This film has become infamous thanks to the efforts of the Rev. Donald Wildmon, who publicly questioned the fact that NEA dollars were spent on this "filth." While Wildmon's point was certainly overstated, this debut feature from Todd Haynes is quite disturbing. The Poison in question is sex, and ...more
MPAA Rating: NC17 | Year: 1991 | Running Time: 85 minutes
Sorry, this item is not available from ARTISTdirect.
This arresting feature debut from the always interesting Todd Haynes explores human differences and alienation in the form of three seamlessly interweaved storylines. As in Dottie Gets Spanked and Superstar: The Karen Carpenter Story, Haynes draws from familiar cinematic genres and devices to tell his distinct and bizarre tales. Genuinely subversive, even if its parts are sometimes greater than the whole, this film feels like the truest form of independent cinema -- endlessly inventive despite ...more
- Larry Maxwell - Dr. Graves
- Edith Meeks - Felicia Beacon
- Susan Norman - Nancy Olsen
- Millie White - Millie Sklar
- Scott Renderer - John Broom
- Buck Smith - Gregory Lazar
- James Lyons - Jack Bolton
- Edward Allen - Fred Beacon
- Richard Anthony - Edward Comacho
- Nino Bau - Fontenal Inmate
- Jason Bauer - Doran
- Andrew Bishop - Child's Hands
- Gideon Joslyn Brown - Baton Inmate
- Jim Cagnard - Bartender
- Todd Haynes - Director
- Christine Vachon - Producer
- Denny Vachlioti - Producer
- James Schamus - Producer
- Brian Greenbaum - Producer
- Todd Haynes - Screenwriter
- Chas Plummer - Art Director
- Lauren Zalaznick - Associate Producer
- Jessica Haston - Costume Designer
- Todd Haynes - Editor
- James Lyons - Editor
- James Bennett - Composer (Music Score)
- Sarah Stollman - Production Designer
- John Hansen - Production Designer











Plus