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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The Illiac Passion Cast
| Name |
Character |
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Gerard Malanga
He was 24, now 81 years old
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as Ganymede |
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Andy Warhol
He was 39, 58 years old when he died
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as Poseidon |
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Beverly Grant
She was 2, 19 years old when she died
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as Persephone |
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Jack Smith
He was 35, 56 years old when he died
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as Orpheus |
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Taylor Mead
He was 43, 88 years old when he died
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as The Demon or Sprite |
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Tally Brown
She was 33, 54 years old when she died
|
as Venus |
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Gregory J. Markopoulos
He was 39, 64 years old when he died
|
as Narrator / The Filmmaker |
The Illiac Passion Crew
