Antigone/Rites of Passion (1990)
85 min
This first feature by Amy Greenfield brings to the screen the story of the daughter of Oedipus in an emotionally relentless, visually stunning New Music Film Opera which challenges the conventions of narrative cinema to create a genre of its own. The 2500-year-old drama of the woman who defied the state to bury her brother is transformed through stark, ceaseless movement, haunting sounds and music (including themes from Glen Branca, David Van Tieghem, Elliot Sharp and Diamanda Galas) and words of outcry against our own world's injustice.
- Release date
- October 31, 1990
- Country of origin
- United States
- Music
- Glenn Branca, Diamanda Galás, Paul Lemos
Cast
- Bertram Ross as Oedipus
- Bertram Ross as Creon
- Janet Eilber as Ismene
- Amy Greenfield as Antigone
- Sean McElroy as Haemon
- Henry Montes as Polynices
- Silvio Facchin as Eteocles
- Boris McGiver as Guard
- Eric Villani as Guard
- Robert Lochren as Guard
- Keith Hart as Guard
Crew
- Amy Greenfield · Director
- Sophocles · Writer
- Amy Greenfield · Writer
- Amy Greenfield · Producer
- Glenn Branca · Composer
- Diamanda Galás · Composer
- Paul Lemos · Composer
- Elliott Sharp · Composer
- Hilary Harris · Cinematographer
- Judy Irola · Cinematographer
- Amy Greenfield · Editor