S6.E3

Chelsea Hotel

Episode aired Jan 3, 1981
56m

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William S. Burroughs and Andy Warhol in Arena (1975)

BBC documentary that catches scenes in the famous Chelsea Hotel in New York City.BBC documentary that catches scenes in the famous Chelsea Hotel in New York City.BBC documentary that catches scenes in the famous Chelsea Hotel in New York City.

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- Nigel Finch
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7.3/10

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Director
- Nigel Finch
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Apparently the last video footage of the glam singer Jobriath, who plays a snippet of his musical "Sunday Brunch" and clowns in front of the camera.

Connections
Featured in Did You See..?: Episode #1.9 (1981)

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Sunday Brunch
Written by Jobriath Boone
Performed by Jobriath Boone

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7/10

A look at some of the residents at the the famous New York hotel

This TV documentary was made for the UK BBC TV "Arena" strand in 1981, and 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.

Worth seeing. Also something of a time capsule, since one notices that most of those who appear are now no longer with us.