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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.

Top Cast

  • Joe Gibbons

    Joe Gibbons

    Desmond Denton

  • Karen Finley

    Karen Finley

    Kitty Church

  • Tony Oursler

    Tony Oursler

    Les Alabaster

  • Tony Conrad

    Tony Conrad

    Dirk Dirkson

  • Adolfas Mekas

    Adolfas Mekas

    Dr. Corbin

  • Camden Toy

    Camden Toy

    Manic Client

  • Henry Hills

    Henry Hills

    TV Reporter

  • Mark MacElhattan

    Mark MacElhattan

    Depressed Client

  • Corinne Mallet

    Corinne Mallet

Overview

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.

Rating

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