Quentin Crisp in Aldeburgh
Quentin Crisp (1908 - 1999) on location for a British Film Institute Production Board film: VALUE FOR MONEY.Aldeburgh, Suffolk 1970. Photograph by Richard Keith Wolff
How I met and when I photographed Quentin Crisp was while working on a British Film Institute (BFI) short film as the assistant director on a film that he was performing in. This stills picture were taken when Quentin Crisp was relaxing, between filming. He was not dressed in his customary flamboyant dapper style at this point because he was dressed for his acting role in the film. It was a time when Quentin Crisp was not very well known, except by a small theatrical and literary circle of people, so he came as quite a surprise, a delightful one. When his autobiography "The Naked Civil Servant" was later adapted for a television film in 1975 he then became quite famous or as he preferred to say infamous. At the end of the days shooting Quentin Crisp would have the cast and crew in stitches with his witty sense of humour, his anecdotes, his particular way of seeing and describing things, his philosophy, he was immensely funny, entertaining, also very kind and gentle. Aldeburgh, Suffolk, England 1970. Photograph by Richard Keith Wolff
VALUE FOR MONEY (1970) Production Company: British Film Institute, commissioned by director of BFI Production Board: Bruce Beresford; Director: David Blest; Lighting Cameraman (DOP): Gale Tattersall; Producer: Franc Roddam; Assistant Director: Richard Keith Wolff; Cast Members: Quentin Crisp, Kenneth Seeger, John Donaldson, Elizabeth Mellor, Richard Wolff; Casting: Barrie Stacey; Continuity: Barbara Deehan. Location: Aldeburgh, Suffolk, England, 35mm B&W Film, Running time: 40.0 mins
How I met and when I photographed Quentin Crisp was while working on a British Film Institute (BFI) short film as the assistant director on a film that he was performing in. This stills picture were taken when Quentin Crisp was relaxing, between filming. He was not dressed in his customary flamboyant dapper style at this point because he was dressed for his acting role in the film. It was a time when Quentin Crisp was not very well known, except by a small theatrical and literary circle of people, so he came as quite a surprise, a delightful one. When his autobiography "The Naked Civil Servant" was later adapted for a television film in 1975 he then became quite famous or as he preferred to say infamous. At the end of the days shooting Quentin Crisp would have the cast and crew in stitches with his witty sense of humour, his anecdotes, his particular way of seeing and describing things, his philosophy, he was immensely funny, entertaining, also very kind and gentle. Aldeburgh, Suffolk, England 1970. Photograph by Richard Keith Wolff
VALUE FOR MONEY (1970) Production Company: British Film Institute, commissioned by director of BFI Production Board: Bruce Beresford; Director: David Blest; Lighting Cameraman (DOP): Gale Tattersall; Producer: Franc Roddam; Assistant Director: Richard Keith Wolff; Cast Members: Quentin Crisp, Kenneth Seeger, John Donaldson, Elizabeth Mellor, Richard Wolff; Casting: Barrie Stacey; Continuity: Barbara Deehan. Location: Aldeburgh, Suffolk, England, 35mm B&W Film, Running time: 40.0 mins
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Aldeburgh, Suffolk, England
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Richard Keith Wolff