I knew Quentin Crisp. He lived on East 3rd Street in the East Village when I was living on West 4th in the West Village. One day I called him up (his number was listed in the phone book) and starting talking to him. We wound up having blintzes at a polish deli on 9th and started a "friendship" of sorts, seeing each other here and there.
I found him to be a very practical thinker and interesting to talk to.
This movie is a total embarrassment to him. Oh, sure I doubt he'd see it that way because any publicity is good publicity. But compared to the Naked Civil Servant, this is trash.
The music is right out of 80's adult movies shown on 42nd street. It's cheaply made. And Hurt is horrible as Quentin. Not sure what happened to him in the years since The Naked Civil Servant, but he seems to just walk thru the role with no regard to the character.
But then, he doesn't have much to work with either. There was zero thought putting this movie together. There is no real plot. The movie is basically a bunch of Quentin quips taken from his stage act strung together back to back.
In sum, it's a boring, embarrassing movie that is only getting good reviews here for one reason. And you know what that is.
I found him to be a very practical thinker and interesting to talk to.
This movie is a total embarrassment to him. Oh, sure I doubt he'd see it that way because any publicity is good publicity. But compared to the Naked Civil Servant, this is trash.
The music is right out of 80's adult movies shown on 42nd street. It's cheaply made. And Hurt is horrible as Quentin. Not sure what happened to him in the years since The Naked Civil Servant, but he seems to just walk thru the role with no regard to the character.
But then, he doesn't have much to work with either. There was zero thought putting this movie together. There is no real plot. The movie is basically a bunch of Quentin quips taken from his stage act strung together back to back.
In sum, it's a boring, embarrassing movie that is only getting good reviews here for one reason. And you know what that is.