Episode 723: Poison (1991)

The Projection Booth Podcast

The Projection Booth

Film Reviews, Film Interviews, Film History, Tv & Film

4.8 • 686 Ratings

🗓️ 1 January 2025

⏱️ 95 minutes

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Summary

Starting 2025 with a bang, we're diving into Todd Haynes's groundbreaking debut, Poison (1991). Co-hosted by the fabulous Rahne Alexander and Kyler Fey himself, this episode unpacks the audacious triptych of tales—Hero, Horror, and Homo—that propelled Haynes to indie cinema stardom. Bold, provocative, and unapologetically queer, Poison challenges conventions and leaves an indelible mark on the New Queer Cinema movement. Join us as we explore the film’s layered narratives, its haunting aesthetics, and its enduring impact.

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0:00.0	Hold your ears, folks. It's showtime.
0:08.6	People pay good money to see this movie.
0:10.9	When they go out to a theater, they want cold sodas, hot popcorn, and no monsters in the projection booth.
0:17.3	Everyone pretend podcasting isn't boring.
0:20.2	Shut it off.
0:25.5	Turn it off.
0:27.5	Turn it off.
0:31.5	Andrew! By the time I was 16 years old, I was notorious as a kid with a terrific knack for theft.
0:53.0	Foster homes would no longer take me,
0:55.0	and I was sent to the boy's reformatory of Baton.
1:01.0	There, in the counterfeit world of men among men,
1:05.0	I found my true family.
1:19.6	At Baton, I was astounded by the discovery that each male had a male of his own, and that the world of force and manly beauty loved in that way within itself, from link to link.
1:28.3	It was from then on when they merged in shadow that each group offered me a puzzle.
1:50.0	The stiff, silent males possessed the violence of love, and my life's study would be to find it.
2:06.6	16 years had passed
2:11.6	when the maximum security prison of Fontenol
2:14.6	brought me face to face with my deliverance.
2:20.3	Jack Bolt.
2:22.3	Age 28.
2:25.3	175 pounds.
2:27.5	75 inches.
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