The Genius
1993 · 86 min
Comedy · Crime · Science Fiction
★ 7.0A 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.
Crew
- Director Emily Breer
- Director Joe Gibbons
- Writer Joe Gibbons
Cast
- J
Joe Gibbons
Desmond Denton
Karen Finley
Kitty Church
Tony Oursler
Les Alabaster
- T
Tony Conrad
Dirk Dirkson
Adolfas Mekas
Dr. Corbin
Camden Toy
Manic Client
Henry Hills
TV Reporter
- M
Mark MacElhattan
Depressed Client
- C
Corinne Mallet
- M
Mike Ousterhout
Psycho Client
- A
Albert McCreery
Casanova Client
- J
Jay Barry
Art Collector Client
Crew
- Director — Emily Breer
- Director — Joe Gibbons
- Writer — Joe Gibbons
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