For those of you with access to Beamafilm they have the magnificent An Englishman in New York with John Hurt playing Quentin Crisp available now. Well worth a watch.

https://beamafilm.com/watch/an-englishman-in-new-york

#Beamafilm #AnEnglishmanInNewYork #JohnHurt #QuentinCrisp

🪷 #JohnHurt (22 Jan 1940 – 25 Jan 2017) was iconic in many roles (#DrWho!) but especially as #Caligula in #IClaudius & #QuentinCrisp (a saint of #Antinous) in film/TV. 🪷

🪷 "Reality is only the dream in which our enemies believe," #QuentinCrisp, talking about movies vs. "reality." He added: "Any movie, even the worst, is better than real life." He is a saint of #Antinous! Born 25 December 1908. Died 21 November 1999. 🪷

Useless Quote for 13 December 2022:

"The ballet teacher expostulated, 'I don't agree. Quentin does exactly as he pleases. The rest of us have to adapt ourselves to him'."

~ Quentin Crisp ("The Naked Civil Servant")

#UselessQuote #QuentinCrisp

“Neither look forward where there is doubt nor backward where there is regret. Look inward and ask not if there is anything outside you want, but whether there is anything inside that you have not yet unpacked.”
― Quentin Crisp

#QuentinCrisp #doubt #regret

“Neither look forward where there is doubt nor backward where there is regret. Look inward and ask not if there is anything outside you want, but whether there is anything inside that you have not yet unpacked.”
― Quentin Crisp

#QuentinCrisp #doubt #regret