United States / Apr 02, 1993
The Genius (1993)
Directed by Emily Breer, Joe Gibbons
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1h 26min
Overall average
5.0/10
Plot
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.
Main cast
Full cast
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Mark MacElhattan | Depressed Client |
| Corinne Mallet | |
| Mike Ousterhout | Psycho Client |
| Albert McCreery | Casanova Client |
| Jay Barry | Art Collector Client |
| Keith Sanborn | |
| Jennifer Montgomery | |
| Steve Gallagher | |
| Romy Charlesworth | |
| Lewis Klahr | |
| Heather McAdams |
Genres
ComedyCrimeScience Fiction
Technical details
| Detail | Value |
|---|---|
| Original title | The Genius |
| Original language | English (EN) |
| Spoken languages | English |
| Production countries | United States of America |
| Status | Released |
| Production companies | Massachusetts Council on the Arts and Humanities, National Endowment for the Arts, AFI, Boston Film/Video Foundation |
| Release date | 2 aprile 1993 |
| Production | Joe Gibbons |
| Writer | Joe Gibbons |
| Editing | Emily Breer, Corinne Mallet |
| Cinematography | Peggy Ahwesh, Mark MacElhattan, Emily Breer, Joe Gibbons |
| Assistant directors | Emily Breer, Joe Gibbons |
| Lighting | Tony Conrad, Peggy Ahwesh |
| Camera operators | Peggy Ahwesh, Mark MacElhattan, Emily Breer, Joe Gibbons |
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| Additional photography | Peggy Ahwesh, Mark MacElhattan, Emily Breer, Joe Gibbons |
| Production design | Dan Esterman |
| Art direction | Dan Esterman |
| Set decoration | Dan Esterman |
| Stunts | Jim Dunn |
| Music | Joe Gibbons, Emily Breer, Reilly Steele, Henry Hills, Keith Sanborn |
| Sound | Joe Gibbons, Emily Breer, Reilly Steele, Henry Hills, Keith Sanborn |
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