Self
Penny Arcade Penny Arcade Self
Michelle Goyocolea-Crawford Michelle Goyocolea-Crawford Self
Frances Ramsey Frances Ramsey Self
Guy Kettlehack Guy Kettlehack Self
Phillip Ward Phillip Ward Self

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