The Illiac Passion
| The Illiac Passion | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Gregory Markopoulos |
| Based on | Prometheus Bound by Aeschylus |
Release date |
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Running time | 90 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
The Illiac Passion is a 1968 American avant-garde film directed by Gregory Markopoulos.
Production
[edit]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
[edit]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 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
[edit]- ^ MacDonald 2006, p. 81.
- ^ Michelakis 2013, p. 91.
- ^ Markopoulos, Gregory (1972). "Love's Task (On Robert Beavers' New Film)". Film Culture. Vol. 53–55. p. 94.
- ^ Adler, Renata (April 19, 1968). "The Screen: Markopoulos From the Underground". The New York Times. Retrieved July 2, 2024.
- ^ Sitney, P. Adams (October 1968). "Report on the Fourth International Experimental Film Exposition at Knokke-le-Zoute". Film Culture. Vol. 46. p. 7.
- ^ Balsom 2017, pp. 204–205.
- ^ "Essential Cinema". Anthology Film Archives. Retrieved September 28, 2024.
Bibliography
[edit]- Balsom, Erika (2017). After Uniqueness: A History of Film and Video Art in Circulation. Columbia University Press. ISBN 978-0-231-17692-7.
- MacDonald, Scott (2006). A Critical Cinema 5: Interviews with Independent Filmmakers. University of California Press. ISBN 978-0-520-93908-0.
- Michelakis, Pantelis (2013). Greek Tragedy on Screen. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-923907-8.
External links
[edit]- The Illiac Passion at IMDb
- The Illiac Passion at the Temenos
