The Illiac Passion

The Illiac Passion
Directed byGregory Markopoulos
Based onPrometheus Bound
by Aeschylus
Release date
  • April 1968 (1968-04)
Running time
90 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

The Illiac Passion is a 1968 American avant-garde film directed by Gregory Markopoulos.

Production

Jerome Hiler was an assistant on The Illiac Passion, working on costumes and scouting locations.[1] Working titles for the film were Prometheus Bound, Himself as Himself, and Eternity.[2] The soundtrack is based on a recording of Markopoulos reading Henry David Thoreau's translation of Prometheus Bound.[3]

Release

The Illiac Passion premiered at the Film-Maker's Cinematheque in April 1968.[4] The film screened at the fourth Knokke-Le-Zoute Experimental Film Festival [fr] in 1967. The festival jury made the controversial decision not to consider The Illiac Passion for any prizes, since Markopoulos had previously won for Twice a Man.[5] A planned 1980 screening at the National Gallery of Athens was cancelled out of concern that the film contained nudity.[6] The Illiac Passion is now part of Anthology Film Archives' Essential Cinema Repertory collection.[7]

References

  1. ^ MacDonald 2006, p. 81.
  2. ^ Michelakis 2013, p. 91.
  3. ^ Markopoulos, Gregory (1972). "Love's Task (On Robert Beavers' New Film)". Film Culture. Vol. 53–55. p. 94.
  4. ^ Adler, Renata (April 19, 1968). "The Screen: Markopoulos From the Underground". The New York Times. Retrieved July 2, 2024.
  5. ^ Sitney, P. Adams (October 1968). "Report on the Fourth International Experimental Film Exposition at Knokke-le-Zoute". Film Culture. Vol. 46. p. 7.
  6. ^ Balsom 2017, pp. 204–205.
  7. ^ "Essential Cinema". Anthology Film Archives. Retrieved September 28, 2024.

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