The Genesis Children
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| The Genesis Children | |
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| Directed by | Anthony Aikman |
| Produced by | Billy Byars, Jr. |
| Written by | Anthony Aikman Billy Byars, Jr. Barbara Smith |
| Starring | Vincent Child Greg Hill Peter Glawson David Johnson Jack Good |
| Music by | Jerry Styner |
| Cinematography | Bill Dewar |
| Editing by | Jeremy Hoenack |
| Running time | 85 mins |
| Country | USA |
| Language | English |
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'The Genesis Children' is an art film made in 1972 by Lyric Productions, a company that specialized in photographing underage male nudes.[citation needed] The movie is highly controversial due to extensive full nudity scenes of teenage and preteen boys.
The movie itself has been widely panned, though many critics praised the film's musical score.[citation needed]
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[edit] Synopsis
The plot of the movie is convoluted and rather loose. It concerns a priest who gathers together a group of boys, both American and European, and takes them to a beach on the Mediterranian Sea. There he has plans to stage a play based on the biblical book of Genesis.
Throughout the movie, the boys in question are frequently entirely nude and are shown frolicking in the surf, building shelters, driving a van and climbing up cliffs.
[edit] Controversy
Not surprisingly, the extensive amount of juvenile nudity has inspired more than a little bit of controversy.[citation needed] The film is now available on both VHS and DVD. It also frequently appears on Ebay and Amazon.
[edit] Rating
The MPAA film classification database lists an X rating for the film.[1]
"The Genesis Children is really a very benign film. It was only the cumulative amount of nudity and the closeup shots of the pelvic area that brought about the X decision. Even the violence of the scene in which the boys attack the bus is well within the R category," said Dr. Aaron Stern, director of MPAA's code and rating administration.[2]
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[edit] References
- ^ MPAA ratings database search on main page
- ^ Swisher, Viola Hegyi: "Generating The Genesis Children", After Dark, September 1972, p. 18
