UW Cinematheque - At the Chazen: The Spirit of Zeitgeist
Poison | USA | 1991 | 35mm | 85 min. Director: Todd Haynes
Event Details
Date
Sunday, September 27, 2026
Time
2 p.m.
Location
Description
Cast: Edith Meeks, Scott Renderer, James Lyons
Notoriously renown for the bevy of right-wing protests sparked by its initial release, Haynes’ first feature strings together the brutally sadistic tales of a father gunned down by his 7-year old son, a mad-scientist’s STD-inducing love potion, and a berated homosexual prisoner hopelessly enamored with his fellow inmate.
Notoriously renown for the bevy of right-wing protests sparked by its initial release, Haynes’ first feature strings together the brutally sadistic tales of a father gunned down by his 7-year old son, a mad-scientist’s STD-inducing love potion, and a berated homosexual prisoner hopelessly enamored with his fellow inmate.
Cost
Free
Contact
Accessibility
We value inclusion and access for all participants and are pleased to provide reasonable accommodations for this event. Please email jehealy@wisc.edu to make a disability-related accommodation request. Requests should be made by Sunday, September 13, 2026, though reasonable effort will be made to support late accommodation requests.