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The Genius (1993)
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.
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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.
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Genre:Comedy, Crime, Science Fiction
Written By:Joe Gibbons
In Theaters:4/2/1993
Box Office:
Runtime:86 minutes
Studio:Massachusetts Council on the Arts and Humanities, National Endowment for the Arts, AFI, Boston Film/Video Foundation
Cast
Emily Breer, Joe Gibbons
Director
Joe Gibbons
Desmond Denton
Karen Finley
Kitty Church
Tony Oursler
Les Alabaster
Tony Conrad
Dirk Dirkson
Adolfas Mekas
Dr. Corbin
Camden Toy
Manic Client
Henry Hills
TV Reporter
Mark MacElhattan
Depressed Client
Corinne Mallet
Mike Ousterhout
Psycho Client
Albert McCreery
Casanova Client
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