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The Genius
70%
Movie
1h 26m
AI Analysis
The Genius (1993) — AI movie analysis
WatchMind AI generated this AI analysis of The Genius (1993) — a movie tagged as Comedy, Crime, and Science Fiction with funny moods and steady pacing.
Story & themes: 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 becom… Our models also surface themes such as ai from synopsis and genre signals.
Watch context: Best suited for date night, solo focused viewing, and casual background watching. Expect steady storytelling (~86 min).
Community signal: TMDb members rate The Genius 70% (2 votes) — solid community ratings for this movie.
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TMDb audience score
70%
from 2 TMDb votes
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Synopsis
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.
Quick facts
- Type
- Movie
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- 1993-04-02
- Runtime
- 1h 26m
- TMDB rating
- 7.0
- TMDB ID
- 318335
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What is The Genius about?
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 play... This is the official synopsis available via TMDb community metadata.
Is there an AI analysis for The Genius?
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How long is the movie The Genius?
The official runtime for The Genius is approximately 86 minutes.
Cast & crew
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Directors & writers
Cast
- J
Joe Gibbons
Desmond Denton
Karen Finley
Kitty Church
Tony Oursler
Les Alabaster
- T
Tony Conrad
Dirk Dirkson
Adolfas Mekas
Dr. Corbin
Camden Toy
Manic Client
Henry Hills
TV Reporter
- M
Mark MacElhattan
Depressed Client
- C
Corinne Mallet
- M
Mike Ousterhout
Psycho Client
- A
Albert McCreery
Casanova Client
- J
Jay Barry
Art Collector Client
- K
Keith Sanborn
- J
Jennifer Montgomery
- S
Steve Gallagher
- R
Romy Charlesworth
Lewis Klahr
- H
Heather McAdams
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