Chelsea Hotel

Overview

This TV documentary shows some of the colourful residents of and people connected with the New York Chelsea Hotel. Some highlights include Andy Warhol and William Burroughs having dinner; Quentin Crisp pontificating in a blue rinse hairdo on his balcony and Nico forgetting what she is talking about halfway through a dour rendition of "Chelsea Girls". A number of lesser-known characters also appear, linked together by a tour guide walking around the building and some sub-Shining sequences of a child cycling round the landings on a rickety tricycle.

Directed by Nigel Finch

Top cast

A

Arthur Marks III

Self – Tour guide

S

Stanley Bard

Self – Manager

G

George Kleinsinger

Self

Quentin Crisp

Self

V

Virgil Thomson

Self

L

Larry Rivers

Self

A

Alphaeus Cole

Self

J

Jobriath Boone

Self

Nico

Self

Viva

Self

J

Joe Bidewell

Self

S

Susan Kleinsinger

Self (uncredited)

B

Bernard Lias

Self (uncredited)

Andy Warhol

Self (uncredited)

William S. Burroughs

Self (uncredited)

Alexandra Auder

Self (uncredited)

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