Herostratus

1967 NR 2h 22m 6.7

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...

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.

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Info about Herostratus

Studio(s): BBC, BFI Experimental Film Fund

Originally Released: Jul 10, 1967

Production Country: United Kingdom

Genres: Drama