Prometheus Gives Fire to Man
from John Gross on Vimeo.
Shorter Version. 5 min.
Cannon 7-D. Experimental Film.
Michael Price as Prometheus
Brooke Somers as Kali
Immanuel Kant first coined the phrase “Modern Prometheus” when referring to Benjamin Franklin and his experiments with electricity. Mary Shelley also made use of the analogy.
“Sometimes an eagle screaming in the sky, sometimes a lion
Stalking upon the mountains, & sometimes a whale I lash
The raging fathomless abyss; anon a serpent folding
Around the pillars of Urthona; and round thy dark limbs.”
William Blake from “America.”
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