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Poison is a 1991 American science fiction drama horror film written and directed by Todd Haynes, starring Edith Meeks, Larry Maxwell, Susan Gayle Norman, Scott Renderer, and James Lyons. Composed of three intercut narratives inspired by the novels of Jean Genet, the gay themes in Poison marked an emerging "queer new wave" in cinema.
Aug 16, 1991 · Poison is a triptych of short films inspired by Jean Genet's novels, exploring themes of outsiders, sex and violence. The film features a boy who flies away after killing his father, a scientist who turns into a leper, and a prisoner who remembers his past.
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- Drama, Horror, Romance
- Todd Haynes
- 1991-08-16
Sep 30, 2023 · A comedy drama about a snake bite in India, starring Dev Patel, Benedict Cumberbatch and Ralph Fiennes. Part of a series of four short films adapted from Roald Dahl stories by Wes Anderson.
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- Short, Comedy, Drama
- Wes Anderson
- 2023-09-30
A man falls in love with a fellow inmate in prison. A doctor accidentally ingests his experimental sex serum, wreaking havoc on the community. Three intercut stories about outsiders, sex and violence. In "Hero," Richie, at age 7, kills his father and flies away.
Nov 19, 2015 · Original 1991 theatrical trailer for Todd Haynes's POISON.
- 2 min
- 82.5K
- ZeitgeistFilms
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...
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Poison is a groundbreaking American Indie film by Haynes, inspired by Jean Genet, that interweaves three transgressive tales of patricide, sex experiment and prison love. The film was a controversial and influential landmark of queer cinema, attacked by right-wing figures and praised by critics.
