Poison

Titolo originale: Poison
Regia: Todd Haynes |
Anno: 1991
Origine: United States of America |
Generi: Dramma Horror Fantascienza
Tag: prison | sexual abuse | sexuality | poetry | punishment | love | murder | domestic abuse | disease | scientist | lgbt | 1980s | hiv/aids epidemic | queer allegory |
Cast: Edith Meeks | Millie White | Buck Smith | Anne Giotta | Lydia Lafleur | Ian Nemser | Rob LaBelle | Evan Dunsky | Marina Lutz | Barry Cassidy | Richard Anthony | Angela M. Schreiber | Justin Silverstein | Chris Singh | Edward Allen | Carlos Jimenez | Larry Maxwell | Susan Norman | Al Quagliata | Michelle Sullivan | Parlan McGaw | Frank O'Donnell | Melissa Brown | Joe Dietl | Don Damico | Charles Cavalier | Kyle De Camp | Aimee Scheff | Jessica | Lorraine Traverson | Phil W. Petrie | John C. Nadeau | James Cagnard | Lauren Zalaznick | Chris Henricks | Leah Mullen | Elyse Steinberg | Bruce Cook | Andrew Bishop | Tom McCullough | Chava Tiger | Jack Tiger | Frankie Waters | Richard Hansen | Gary Ray | Joe Glick | Scott Renderer | James Lyons | John R. Lombardi | Tony Pemberton | Andrew Harpending | Tony Gigante | Douglas Gibson | John Leguizamo | Les Simpson | Joey Grant | David Danford | Jason Bauer | Ken Schatz | Maurice Clapisson | Matthew Ebert | Marie-Françoise Vachon | Michael Silverman | Shaun Wilson | Nino Bua | Wayne Compton | Ray Dragon | John Duffy | John McGhee | Michael A. Miranda | Anthony J. Ribustello | Jonathan Smit | Oscar Tevez | Gideon Joslyn Brown | John Gleeson Connolly | Tom Cross | Eric Cubano | Dani Michaeli | Jim Fletcher | Tom Wayland | Norman Yugutta | Kelly Reichardt |

Tre storie parzialmente ispirate ai romanzi di Jean Genet (nello specifico "Notre Dame des Fleurs", "Il miracolo della rosa" e "Diario del ladro"). Con le sue tematiche gay, "Poison" è considerato uno dei film iniziatori del movimento del New Queer Cinema.