Chelsea Hotel

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.

Arthur Marks III

Self – Tour guide

Stanley Bard

Self – Manager

George Kleinsinger

Self

Quentin Crisp

Self

Virgil Thomson

Self

Larry Rivers

Self

Alphaeus Cole

Self

Jobriath Boone

Self

Nico

Self

Viva

Self

Joe Bidewell

Self

Susan Kleinsinger

Self (uncredited)

Bernard Lias

Self (uncredited)

Andy Warhol

Self (uncredited)

William S. Burroughs

Self (uncredited)

Alexandra Auder

Self (uncredited)

• Nigel FinchDirector
• Alan YentobProducer
• Gerry PomeroyEditor

Release date

January 3, 1981

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

55m

Genres

TV Movie, Documentary

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