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.
Cast
Richard BeauvaisPrometheus
David BeauvaisPrometheus' Conscience
Robert AlvarezNarcissus
Taylor MeadThe Demon or SpriteSheila GaryEcho
Peggy MurrayThe Muse
Tom VenturiHyacinthus
Tally BrownVenus
Kenneth KingAdonis
Gerard MalangaGanymedeJan ChippmanEurydice
Andy WarholPoseidonCrew
DirectorGregory J. Markopoulos
Details
Release DateDecember 30, 1967
LanguagesEnglish
