Poison
(DVD)

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Published
New York : Fox Lorber Home Video :, [1999].
Format
DVD
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (85 min.) : sound, color & black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
ISBN
1572526688

Notes

General Note
Inspired by the novels of Jean Genet.
General Note
Originally produced as motion picture in 1990.
General Note
Special unrated version.
Creation/Production Credits
Director of photography, Maryse Alberti ; black and white camerawork, Barry Ellsworth ; editors, James Lyons, Todd Haynes ; music, James Bennett.
Participants/Performers
Edith Meeks, Larry Maxwell, Susan Gayle Norman, Scott Renderer, James Lyons.
Description
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.
System Details
DVD, mono.
Awards
Grand Jury Prize 1991, Sundance Film Festival.
Local note
DVD

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Citations

APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Genet, J., Haynes, T., Meeks, E., Maxwell, L., Norman, S. G., Renderer, S., & Lyons, J. (1999). Poison . Fox Lorber Home Video :.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Jean Genet et al.. 1999. Poison. Fox Lorber Home Video.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Jean Genet et al.. Poison Fox Lorber Home Video, 1999.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Genet, Jean, et al. Poison Fox Lorber Home Video :, 1999.

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