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What is Herostratus?
When a young poet hires a marketing company to turn his suicide into a mass-media spectacle, he finds that his subversive intentions are quickly diluted into a reactionary gesture.
- Type
- Film
- Year
- 1967
- Status
- Released
- Runtime
- 142 minutes
- Release date
- Jul 10, 1967
- Studios
- BBC, BFI Experimental Film Fund
- Genres
- Drama
- Updated
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When a young poet hires a marketing company to turn his suicide into a mass-media spectacle, he finds that his subversive intentions are quickly diluted into a reactionary gesture.
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