An Englishman in New York
by Richard Laxton
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Actor: Cynthia Nixon, Denis O'Hare, John Hurt, Jonathan Tucker, Swoosie KurtzDirector: Richard Laxton
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Color, DVD, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.85:1
Running Time: 75 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2010-02-23
Audience Rating: Unrated
Studio: Breaking Glass Pictures, QC Cinema
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DVD Review: Cast out by the Outcaste, all gay men must see this
Summary: 5 Stars
Run time: 1:25
Director: Richard Laxton
Dennis Pratt, a/k/a the incredible Quentin Crisp, is a Great Memory to me and nothing more...that is, until I saw this riveting film starring John Hurt in the title role.
This amazing role reprisal (35 years apart!) is a nice rounding-out of Hurt's life/career: he starred in 1975's NAKED CIVIL SERVANT, the British television film based on Crisp's autobiography. That film changed lives and moved many people to tears. It's something I'm definitely going to see. I have never seen it. However, seeing AN ENGLISHMAN IN NEW YORK makes up for that.
Had you asked me about Quentin Crisp, I'd have said yes, I know him a bit; I thought he was a writer or some such thing; he was very gay; a sort of hero and role model for the gay community. That's it. I always thought he was a Midwesterner who moved to New York City, and I always thought he had been a scientist in his younger years. Goes to show you!
This fantastic movie, shot almost documentary style (I will not call it a "mockumentary") tells of Crisp's arrival and settling in when he was around 70 years old, his love of Manhattan and we even see a few haunts which even I recognized. One is a bar scene I saw in TORCH SONG TRILOGY and I can only say that, whether real or a set, it is still there and I literally cried upon seeing it.
I wish I had known and seen more of Crisp--I was saddened by his death, not that many years ago, and I recall him falling out of grace and making a comeback. That is all explained in this excellent film. What he did for those around him, for England, for America, for the world, I hugely admire...but will leave for you to decide on your own.
Co-starring with Hurt are the wonderful Denis O'Hare as Philip Steele, Crisp's magazine editor "employer"; the beautiful and tragic Jonathan Tucker as artist Patrick Angus (IN THE VALLEY OF ELAH; I LOVE Tucker: watch out for this major talent). The cast is rounded out by Cynthia Nixon as the notorious Penny Arcade and Swoozie Kurtz as Crisp's manager Connie Clausen. These are Crisp's inner circle, though he had a vast inner circle including Hurt himself, Sting (who sings beautifully at the end), Andy Warhol and so many others.
Crisp inspired many, many artists. Among the films alone are SERVANT (among a few others), and two major documentaries: RESIDENT ALIEN (2005) and AN EVENING WITH QUENTIN CRISP (1999). This film and Hurt have inspired me to buy them all, and thankfully I can report they are all available right here at Amazon.
Do not neglect to see this beautiful, calming and often hilarious film. Hurt's at his best, though for some reason a bit stiff-and-starched. The camera work is so ingenious for the purpose, complete with what I'd call standard stock for documentary shooting. Some of it even weaves in and out, hand-held at its best. All in moderation, as Hurt commands the camera and almost every scene.
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