Dionysus (1970)

Filmed stageplay based on the ancient greek play The Bacchae written by Euripides. This play is performed by members of The Performance Group, an NYC experimental theater group who has made... See full summary »

Directors:

Brian De Palma, Richard Schechner

Writers:

William Arrowsmith, Euripides (play)

Stars:

Remi Barclay, Samuel Blazer, Jason Bosseau

1 nomination.

Cast

Credited cast:
Remi Barclay	...	John
Samuel Blazer	...	Dionysus
Jason Bosseau	...	Dionysus
Richard Dia	...	Dionysus
William Finley	...	Dionysus
Joan MacIntosh	...	Dionysus
Vicki May	...	Dionysus
Patrick McDermott	...	Dionysus
Margaret Ryan	...	Dionysus
Will Shepherd	...	Pentheus
Ciel Smith	...	Dionysus

Storyline

Filmed stageplay based on the ancient greek play The Bacchae written by Euripides. This play is performed by members of The Performance Group, an NYC experimental theater group who has made their own personal adaptation of this ancient text. Filmed by Brian DePalma.

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Plot Keywords:

1960s | theater | split screen | live performance | stage | 

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Taglines:

A Celebration of Feeling, Loving, Wanting, Killing, Hearing, Tasting, Touching, Living.

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Genres:

Drama

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Certificate:

X

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

22 March 1970 (USA)

Also Known As:

Dionysus in '69

Company Credits

Production Co:

Performance Group

Technical Specs

Runtime:

85 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Black and White

Did You Know?

Trivia

Brian De Palma:  [Split Screen]  The entire film is shown in split screen.

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Connections

Remake of Bondage Gladiator Sexy (1961)

User Reviews

Almost completely unwatchable at times but it has a good story and way of storytelling.

Guess this sort of stuff just isn't my cup of tea. There are some weird and odd moments in this filmed 'stage' performance of the Greek play The Bacchantes. Not everything made an awful lot of sense to me and that is the reason why to me some of the scene's were totally impossible to follow, making this movie an almost completely unwatchable one at times.

Still the story is intriguing enough and so is the way it is told. The two main characters are extremely well performed by Will Shepherd and William Finley. The two of them also have some great stage chemistry together.

The way Brian De Palma cut this movie entirely in split screen makes the story work even better and certainly doesn't make this movie a boring one to watch. There is always something happening and the split screen help to make the story and scene's work better since you can obviously show and tell more within 2 screens than in rather just 1 of course.

It's an interesting, intriguing and certainly unusual project to watch. This sort of stuff isn't exactly my idea of having a good and fun time of watching something but it still was a good experience to watch, that certainly does have its moments.

6/10

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