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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.

Release: 1993-04-02
Runtime: 86 min
Rating: 7 / 10
Cast
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Joe Gibbons
Desmond Denton
Karen Finley
Karen Finley
Kitty Church
Tony Oursler
Tony Oursler
Les Alabaster
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Tony Conrad
Dirk Dirkson
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Adolfas Mekas
Dr. Corbin
Camden Toy
Camden Toy
Manic Client
Henry Hills
Henry Hills
TV Reporter
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Mark MacElhattan
Depressed Client
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Corinne Mallet
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Mike Ousterhout
Psycho Client
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Albert McCreery
Casanova Client
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Jay Barry
Art Collector Client
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Keith Sanborn
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Jennifer Montgomery
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Steve Gallagher
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Romy Charlesworth
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Lewis Klahr
Lewis Klahr
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Heather McAdams
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