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Apr 5, 1991 · A trio of interweaved transgressive tales, telling a bizarre stories of suburban patricide and a miraculous fight from justice, a mad sex experiment which unleashes a disfiguring plague, and the obsessive sexual relationship between two prison inmates. Todd Haynes. Director, Writer. Jean Genet.
Apr 5, 1991 · Inspired by the writings of Jean Genet, Poison deftly interweaves trio of transgressive tales-“Hero,” “Horror” and “Homo”-that build toward a devastating climax. “Hero,” shot in mock TV-documentary style, tells a bizarre story of suburban patricide and a miraculous flight from justice; “Horror,” filmed like a delirious ’50s B-movie melodrama, is a gothic tale of a mad sex ...
Poison. Available on Prime Video. From the Oscar-nominated director of “Far from Heaven,” “I’m Not There” and the new HBO mini-series “Mildred Pierce,” this controversial masterpiece is the most fervently debated film of the 1990’s and a trailblazing landmark of Queer Cinema. Todd Haynes’ second feature—after the underground ...
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Show all movies in the JustWatch Streaming Charts. Streaming charts last updated: 9:07:18 AM, 06/27/2024 . Poison is 14283 on the JustWatch Daily Streaming Charts today. The movie has moved up the charts by 9554 places since yesterday. In the United States, it is currently more popular than Teaching Mrs. Tingle but less popular than Hit List.
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Apr 5, 1991 · The movie needs to evoke more than the ghost of Genet to give it resonance. "Poison" is tricky in form but commonplace in substance. It definitely is not an occasion of sin as has been charged by ...
A mysterious, funny, sexy, and scary triptych; each film works beautifully on its own, and even better in relation to the others. Full Review | Original Score: 5/5 | Aug 17, 2003. Mark Robison ...
Nov 5, 2010 · Nov. 5, 2010. A MILESTONE in American independent film and the inciting spark for what came to be known as the New Queer Cinema, Todd Haynes’s first feature, “Poison” (1991), has always ...
