Poison

Poison

Movie |

Prison | Sexuality

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  • Genre(s): Drama, Horror, Science Fiction
  • Language(s): English
  • Director(s): Todd Haynes
  • Cast(s): Edith Meeks, Rob LaBelle, Evan Dunsky, Marina Lutz, Richard Anthony See all Cast & Crew
  • Duration: 1h 25min
  • Music: James Bennett
  • Award(s): Grand Jury Prize 1991 (Won)
    Golden Leopard 1991 (Nominated) Awards List
  • Similar To: A Quiet Place: Day One, Slanted
  • Story:
    Three intercut stories about outsiders, sex and violence. In "Hero," Richie, at age 7, kills his father and flies away. After the event, a documentary in cheesy lurid colors asks what Richie was like and what led up to the shooting. In the black and white "Horror," a scientist isolates the elixir of human sexuality, drinks it, and becomes a festering, contagious murderer; a female colleague who loves him tries to help, to her peril. In "Homo," a prisoner in Fontenal prison is drawn to an inmate whom he knew some years before, at Baton juvenile institute, and whose humiliations he witnessed. This story is told in dim light, except for the bright flashbacks.
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6.3/10
IMDb

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STORY AND RATINGS

Story
Three intercut stories about outsiders, sex and violence. In "Hero," Richie, at age 7, kills his father and flies away. After the event, a documentary in cheesy lurid colors asks what Richie was like and what led up to the shooting. In the black and white "Horror," a scientist isolates the elixir of human sexuality, drinks it, and becomes a festering, contagious murderer; a female colleague who loves him tries to help, to her peril. In "Homo," a prisoner in Fontenal prison is drawn to an inmate whom he knew some years before, at Baton juvenile institute, and whose humiliations he witnessed. This story is told in dim light, except for the bright flashbacks.
Ratings

6.3/10

IMDb

AWARDS

Won
Grand Jury Prize Award

Dramatic | 1991 | Todd

Critics Award

1992 | Todd

Teddy Award

Best Feature Film | 1991 | Todd

Nominations
Independent Spirit Award

Best First Feature | 1992 | Christine

Best Director | 1992 | Todd

International Fantasy Film Award

Best Film | 1992 | Todd

Best Film Award

1991 | Todd

BOX OFFICE

Budget 250,000 USD

Box Office Collection 609,524 USD

TRIVIA AND POPULAR DIALOGUES

Trivia

The quote by Jean Genet at the end reads: "A man must dream a long time in order to act with grandeur, and dreaming is nursed in darkness."

The film received a $25,000 completion grant from the National Endowment of the Arts. This caught the attention of Republican senator Jesse Helms, who in spite of not having seen the film declared it an abomination and a waste of taxpayer money.

John Leguizamo is credited as "Damien Garcia" due to an unspecified SAG rules problem.

Film debut of James Lyons. This also marked his first film as a film editor.

According to James Lyons, on the film's commentary, the film was at one point called "H".

Popular Dialogues

"John Broom: [V.O] Prison was not new to me. I'd lived in them all my life. In submitting to prison life, embracing it... I could reject the world that had rejected me."

"John Broom: Something about my memory of Bolton disturbed me but I could not put my finger on just what it was. All night long I built an imaginary life of which he was the center, and I always gave that life, which was begun over and over and transformed a dozen times, a violent end."

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