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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]
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