Chelsea Hotel

Chelsea Hotel (1981) is a tv movie, documentary film directed by Nigel Finch rated 8.0/10.

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.

Cast

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)