Urinal


1h 40m 1988

Brief Synopsis

Eisenstein, Mishima, Frida Kahlo and other dead artists are uncannily summoned on a mission to probe the policing of public toilets in Ontario. They discover that, since 1981, hundreds of men have been arrested, victims of video surveillance. The key to all this seems to be a portrait of Dorian Gray

Film Details

Genre
Comedy
Drama
Release Date
1988

Technical Specs

Duration
1h 40m

Synopsis

Eisenstein, Mishima, Frida Kahlo and other dead artists are uncannily summoned on a mission to probe the policing of public toilets in Ontario. They discover that, since 1981, hundreds of men have been arrested, victims of video surveillance. The key to all this seems to be a portrait of Dorian Gray.

Film Details

Genre
Comedy
Drama
Release Date
1988

Technical Specs

Duration
1h 40m

Quotes

Trivia

Miscellaneous Notes

Released in United States 1988

Released in United States 1989

Released in United States February 1989

Released in United States June 1989

Released in United States September 1988

Shown at Berlin Film Festival (Panorama) February 18, 19 & 20, 1989.

Shown at Global Village Documentary Festival in Los Angeles June 16-24, 1989.

Shown at New York International Festival of Lesbian & Gay Film June 15, 16, 18 & 20, 1989.

Shown at Seattle International Film Festival May 11 - June 4, 1989.

Shown at Toronto Festival of Festivals (Perspectives Canada) September 8-17, 1988.

Feature directorial debut for filmmaker John Greyson.

Released in United States 1989 (Shown at Seattle International Film Festival May 11 - June 4, 1989.)

Released in United States 1988

Released in United States February 1989 (Shown at Berlin Film Festival (Panorama) February 18, 19 & 20, 1989.)

Released in United States June 1989 (Shown at Global Village Documentary Festival in Los Angeles June 16-24, 1989.)

Released in United States September 1988 (Shown at Toronto Festival of Festivals (Perspectives Canada) September 8-17, 1988.)

Released in United States 1989 (Shown in New York City (MoMA) October 13 - December 24, 1989.)

Released in United States June 1989 (Shown at New York International Festival of Lesbian & Gay Film June 15, 16, 18 & 20, 1989.)