Karen Finley

Acting

Karen Finley

Karen Finley is an American performance artist, musician and poet. Her performance art, recordings, and books are used as forms of activism. Her work frequently uses nudity and profanity.

Known For

PhiladelphiaPhiladelphia · 1993
Philadelphia
7.71993
MovieDrama
Two competing lawyers join forces to sue a prestigious law firm for AIDS discrimination. As their unlikely friendship develops, their courage overcomes the prejudice and corruption of their powerful adversaries.
Fresh KillFresh Kill · 1996
Fresh Kill
5.31996
MovieScience FictionDrama
Shareen and Claire, a lesbian couple living on Staten Island, find themselves ensnared in a vast conspiracy involving a ghost ship of nuclear refuse, ominous television commercials, and deadly cat food.
Karen Finley LiveKaren Finley Live · 2004
Karen Finley Live
8.52004
MovieDocumentary
The Karen Finley Live DVD features performances of her works "Shut Up and Love Me" and "Make Love", which were presented in 2001.
12 Rounds12 Rounds · 2000
12 Rounds
7.32000
Movie
Brian Buzzini plays a bisexual boxer who's fighting his sexual orientation as well as his opponents.
The Hardcore CollectionThe Hardcore Collection · 2000
The Hardcore Collection
2000
MovieHorror
A fringe film collective of edge-dwelling New York nihilist punks and crazies whose main pathological protagonist triumvirate were voyeur smackhead Richard Kern, pouting artpunk Nick Zedd and damaged psychescream queen Lydia Lunch.
Pranks!Pranks! · 1988
Pranks!
10.01988
MovieDocumentary
Video accompaniment to the book of the same name released by RE/SEARCH magazine, featuring interviews with Survival Research Lab's Mark Pauline, Joe Coleman, Karen Finley, Boyd Rice, and Frank Discussion. "Five Fabulously Funny Interviews with Fiendishly Flamboyant Pranksters discussing diabolical (and sometimes illegal) deeds. Dazzling deceptions and put-ons from some of the most outrageous artists living today."
You Killed Me FirstYou Killed Me First · 1985
You Killed Me First
4.71985
MovieDramaHorror
Elizabeth bristles at the religious directives of her parents, asserting her right to personhood outside demure hairstyles and turkey dinners, constructing voodoo dolls and entertaining other manners of dark drawing in her dank emo-den. When confronted with the humanity and hypocrisy of her tormentors, the young antihero vanquishes their belief systems (and bodies) asserting, "You killed me first!"
The GeniusThe Genius · 1993
The Genius
7.01993
MovieComedyCrime
A ramshackle underground SF satire set and shot in the self-absorbed art world of lower Manhattan, written, produced, and directed by Joe Gibbons, who also plays one of the lead parts. Gibbons plays a mad scientist who's developed a technique for transferring personalities from one person's body to another; he becomes obsessed with an outlaw artist (played by performance artist Karen Finley) who destroys paintings in various galleries as a form of anarchist, anticapitalist protest.

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