The Illiac Passion
1967 | 90m | English
Popularity: 0.2 (history)
| Director: | Gregory J. Markopoulos |
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| Writer: | Gregory J. Markopoulos, Henry David Thoreau |
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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. | |
| Release Date: | Dec 30, 1967 |
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| Director: | Gregory J. Markopoulos |
| Writer: | Gregory J. Markopoulos, Henry David Thoreau |
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| Keywords | greek mythology, bisexuality, homoeroticism |
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Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Jan 19, 2026 Entered: May 05, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
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| Richard Beauvais | Prometheus |
| David Beauvais | Prometheus' Conscience |
| Robert Alvarez | Narcissus |
| Taylor Mead | The Demon or Sprite |
| Sheila Gary | Echo |
| Peggy Murray | The Muse |
| Tom Venturi | Hyacinthus |
| Tally Brown | Venus |
| Kenneth King | Adonis |
| Gerard Malanga | Ganymede |
| Jan Chippman | Eurydice |
| Andy Warhol | Poseidon |
| Phillip Klass | Daedalus |
| Margot Brier | Pandora |
| Paul Swan | Zeus |
| Wayne Weber | Icarus |
| Carlos Anduze | Hades |
| Stella Dundas | The Moon Goddess |
| John Dowd | Endymion |
| Philip Merker | Apollo |
| Beverly Grant | Persephone |
| Clara Hoover | Io |
| Gregory Battcock | Phaeton |
| Philip Fagan | Cupid |
| Gregory J. Markopoulos | Narrator / The Filmmaker |
| Jack Smith | Orpheus |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Béla Bartók | Music |
| Gregory J. Markopoulos | Writer, Director, Editor, Cinematography |
| Jerome Hiler | Costume Design |
| Aeschylus | Theatre Play |
| Henry David Thoreau | Adaptation |
| Name | Title |
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| Gregory J. Markopoulos | Producer |
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