The Illiac Passion

Gender: Drama

Director: Gregory J. Markopoulos

Date of release: 30 Dec 1967

Description

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.

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Runtime	90 minute
Language	English
Themes	experimental lgbt avant-garde homoeroticism greek mythology
Actors	Paul Swan Andy Warhol Taylor Mead Gerard Malanga Tally Brown Jack Smith Gregory J. Markopoulos Beverly Grant Gregory Battcock Kenneth King Philip Fagan Richard Beauvais David Beauvais Robert Alvarez Sheila Gary Peggy Murray Tom Venturi Jan Chippman Phillip Klass Margot Brier Wayne Weber Carlos Anduze Stella Dundas John Dowd Philip Merker Clara Hoover