Herostratus
BFI (1967)
Drama
In Collection
#5838
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Seen ItYes
5035673010372
IMDB   6.7
2 hr 23 mins USA / English
DVD  Region B   NR
Michael Gothard Max
Gabriella Licudi Clio
Peter Stephens Farson
Anthony Paul Pointer
Mona Chin Sandy
Helen Mirren
Brigitte St. John
Hilda Marvin
Vivienne Myles
Ines Levy
Charlotte Wolff
Max Latimer
Richard Huggett
Alan Ginsberg
Malcolm Muggeridge Voice
Director
Don Levy
Producer James Quinn
Don Levy
Writer Don Levy
Alan Daiches
Cinematography Keith Allams
Musician John Mayer
Halim El-Dabh


When Max, a young poet 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 revealed as a desperate attempt to seek attention through celebrity. Written by Anonymous
Edition Details
Edition BFI Flipside
Release Date 8/24/2009
Packaging Keep Case
Screen Ratio Fullscreen (4:3)
Subtitles English; English (Closed Captioned)
Audio Tracks Mono [English]
Layers Single Side, Dual Layer
No. of Disks/Tapes 2

Features
Disc 01 Rare audio interview with Don Levy (1973, 38min). Ten Thousand Talents (1960,25min): Levy's student film, set in Cambridge, featuring the voice of Peter Cook. Time Is (1964, 29min): Levy's remarkable documentary. Five Films (1967, 8min): Levy's hypnotic experiments in film editing techniques.