A screening of the mythopoetic and homoerotic epic THE ILLIAC PASSION (1964-67) by the avant-garde filmmaker, Gregory J. Markopoulos. (Runtime: 92 minutes.)
THE ILLIAC PASSION retells the story of Aeschylus's Prometheus Bound, featuring several stars of the New York underground scene including Andy Warhol as Poseidon, Jack Smith as a beatnik Orpheus, and Taylor Mead as a demon. Markopoulos can be heard reading from Henry David Thoreau's translation of Prometheus Bound on the soundtrack.
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A screening of the mythopoetic and homoerotic epic THE ILLIAC PASSION (1964-67) by the avant-garde filmmaker, Gregory J. Markopoulos. (Runtime: 92 minutes.)
THE ILLIAC PASSION retells the story of Aeschylus's Prometheus Bound, featuring several stars of the New York underground scene including Andy Warhol as Poseidon, Jack Smith as a beatnik Orpheus, and Taylor Mead as a demon. Markopoulos can be heard reading from Henry David Thoreau's translation of Prometheus Bound on the soundtrack.
Preceded by FILM PORTRAITS (Markopoulos, 1966, 24 mins). Taken from Markopoulos's larger project GALAXIE (1966), these are ten experimental portraits of several of New York's East Village art scene in the 1960s, including Jasper Johns, W.H. Auden, Allen Ginsberg, and Jonas Mekas.
Tickets: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/gregory-j-markopoulos-portrait-and-myth-in-new-york-tickets-46181233312
