The Significant Death of Quentin Crisp
2001•23m•7.0•Released
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".
Director
Nathan Evans
Languages
English
Cast
Quentin Crisp
Self
Tim Fountain
Self - Presenter
Bette Bourne
Self
Penny Arcade
Self
Michelle Goyocolea-Crawford
Self
Frances Ramsey
Self
Guy Kettlehack
Self
Phillip Ward
Self
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