The Genius

The Genius — 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.

• Release date
• April 2, 1993
• Runtime
• 86 min
• Genres
• Comedy, Crime, Science Fiction
• Director
• Emily Breer

The Genius — Cast

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Joe Gibbons Desmond Denton Karen Finley Kitty Church Tony Oursler Les Alabaster

T

Tony Conrad Dirk Dirkson

A

Adolfas Mekas Dr. Corbin Camden Toy Manic Client Henry Hills TV Reporter

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Mark MacElhattan Depressed Client