Herostratus

Summary 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 revealed as a desperate attempt to seek attention through celebrity. View more details

Herostratus

Directed : Don Levy

Written : Don Levy Alan Daiches

Stars : Michael Gothard Gabriella Licudi Peter Stephens Antony Paul

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Genres : Drama

Release date : May 31, 1967

Countries of origin : United Kingdom

Language : English

Production companies : British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) BFI Experimental Film Fund I Films

Summary 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 revealed as a desperate attempt to seek attention through celebrity. View more details

Details

Genres : Drama

Release date : May 31, 1967

Countries of origin : United Kingdom

Language : English

Production companies : British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) BFI Experimental Film Fund I Films

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