The Genius
1993
86 minutes
Overview
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.
Top Cast
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