The Owl's Legacy
L'Héritage de la chouette (The Owl's Legacy) was written by Jean Claude-Carrière and Chris Marker, directed by Chris Marker, commissioned by S.E.P.T. and financed by the Onassis Foundation. The series was filmed in Tblisi, Athens, Paris, Berkeley and Tokyo, with appearances from Iannis Xenakis, Michel Serres, Cornelius Castoriadis and others, screened on the Franco-German TV network Arte in 1989 and on Channel 4 in 1991 (where it was voiced by Bob Peck). The series was never broadcasted in Greece, since the Onassis Foundation had taken offence at George Steiner’s statement that ancient Greece was nothing to do with modern Greece; that modern Greece was a farce and a joke. The foundation had demanded an apology. Marker gave them space to respond to Steiner, but the foundation were not content with this. (Source)
1989, France/Greece, col., Beta sp, Television Mini-Series, 13 episodes x 26'.
Contents
- 1 Episode 1: Symposium, or Accepted Ideas
- 2 Episode 2: Olympics, or Imaginary Greece
- 3 Episode 3: Democracy, or the City of Dreams
- 4 Episode 4: Nostalgia, or the Impossible Return
- 5 Episode 5: Amnesia, or History on the March
- 6 Episode 6: Mathematics, or the Empire Counts Back
- 7 Episode 7: Logomachy, or the Dialect of the Tribe
- 8 Episode 8: Music, or Inner Space
- 9 Episode 9: Cosmogony, or the Ways of the World
- 10 Episode 10: Mythology, or Lies like Truth
- 11 Episode 11: Misogyny, or the Snares of Desire
- 12 Episode 12: Tragedy, or the Illusion of Death
- 13 Episode 13: Philosophy, or the Triumph of the Owl
- 14 Credits
Episode 1: Symposium, or Accepted Ideas[edit]
26 min. Download (WEBM)
Episode 2: Olympics, or Imaginary Greece[edit]
26 min. Download (WEBM)
Episode 3: Democracy, or the City of Dreams[edit]
26 min. Download (WEBM)
Episode 4: Nostalgia, or the Impossible Return[edit]
26 min. Download (WEBM)
Episode 5: Amnesia, or History on the March[edit]
26 min. Download (WEBM)
Episode 6: Mathematics, or the Empire Counts Back[edit]
26 min. Download (WEBM)
Episode 7: Logomachy, or the Dialect of the Tribe[edit]
26 min. Download (WEBM)
Episode 8: Music, or Inner Space[edit]
26 min. Download (WEBM)
Episode 9: Cosmogony, or the Ways of the World[edit]
26 min. Download (WEBM)
Episode 10: Mythology, or Lies like Truth[edit]
26 min. Download (WEBM)
Episode 11: Misogyny, or the Snares of Desire[edit]
26 min. Download (WEBM)
Episode 12: Tragedy, or the Illusion of Death[edit]
26 min. Download (WEBM)
Episode 13: Philosophy, or the Triumph of the Owl[edit]
16 of 26 min (incomplete). Download (WEBM)
Credits[edit]
- With
Daniel Andler, Theo Angelopoulos, Kostas Axelos, Catherine Belkhodja, Linos Benakis, Richard Bennett, Christiane Bron, Cornelius Castoriadis, Sophie Chauveau, Dimitri Delis, Patrick Deschamps, Marcel Detienne, Arielle Dombasle, Françoise Frontisi-Ducroux, Kostas Georgousopoulos, Mark Griffith, David Halperin, Mina Himona, Angélique Ionatos, Viatcheslav Ivanov, Michel Jobert, Lee Kaminski, Lika Kavjaradze, Elia Kazan, Nancy Laughlin, François Lissarrague, Baltasar Lopes, Otar Lordkipanidzé, Merab Mamardachvili, Fouli Manelopoulos, Guivi Margvelachvili, Matta, Melina Mercouri, Spiros Mercouris, Alex Minotis, Oswyn Murray, Michael Nagler, Yukio Ninagawa, Tatiana Papamashou, Amy Phillips, Marios Ploritis, Thomas Rosenmayer, Mihalis Sakellariou, Renate Schleisser, Alain Schnapp, Michel Serres, Giulia Sissa, Manuela Smith, Deborah Steiner, George Steiner, Nikos Svoronos, Leonid Tchelidzé, Evi Touloupa, Vassilis Vassilikos, Jean-Pierre Vernant, John Winkler, Iannis Xenakis, Atsuhiko Yoshida
- Music
Eleni Karaindrou (solos/Ian Garbarek/Nana Vasconcelos), Christelle Kosc/UPIC, Krzystof Penderecki, Herbert Windt, Michel Krasna [C.M.], J.s. Bach, Iannis Xenakis/UPIC, François-Bernard Mâche/UPIC, Christelle Kosc/UPIC, Pierre Bernard/UPIC, Leos Janacek, Giovanni Fusco, Ludwig van Beethoven.
UPIC: Alain Desprès, Agnès Frontisi, Laurence Braunberger, Thierry Kimmel, Ramuntcho Matta
Excerpts: O Hélios O Héliatora by Angélique Ionatos (poem by Odysseus Elytis)
DFR: Florence Malraux, Valérie de Ricquebourg, Carline Bouilhet, Diana Garcia, Laurence Brauberger, Françoise Widhoff
- Quotes
Paris 1900 (Nicole Védrès), Olympia (L[eni] Riefenstahl), On vous parle de Grece (Slon), L'Odisse A (Bertolini/Padovan/Liguoro), America America (Elia Kazan), Skinoussa (Jean Baronnet), Tragédie Egéenne (Basil Maros), Avant-poste (David Niles), Rythmetic - Ligens horizontales homage to Norman McLaren and to the National Film Board of Canada, Arcana (Maurice Le Roux) – by Ph. Vaudoux, Acropole (Kostas Vretakos), Hiroshima mon amour (Alain Resnais), Medee (Yukio Ninagawa)
- Voice over
André Dussolier
- Edited by
Khadicha Bariha, Nedjma Scialom
- Photographed
Emiko Omori, Peter Chapell
- From an idea
Jean-Claude Carrière
- Written
Jean-Claude Carrière and Chris Marker
- Language
English, and French, Georgian, Greek with English subtitles
- Co-production
ATTICA ART PRODUCTIONS INC (Onassis Foundation), LA S.E.P.T. (Thierry Garrel), FIT PRODUCTION with the participation of SOFICA IMAGES INVESTISSEMENTS CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA CINEMATOGRAPHIE TREBITSCH PRODUKTION INTERNATIONAL GMBH Société Nationale de Programme FRANCE-REGIONS FR3
- Source
Videos were converted from Flash files found on JAFB's Viddler account. Gratuitous thanks to the original uploader.
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