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Poison / a film by Todd Haynes ; Zeitgeist Films ; Bronze Eye Productions in association with Arnold A. Semler ; produced by Christine Vachon ; written and directed by Todd Haynes.

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Format:
Video
Author/Creator:
Genet, Jean, 1910-1986, author.
Contributor:
Haynes, Todd, screenwriter, director.
Vachon, Christine, producer.
Semler, Arnold A., producer.
Meeks, Edith, actor.
Maxwell, Larry, actor.
Renderer, Scott, actor.
Lyons, James, 1960-2007, actor.
Bennett, James, 1950-2012, composer.
Zeitgeist Films, producer.
Bronze Eye Productions (Firm), producer.
Fox Lorber Home Video (Firm), distributor.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Genet, Jean, 1910-1986--Film adaptations.
Genet, Jean.
Genet, Jean, 1910-1986.
Genre:
Feature films.
Horror films.
Film adaptations.
Video recordings.
Physical Description:
1 videodisc (85 min.) : sound, color & black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Place of Publication:
New York : Fox Lorber Home Video : distributed by WinStar TV & Video, [1999]
System Details:
DVD; monaural.
digital
optical
mono
video file
DVD video
Summary:
Part horror film, part drama, part exposé, with an offbeat morality Poison examines the motives behind a seven-year-old boy's murder of his father, relates the story of a scientist who isolates the sex drive in liquid form, and graphically explores the sexually obsessive relationship between two prison inmates.
Participant:
Edith Meeks, Scott Renderer, Larry Maxwell, James Lyons.
Credits:
Director of photography, Maryse Alberti; black and white camera work, Barry Ellsworth; film editors, James Lyons, Todd Haynes; music, James Bennett.
Notes:
Inspired by the novels of Jean Genet with quotations from Miracle of the Rose, Our Lady of the Flowers and Thief's Journal.
Special features include: filmographies and awards; theatrical trailer; production credits; and audio commentary track with producer, director, and actor James Lyons.
Videodisc release of the motion picture produced in 1990.
ISBN:
1572526688
OCLC:
45589078
Publisher Number:
720917514826
FLV5148 Fox Lorber Home Video

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