Poison
2011
DVD
This film interweaves three tales that build toward a devastating climax. The first tale, Hero, tells a bizarre story of suburban patricide. Horror, the second tale, deals with a mad sex experiment that unleashes a disfiguring plague. Lastly is the tale, Homo, which explores the obsessive sexual relationship between two inmates.
Item Details
Edition: Twentieth anniversary edition.
Description:
- 1 videodisc (85 min.) : sound, color and black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
- digital
- optical
- mono
- video file
- DVD video
Target Audience Note: Canadian Home Video Rating: NR.
Other Title: Poison (Motion picture)
Notes:
- Originally produced as a motion picture in 1990 and released in 1991.
- Bonus features: Sundance Film Festival Q&A; archival 1999 audio commentary; original poster concepts and collages; behind-the-scenes polaroids; short film "Last address" directed by Ira Sachs; original theatrical trailer.
- Inspired by the novels of Jean Genet with quotations from Miracle of the Rose, Our Lady of the Flowers and Thief's Journal.
- Director of photography, Maryse Alberti ; camera, Barry Ellsworth ; music, James Bennett ; editors, James Lyons, Todd Haynes.
- Edith Meeks, Scott Renderer, Larry Maxwell, Susan Gayle Norman, James Lyons.
- DVD; mono.; widescreen.
- English dialogue; optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.
Contents:
- Hero
- Horror
- Homo.
Publisher or Distributor Number: Z1135
Control Number: 2215832
UPC: 795975113533
Publisher: [United States] : Zeitgeist Films, [2011]Subjects:
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