Jerome Hiler was an assistant on The Illiac Passion, working on costumes and scouting locations.
[2] The soundtrack is based on a recording of Markopoulos reading Henry David Thoreau's translation of Prometheus Bound.
The festival jury made the controversial decision not to consider The Illiac Passion for any prizes, since Markopoulos had previously won for Twice a Man.
[5] A planned 1980 screening at the National Gallery of Athens was cancelled out of concern that the film contained nudity.
[6] The Illiac Passion is now part of Anthology Film Archives' Essential Cinema Repertory collection.