The Illiac Passion

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.

Country:

United States of America

Genre:

Drama

Duration:

90 minutes

Year:

1967

Director:

Gregory J. Markopoulos

Cast:

Prometheus

Prometheus' Conscience

Narcissus

The Demon or Sprite

Echo

Crew:

Director

Cinematography

Editor

Writer

Costume Design