The Illiac Passion (1967)
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.
Casting arrow_drop_down
Richard Beauvais
as Prometheus
as Prometheus
David Beauvais
as Prometheus' Conscience
as Prometheus' Conscience
Robert Alvarez
as Narcissus
as Narcissus
Taylor Mead
as The Demon or Sprite
as The Demon or Sprite
Sheila Gary
as Echo
as Echo
Peggy Murray
as The Muse
as The Muse
Tom Venturi
as Hyacinthus
as Hyacinthus
Tally Brown
as Venus
as Venus
Kenneth King
as Adonis
as Adonis
Gerard Malanga
as Ganymede
as Ganymede
Jan Chippman
as Eurydice
as Eurydice
Andy Warhol
as Poseidon
as Poseidon
Phillip Klass
as Daedalus
as Daedalus
Margot Brier
as Pandora
as Pandora
Paul Swan
as Zeus
as Zeus
Wayne Weber
as Icarus
as Icarus
Carlos Anduze
as Hades
as Hades
Stella Dundas
as The Moon Goddess
as The Moon Goddess
John Dowd
as Endymion
as Endymion
Philip Merker
as Apollo
as Apollo
Beverly Grant
as Persephone
as Persephone
Clara Hoover
as Io
as Io
Gregory Battcock
as Phaeton
as Phaeton
Philip Fagan
as Cupid
as Cupid
Gregory J. Markopoulos
as Narrator / The Filmmaker
as Narrator / The Filmmaker
Jack Smith
as Orpheus
as Orpheus
Crew arrow_drop_down
Gregory J. Markopoulos
Director
Director
Aeschylus
Theatre Play
Theatre Play
Gregory J. Markopoulos
Cinematography
Cinematography
Gregory J. Markopoulos
Editor
Editor
Gregory J. Markopoulos
Writer
Writer
Jerome Hiler
Costume Design
Costume Design
Béla Bartók
Music
Music
Gregory J. Markopoulos
Producer
Producer
