The Illiac Passion (1967)
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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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Richard BeauvaisPrometheusDavid BeauvaisPrometheus' ConscienceRobert AlvarezNarcissus
Taylor MeadThe Demon or SpriteSheila GaryEchoPeggy MurrayThe MuseTom VenturiHyacinthus
Tally BrownVenusKenneth KingAdonis
Gerard MalangaGanymedeJan ChippmanEurydice
Andy WarholPoseidonKeywords
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What is The Illiac Passion about?
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.
How long is The Illiac Passion?
The Illiac Passion has a runtime of 90 minutes.