Poison /
Poison mixes three stories - 'tales of transgression and punishment' - in different styles. In the mock TV documentary, 'Hero', a Long Island housewife tells of how her seven year-old son shot his father and then ascended to heaven. His neighbors, schoolmates, teachers and social...
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| Format: | Video DVD |
| Language: | English |
| Edition: | Full frame. |
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| Summary: | Poison mixes three stories - 'tales of transgression and punishment' - in different styles. In the mock TV documentary, 'Hero', a Long Island housewife tells of how her seven year-old son shot his father and then ascended to heaven. His neighbors, schoolmates, teachers and social workers are interviewed. The second story in the style of a low budget fifties horror films has a doctor hideously transformed by a liquid of his own creation which he accidentally switches with a cup of coffee. 'Homo,' the third story, is a lush pastiche of Genet's Miracle of the Rose, detailing a doomed and brutal prison romance. |
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| Item Description: | Inspired by the novels of Jean Genet. Originally released as a motion picture in the U.S. by Bronze Eye Productions in 1991. Special features: Filmographies and awards -- Trailer -- Production credits -- Audio commentary track with Christine Vachon (producer), James Lyons (actor, editor), and Todd Haynes (writer and director). Videorecording. |
| Physical Description: | 1 videodisc (85 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Format: | DVD; mono. |
| Audience: | MPAA rating: NC-17. |
| Production Credits: | Photography, Maryse Alberti ; editor, James Lyons, Todd Haynes ; music, James Bennett. |
| ISBN: | 1572526688 |