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Cast

Joe Gibbons

Joe Gibbons

Desmond Denton

Karen Finley

Karen Finley

Kitty Church

Tony Oursler

Tony Oursler

Les Alabaster

Tony Conrad

Tony Conrad

Dirk Dirkson

Adolfas Mekas

Adolfas Mekas

Dr. Corbin

Camden Toy

Camden Toy

Manic Client

Henry Hills

Henry Hills

TV Reporter

Mark MacElhattan

Mark MacElhattan

Depressed Client

Corinne Mallet

Corinne Mallet

Mike Ousterhout

Mike Ousterhout

Psycho Client

Albert McCreery

Albert McCreery

Casanova Client

Jay Barry

Jay Barry

Art Collector Client

Keith Sanborn

Keith Sanborn

Jennifer Montgomery

Jennifer Montgomery

Steve Gallagher

Steve Gallagher

Romy Charlesworth

Romy Charlesworth

Lewis Klahr

Lewis Klahr

Heather McAdams

Heather McAdams

Crew

Emily Breer

Emily Breer

Director

Joe Gibbons

Joe Gibbons

Producer

Peggy Ahwesh

Peggy Ahwesh

Camera Operator

Joe Gibbons

Joe Gibbons

Director

Jim Dunn

Jim Dunn

Stunt Coordinator

Tony Conrad

Tony Conrad

Lighting Director

Joe Gibbons

Joe Gibbons

Sound

Emily Breer

Emily Breer

Editor

Mark MacElhattan

Mark MacElhattan

Camera Operator

Joe Gibbons

Joe Gibbons

Writer

Emily Breer

Emily Breer

Sound Effects

Reilly Steele

Reilly Steele

Sound Mixer

Peggy Ahwesh

Peggy Ahwesh

Additional Lighting Technician

Emily Breer

Emily Breer

Camera Operator

Henry Hills

Henry Hills

Sound

Corinne Mallet

Corinne Mallet

Production Manager

Corinne Mallet

Corinne Mallet

Online Editor

Keith Sanborn

Keith Sanborn

Sound

Dan Esterman

Dan Esterman

Title Designer

Joe Gibbons

Joe Gibbons

Camera Operator

Movie poster

The Genius

19935.0 / 1086 min
Comedy, Crime, Science Fiction

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.