
An outrĂ© nonfiction offering from director Marie Losier, this lively and most assuredly provocative document details — in arty, roundabout fashion — the strange love affair between an aging proto-punk performance artist, Genesis P-Orridge (above right), and his younger muse, as they undergo a series of plastic surgeries to more closely resemble one another. A brisk watch at just over 70 minutes, The Ballad of Genesis and Lady Jaye evinces a loose sense of engagement just based on subject matter alone, but it unfortunately rather pathologically buries its lede regarding the abuse and trauma suffered by its subjects, thereby offering up only an inch-deep exploration of its wild and supposedly liberated behaviors. For the full, original review, from ShockYa, click here. (Adopt Films, unrated, 72 minutes)