The Illiac Passion
- Drama
- Fantasy
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.
Cast
- Richard Beauvais
Richard Beauvais
Prometheus
- David Beauvais
David Beauvais
Prometheus' Conscience
- Robert Alvarez
Robert Alvarez
Narcissus
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
Ganymede
- Jan Chippman
Jan Chippman
Eurydice
Andy Warhol
Poseidon
- Phillip Klass
Phillip Klass
Daedalus
- Margot Brier
Margot Brier
Pandora
Paul Swan
Zeus
- Wayne Weber
Wayne Weber
Icarus
- Carlos Anduze
Carlos Anduze
Hades
- Stella Dundas
Stella Dundas
The Moon Goddess
- John Dowd
John Dowd
Endymion
- Philip Merker
Philip Merker
Apollo
- Beverly Grant
Beverly Grant
Persephone
- Clara Hoover
Clara Hoover
Io
- Gregory Battcock
Gregory Battcock
Phaeton
- Philip Fagan
Philip Fagan
Cupid
- Gregory J. Markopoulos
Gregory J. Markopoulos
Narrator / The Filmmaker
Jack Smith
Orpheus
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