The Illiac Passion

1967

90 min

3.5

Ends at

Prometheus, on an Odyssean journey, crosses the Brooklyn Bridge in search of the characters of his imagination. After meeting the Muse, he proceeds to the "forest." There, under an apple tree, he communes with his selves, represented by celebrated personages from the New York "underground scene" who appear as modern correlatives to the figures of Greek mythology. The filmmaker, who narrates the situations with a translation of Aeschylus' Prometheus Bound , finds the personalities of his characters to have a timeless universality.

Budget

$0

Genre

Drama

Director

Gregory J. Markopoulos

Country

United States of America

Cast & Crew

Richard Beauvais

David Beauvais

Robert Alvarez

Taylor Mead

Sheila Gary

Peggy Murray

Tom Venturi

Tally Brown

Kenneth King

Gerard Malanga

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The Illiac Passion

Prometheus, on an Odyssean journey, crosses the Brooklyn Bridge in search of the characters of his imagination. After meeting the Muse, he proceeds to the "forest." There, under an apple tree, he communes with his selves, represented by celebrated personages from the New York "underground scene" who appear as modern correlatives to the figures of Greek mythology. The filmmaker, who narrates the situations with a translation of Aeschylus' Prometheus Bound , finds the personalities of his characters to have a timeless universality.

  • Richard Beauvais

  • David Beauvais

  • Robert Alvarez

  • Taylor Mead

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