
The Genius
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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The Genius
- Overview
- Cast
- Crew
- Recommendations
Status
Released
Release Date
Apr 2, 1993
Genres
Comedy, Crime, Science Fiction
User Score
50%
Original Title
The Genius
Production Companies
Massachusetts Council on the Arts and Humanities, National Endowment for the Arts, AFI, Boston Film/Video Foundation
Director
Emily Breer
Description
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.
Cast
Crew
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