The Owl's Legacy

The Owl's Legacy (1989)


  • Genre: Documentary
  • First Air Date: 1989-06-12
  • Last Air Date: 1989-06-28
  • Total Seasons: 1
  • Total Episodes: 13
  • Status: Ended
  • Episode Runtime: 26 min.
  • Production Company: Attica Art Productions
  • Production Country: France
  • Networks: La Sept
  • Director: Chris Marker
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Summary

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.

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The Owl's Legacy Seasons

Season 1

First Air Date: 1989-06-12
13 Episodes

The Owl's Legacy Episodes

Title Air Date Duration
Season 1Episode 1Symposium ou les idées reçues min
Season 1Episode 2Olympisme ou la Grèce imaginaire min
Season 1Episode 3Démocratie ou la cité des songes min
Season 1Episode 4Nostalgie ou le retour impossible min
Season 1Episode 5Amnésie ou le sens de l'histoire min
Season 1Episode 6Mathématique ou l'empire des signes min
Season 1Episode 7Logomachie ou les mots de la tribu min
Season 1Episode 8Musique ou l'espace de dedans min
Season 1Episode 9Cosmogonie ou l'usage du monde min
Season 1Episode 10Mythologie ou la vérité du mensonge min
Season 1Episode 11Misogynie ou les pièges du désir min
Season 1Episode 12Tragédies ou l'illusion de la mort min
Season 1Episode 13Tragédies ou l'illusion de la mort min
  • André Dussollier

    as Narrator (voice)
Production Chris Marker Producer
Directing Chris Marker Director
Writing Jean-Claude Carrière Writer
Production Thierry Garrel Producer
Writing Chris Marker Writer
Editing Simone Nedjma Scialom Editor