Edith Meeks, Millie White, Buck Smith, Anne Giotta, Rob Labelle, Larry Maxwell, Susan Gayle Norman, Scott Renderer, James Lyons, Tony Pemberton, Andrew Harpending, John R. Lombardi. Title from disc label, video not viewed by cataloger. Originally released as a motion picture in 1991. Wide screen (1.78:1) Accompanied by booklet (14 pages). Special features: Sundance Q & A with Todd Haynes, producer Christine Vachon and executive producer James Schamus, for the 20th anniversary of the film's Grand Jury Prize; archival 1999 audio commentary by Haynes, Vachon and star/edition James Lyon; Last address, a short film by Ira Sachs; bookleet essay by Dennis Lim, Director of Programming at [sic] Film at Lincoln Center.
Summary:
Inspired by the writings of Jean Genet, it deftly interweaves a trio of transgressive tales, Hero, Horror, and Homo, that build toward a devastating climax. Hero, shot in mock TV-documentary style, tells a bizarre story of suburban patricide and a miraculous flight from justice; Horror, filmed like a delirious '50s B-movie melodrama, is a gothic tale of a mad sex experiment which unleashes a disfiguring plague; while Homo, explores the obsessive sexual relationship between two prison inmates. A runaway hit that made national headlines when it was attacked by right-wing politicians, Poison is unsettling, unforgettable, and thoroughly entertaining.
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