Movie Description
The Genius
(1993)Overview
A ramshackle underground SF satire set and shot in the self-absorbed art world of lower Manhattan, written, produced, and directed by Joe Gibbons, who also plays one of the lead parts. Gibbons plays a mad scientist who's developed a technique for transferring personalities from one person's body to another; he becomes obsessed with an outlaw artist (played by performance artist Karen Finley) who destroys paintings in various galleries as a form of anarchist, anticapitalist protest.
Featured Crew
- Director : Emily Breer,Joe Gibbons
- Producer : Joe Gibbons
- Writer : Joe Gibbons
- Editor : Emily Breer
- Cast : Joe Gibbons,Karen Finley,Tony Oursler,Tony Conrad,Adolfas Mekas,Camden Toy,Henry Hills,Mark MacElhattan,Corinne Mallet,Mike Ousterhout,Albert McCreery,Jay Barry,Keith Sanborn,Jennifer Montgomery,Steve Gallagher,Romy Charlesworth,Lewis Klahr,Heather McAdams
Cast
Desmond Denton
Kitty Church
Les Alabaster
Dirk Dirkson
Dr. Corbin
Manic Client
TV Reporter
Depressed Client
Psycho Client
Casanova Client
Art Collector Client
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Facts
Original TitleThe Genius
Status Released
Release Information
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1993-04-02
Original LanguageEnglish
Production CompaniesMassachusetts Council on the Arts and Humanities,National Endowment for the Arts,AFI,Boston Film/Video Foundation
Genres
- Comedy
- Crime
- Science Fiction
