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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."

Cast

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Joe Gibbons

as Desmond Denton

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Karen Finley

as Kitty Church

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Tony Oursler

as Les Alabaster

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Tony Conrad

as Dirk Dirkson

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Adolfas Mekas

as Dr. Corbin

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Camden Toy

as Manic Client

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Henry Hills

as TV Reporter

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Mark MacElhattan

as Depressed Client

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Corinne Mallet

as

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Mike Ousterhout

as Psycho Client

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Albert McCreery

as Casanova Client

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Jay Barry

as Art Collector Client

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Keith Sanborn

as

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Jennifer Montgomery

as

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Steve Gallagher

as

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Romy Charlesworth

as

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Lewis Klahr

as

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Heather McAdams

as

Crew

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Emily Breer

Director

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Joe Gibbons

Producer

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Peggy Ahwesh

Camera Operator

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Joe Gibbons

Director

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Jim Dunn

Stunt Coordinator

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Tony Conrad

Lighting Director

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Joe Gibbons

Sound

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Emily Breer

Editor

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Mark MacElhattan

Camera Operator

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Joe Gibbons

Writer

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Emily Breer

Sound Effects

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Reilly Steele

Sound Mixer

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Peggy Ahwesh

Additional Lighting Technician

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Emily Breer

Camera Operator

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Henry Hills

Sound

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Corinne Mallet

Production Manager

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Corinne Mallet

Online Editor

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Keith Sanborn

Sound

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Dan Esterman

Title Designer

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Joe Gibbons

Camera Operator