The Illiac Passion

Plot Summary

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 Prometheus

David Beauvais Prometheus' Conscience

Robert Alvarez Narcissus

Taylor Mead The Demon or Sprite

Sheila Gary Echo