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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.
LIBRA DVD 009 942
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Video
- Author/Creator:
- Genet, Jean, 1910-1986, author.
- 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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