The Illiac Passion

Overview

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.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

December 30, 1967

Original language

English

Spoken languages

English

Countries

United States of America

Cast

Robert Alvarez,Sheila Gary,Phillip Klass,Richard Beauvais,Gerard Malanga,Carlos Anduze,Philip Merker,Taylor Mead,John Dowd,Clara Hooverand 16 more

Director

Gregory J. Markopoulos

Writer

Aeschylus,Henry David Thoreau,Gregory J. Markopoulos

Producer

Gregory J. Markopoulos

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0136261