The Illiac Passion

The Illiac Passion (1967)

4.3 90 min Movie
DramaFantasy

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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Cast

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

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