The Genius
1993 | 0m | English
Popularity: 3 (history)
| Director: | Emily Breer, Joe Gibbons |
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| Writer: | Joe Gibbons |
| Staring: |
| 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: | Apr 02, 1993 |
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| Director: | Emily Breer, Joe Gibbons |
| Writer: | Joe Gibbons |
| Genres: | Comedy, Science Fiction, Crime |
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| Production Companies | AFI, National Endowment for the Arts, Massachusetts Council on the Arts and Humanities, Boston Film/Video Foundation |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Feb 04, 2025 Entered: Apr 30, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Joe Gibbons | Desmond Denton |
| Karen Finley | Kitty Church |
| Tony Oursler | Les Alabaster |
| Tony Conrad | Dirk Dirkson |
| Adolfas Mekas | Dr. Corbin |
| Camden Toy | Manic Client |
| Henry Hills | TV Reporter |
| Mark MacElhattan | Depressed Client |
| Corinne Mallet | |
| Mike Ousterhout | Psycho Client |
| Albert McCreery | Casanova Client |
| Jay Barry | Art Collector Client |
| Keith Sanborn | |
| Jennifer Montgomery | |
| Steve Gallagher | |
| Romy Charlesworth | |
| Lewis Klahr | |
| Heather McAdams |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Emily Breer | Director, Camera Operator, Sound Effects, Editor |
| Joe Gibbons | Director, Sound, Camera Operator, Writer |
| Jim Dunn | Stunt Coordinator |
| Mark MacElhattan | Camera Operator |
| Keith Sanborn | Sound |
| Corinne Mallet | Production Manager, Online Editor |
| Reilly Steele | Sound Mixer |
| Dan Esterman | Title Designer |
| Tony Conrad | Lighting Director |
| Peggy Ahwesh | Camera Operator, Additional Lighting Technician |
| Henry Hills | Sound |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Joe Gibbons | Producer |
| Organization | Category | Person |
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Popularity History
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| 2024 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| 2024 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 1 |
| 2024 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 0 |
| 2024 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 0 |
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| 2024 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| 2024 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 2024 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| 2025 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 2025 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| 2025 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
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