IIkarus, 1974, 16mm film b/w

 

 

[He throws himsolf out into the air, his garments sustain him for a moment; his head, illumined, leaves a trail of light behind.]

CHORUS

Ikarus! Ikarus!

Oh but how sad it is!

[He falls, a handsome youth, at his parents' feet, resembling in death a well-known figure; his mortal part instantly fades, but the aureole rises cometlike into the heavens. Dress, cloak, and lyre are left lying on the ground.]

-Goethe, Faust part II