Movie

Narcissus (1957)

• January 30, 1957
• 59m

Overview

A film poem, a re-telling of the Greek myth in modern terms. In the traditional pool the water has become muddy and Narcissus finds that mirrors are more rewarding for the study of his changing reflections. There are three mirrors, each reflecting a dramatic study in self-love. The first, love that deserves the adoration of the opposite sex; the second, homosexual love that investigates itself and its own sex; the third, love that insures one a place in the present and history.

Director

Willard Maas

Writers

Willard Maas

Starring

Marie Menken, Judith Malina, Julian Beck