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Dottie Gets Spanked
1994. USA. Todd Haynes. 30 min.
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Poison
1991. USA. Todd Haynes. 85 min.
Introduced by Haynes
Friday, June 27, 2008, 8:30 p.m.
Theater 2 (The Roy and Niuta Titus Theater 2), T2
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Dottie Gets Spanked
1994. USA. Written and directed by Todd Haynes. With Evan Bonifant, Barbara Garrick, Julie Halston. In this sly featurette, fans of Haynes's much lauded Far from Heaven (2002) will find an early indication of his uncanny ability to capture suburban unease and buried, transgressive sexual desires. 30 min.
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Poison
1991. USA. Written and directed by Todd Haynes. Based on the novels of Jean Genet. With Edith Meeks, Millie White, Buck Smith. It's hard to overstate the impact of Todd Haynes's remarkable feature debut. Inspired by the writings of Genet, Poison rocked the independent film world when it won the Grand Jury Prize at Sundance and helped launch a decade-long wave of New Queer Cinema. The film was also attacked by the religious right, a headline-grabbing feat at a time when AIDS and gay activism were entering mainstream dialogues on a critical scale. A seminal work of artistic innovation, the film remains powerfully engaging today. 85 min.
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