The Genius (1993)

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The Genius on IMDb 6.0/10 5 votes

Released:
1993-04-02

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.

Directors:
Emily Breer, Joe Gibbons

Runtime:
1h 26min

Genre:
Comedy, Crime, Science Fiction

  • Cast:
  • Joe Gibbons
    as
    Desmond Denton
  • Karen Finley
    as
    Kitty Church
  • Tony Oursler
    as
    Les Alabaster
  • Tony Conrad
    as
    Dirk Dirkson
  • Adolfas Mekas
    as
    Dr. Corbin