The Illiac Passion (1967)

4.3 out of 10 · 1967 · 90 min · Drama, Fantasy

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.

Directed by Gregory J. Markopoulos

Cast

• Richard Beauvais as Prometheus
• David Beauvais as Prometheus' Conscience
• Robert Alvarez as Narcissus
• Taylor Mead as The Demon or Sprite
• Sheila Gary as Echo
• Peggy Murray as The Muse
• Tom Venturi as Hyacinthus
• Tally Brown as Venus
• Kenneth King as Adonis
• Gerard Malanga as Ganymede
• Jan Chippman as Eurydice
• Andy Warhol as Poseidon

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