The Illiac Passion

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. Working titles for the film were Prometheus Bound, Himself as Himself, and Eternity. The soundtrack is based on a recording of Markopoulos reading Henry David Thoreau's translation of Prometheus Bound.

Release
The Illiac Passion premiered at the Film-Maker's Cinematheque in April 1968. 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. A planned 1980 screening at the National Gallery of Athens was cancelled out of concern that the film contained nudity.