The Illiac Passion (1967)

The Illiac Passion (1967)

1967-12-30 United States of America 90 Min. PG-13
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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 Beauvais is Prometheus
David Beauvais is Prometheus' Conscience
Prometheus' Conscience
Robert Alvarez is Narcissus
Taylor Mead is The Demon or Sprite
The Demon or Sprite
Peggy Murray is The Muse
The Muse
Tom Venturi is Hyacinthus
Hyacinthus
Kenneth King is Adonis
Gerard Malanga is Ganymede
Jan Chippman is Eurydice
Eurydice
Andy Warhol is Poseidon
Poseidon