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Poison [videorecording (DVD)] / a film by Todd Haynes.

Zeitgeist Films, c2011.

[videorecording (DVD)] /

20th anniversary ed.

1 videodisc (85 min.) : Dolby digital mono. sd., col. and b&w ; 12 cm. + 1 booklet (16 p. ; col. ill.)

Three inter-cut stories inspired by the novels of Jean Genet with quotations from Miracle of the Rose, Our Lady of the Flowers and Thief's Journal.

Originally released as a motion picture in 1991.

Bonus features: Sundance Film Festival Q & A with Todd Haynes, producer Christine Vachon and executive producer James Schamus, for the 20th anniversary of the film's Grand Jury Prize ; Archival 1999 audio commentary by Haynes, Vachon, and star/editor James Lyons ; original poster concepts and collages by Haynes ; behind-the-scenes polaroids by Kelly Reichardy (director of Meek's Cutoff and Wendy and Lucy) ; Last address, a 2010 short film by Ira Sachs (director of Married life) ; original 1991 U.S. theatrical trialer ; 16-page booklet with archival press kit documents, J. Hoberman's original Village Voice review and more!

16:9 aspect ratio.

English (SDH) subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.

Hero -- Horror -- Homo.

Written and directed by Todd Haynes ; produced by Christine Vachon.

Edith Meeks, Larry Maxwell, Susan Gayle Norman, Scott Renderer and James Lyons.

"Winner of the 1991 Sundance Grand Jury Prize, Todd Haynes' controversial masterpiece is the most fervently debated film of the 1990s and a trailblazing landmark of Queer Cinema. The first feature directed by the Oscar nominated filmmaker of Far From Heaven, I'm Not There and the HBO Mini-series Mildred Pierce, this ground breaking American indie is a thrilling work of immense visual invention. Inspired by the writings of Jean Genet, Poison deftly interweaves a trio of transgressive tales that build toward a devastating climax: 'Hero', shot in mock tabloid-TV style, tells a bizarre story of suburban patricide and a miraculous flight from justice; 'Horror,' filmed like a delirious 1950s B-movie melodrama, is a gothic tale of a mad sex experiment gone awry; 'Homo,' explores the obsessive sexual relationship between two prison inmates. A runaway hit which made national headlines when it was attacked by conservative figures including Dick Armey, Ralph Reed and minister Donald Wildmon, Poison is audacious, unforgettable and wildly entertaining."--Container.

Grand Jury Prize, Sundance Film Festival, 1991.

Science fiction films.

Experimental films.

Surrealist films.

2SLGBTQIA+ films.

Satirical films.

Films for the hearing impaired.

Genet, Jean, 1910-1986.

Maxwell, Larry.

Norman, Susan Gayle.

Renderer, Scott.

Lyons, James, 1960-2007.

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