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Front-Ranger:
How about Orlando? It has Quentin Crisp in it too! He plays Queen Elizabeth!!

BlissC:
Duh! *slaps head* How could I forget that one?! I saw that at a film festival in Lancaster with my first girlfriend - must have been back in 1990/91 or thereabouts.

twistedude:
Quentin Crisp has only a small part in "The Naked Civil Servant"--the movie about his life. John Hurt plays him. (bit confusing to have TWO of them wandering around in the same movie--but it's a great movie).

Crisp has a GREAT line in "The Celluloid Closet" (1995?--"The Wedding Banquet" is the latest film pictured))--a history of the portrayal of gays in motion pictures from 1895-1995. (I'm doing this from memory, and can't get it entiely right):

"When heterosexuals think about homosexuals, they think of what they do to eachother--and they don't like that. It's the old story: 'I'm so glad I don't like green peas, because if I liked them, I would eat them, and I hate them.'"

"The Celluloid Closet" is informative and entertaining, and (ultimately) very expensive! because although the DVD is cheap, it will inspire you to go out and buy a dozen! (available on amazon.com---and don't sue me if you spend over $100 because of it!). Alas, it is also dated.

optom3:

--- Quote from: twistedude on March 09, 2008, 03:35:28 am ---"The Naked Civil Servant" (what someone called "Quentin Crisp--John Hurt")
"Angels in America" (the made for TV version) (2003)
"Wings" (1927)--yeah, I know--it isn't. But oh! what a love scene!
"Victim" (1961)--Bogarde
"Brokeback Mountain"
"Parting Glances" (1983)
"Death in venice" (Visconti, 1971) is very beautiful, and I love the Mahler music, and the casting--but I miss Thomas Mann's words. I guess Visconti thought he could do without Aschenbach's thoughts...visual medium, and all that--but some people find it boring because of the lack of action, but what they mean is intrerior monologue. I don't find it boring, but incomplete.
"Gods and Mosters" (1998)
"Mysterious Skin" (2004)


I also like "The Boys in the Band" and...I'm really trying to hate "Cruising," but so far, I haven't thrown it away.

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Thankyou
 I was wracking my brains trying to think of the name of the film about Quentin Crisp.You are right it was the naked civil servant.Thanks for putting me out of my misery !!!!!

Dobie1018:
I bought "Maurice" and "Beautiful Thing" and viewed them both this week.  I liked them both a lot.  I thought they were both very well done, and acted.  I LOVE the last scene of Jamie & Ste dancing at the end of Beautiful Thing.  I could watch that scene over and over.  It's so touching and tender.  They seem so content and comfortable dancing and holding each other in the square like that.  The only problem I had with it is that I had a very difficult time understanding what the characters were saying at times, because of their English accents.  Lovely movie though!

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