The Owl's Legacy
THE OWL’S LEGACY is an intellectually agile, engaging, and sometimes biting look at ancient Greece, its influences on Western culture—and how many eras have reinterpreted the Greek legacy to reflect their own needs. Each of the 13 episodes is centered on a potent Greek word: from “democracy” and “philosophy” to “mythology” and “misogyny.” Marker convenes and films symposia—meals featuring wine and thoughtful conversation—in locales including Paris, Tokyo, Tbilisi, Berkeley, and an olive grove on Athens’ outskirts. Footage from these banquets is interspersed with archival materials and interviews (often featuring a stylized or distorted owl image looming in the background). Marker’s diverse group of informants includes composers, politicians, classicists, historians, scientists, writers, filmmakers, and actors. Together their contributions form a compelling (and sometimes contradictory) cultural and historical exploration for each theme.
Year: 1989
Genre: Documentary
Country: France
Studio: La Sept
Director:
Cast: André Dussollier
Crew: Chris Marker (Producer), Chris Marker (Director), Jean-Claude Carrière (Writer), Thierry Garrel (Producer), Chris Marker (Writer), Simone Nedjma Scialom (Editor)
First Air Date: Jun 12, 1989
Last Air date: Jun 28, 1989
Season: 1 Season
Episode: 13 Episode
Runtime: 26 minutes
IMDb: 9.50/10 by 4.00 users
Popularity: 3.048
Language: English, French
Keyword : philosophy, politics
Season
Season 1
Episode
Symposium, or the Received Ideas
Olympics, or the Imaginary Greece
Democracy, or the City of Dreams
Nostalgia, or the Impossible Return
Amnesia, or the Sense of History
Mathematics, or the Realm of Signs
Logomachy, or the Root of Words
Music, or the Inner Space
Cosmogony, or the Use of the World
Mythology, or the Truth of Lies
Misogyny, or Desire's Traps
Tragedy, or the Illusion of Death
Philosophy, or the Owl's Triumph
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