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Herostratus is a 1967 British experimental drama film directed and produced by Don Levy, with the assistance of James Quinn. The film follows a young poet named Max (Michael Gothard), who out of ennui and a desire for fame arranges with the marketer Farson (Peter Stephens) to commit suicide in public.
Herostratus: Directed by Don Levy. With Michael Gothard, Gabriella Licudi, Peter Stephens, Antony Paul. When young poet Max (Michael Gothard) hires a marketing company to turn his suicide-by-jumping into a mass-media spectacle, he finds that his subversive intentions are quickly diluted into a reactionary gesture, and his motivations are ...
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- Drama
- Don Levy
- 1967-06
When a young poet hires a marketing company to turn his suicide into a mass-media spectacle, he finds that his subversive intentions are quickly diluted into a reactionary gesture.
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- BBC, BFI Experimental Film Fund
- Don Levy
Herostratus. Helen Mirren makes her film debut in the tale of a young poet (Michael Gothard) intent on turning his suicide into a mass-media spectacle. 33 IMDb 6.7 2 h 23 min 1967. X-Ray NR. Drama.
Herostratus is a 1967 British experimental drama film directed and produced by Don Levy, with the assistance of James Quinn. The film follows a young poet named Max, who out of ennui and a desire for fame arranges with the marketer Farson to commit suicide in public.
Michael Gothard, Gabriella Licudi, Peter Stephens. Running time. 142 minutes. This audacious and prescient work left a profound mark on the landscape of late-1960s British cinema, with elements of its visual style evident in the work of Stanley Kubrick and Nicolas Roeg.
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