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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.

Top 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

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.

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