The Genius

The Genius

Crime, Comedy, Science Fiction | April 2, 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.

The Genius

Crime, Comedy, Science Fiction | April 2, 1993

The Genius
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.
Producers American Film Institute (AFI), National Endowment For The Arts, Massachusetts Council on the Arts and Humanities, Boston Film/Video Foundation
Original title The Genius
Directors Emily Breer, Joe Gibbons
Writers Joe Gibbons

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

Camden Toy

as Manic Client

Henry Hills

as TV Reporter

Mark MacElhattan

as Depressed Client

Mike Ousterhout

as Psycho Client

Albert McCreery

as Casanova Client

Jay Barry

as Art Collector Client