The Owl's Legacy

TV Show
TitleL'Héritage de la chouette
User score

9.5

Release dateJun 12, 1989
Release date of last episodeJun 28, 1989
GenreDocumentary
Production countryFrance
Production companiesAttica Art Productions, FIT Production, La Sept Cinéma
Series statusEnded
Seasons count1 (List of episodes)
Episodes count13
Run time26 min.

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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List of episodes

S1.E13 ∙ Philosophy, or the Owl's Triumph

Jun 28, 1989

S1.E12 ∙ Tragedy, or the Illusion of Death

Jun 27, 1989

S1.E11 ∙ Misogyny, or Desire's Traps

Jun 26, 1989

S1.E10 ∙ Mythology, or the Truth of Lies

Jun 23, 1989

S1.E9 ∙ Cosmogony, or the Use of the World

Jun 22, 1989

S1.E8 ∙ Music, or the Inner Space

Jun 21, 1989

S1.E7 ∙ Logomachy, or the Root of Words

Jun 20, 1989

S1.E6 ∙ Mathematics, or the Realm of Signs

Jun 19, 1989

S1.E5 ∙ Amnesia, or the Sense of History

Jun 16, 1989

S1.E4 ∙ Nostalgia, or the Impossible Return

Jun 15, 1989

S1.E3 ∙ Democracy, or the City of Dreams

Jun 14, 1989

S1.E2 ∙ Olympics, or the Imaginary Greece

Jun 13, 1989

S1.E1 ∙ Symposium, or the Received Ideas

Jun 12, 1989

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