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.
Top Billed Cast
Joe Gibbons
Desmond Denton
Karen Finley
Kitty Church
Tony Oursler
Les Alabaster
Tony Conrad
Dirk Dirkson
Adolfas Mekas
Dr. Corbin
Featured Crew
Emily Breer
Director
Joe Gibbons
Director
Joe Gibbons
Writer
Emily Breer
Editor
Jim Dunn
Stunt Coordinator
Joe Gibbons
Producer
Tony Conrad
Lighting Director
Peggy Ahwesh
Additional Lighting Technician
Mark MacElhattan
Camera Operator
Joe Gibbons
Camera Operator
Peggy Ahwesh
Camera Operator
Emily Breer
Camera Operator