The Genius (1993)
86 min
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
- Country of origin
- United States
Cast
- Joe Gibbons as Desmond Denton
- Karen Finley as Kitty Church
- Tony Oursler as Les Alabaster
- Tony Conrad as Dirk Dirkson
- Corinne Mallet as Kiki Dirkson
- Adolfas Mekas as Dr. Emmanuel Corbin
- Henry Hills as TV Reporter
- Jay Barry
- Al McCreery
- Mark McElhatten
Crew
- Emily Breer · Director
- Joe Gibbons · Director
- Emily Breer · Writer
- Joe Gibbons · Writer
- Emily Breer · Editor