L'héritage de la chouette / une coproduction Attica Art Productions Inc. (Groupe Fondation Onassis), La S.E.P.T. (Unité de programme Thierry Garrel), Fit Production.
Publisher:
Arte Editions,
Copyright Date:
2018
Description:
2 videodiscs (338 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. 98 pages : color illustrations ; 19 cm
Container of (work): Héritage de la chouette. Container of (exparession): Container of (exparession): Héritage de la chouette. Owl's legacy.
Notes:
English version entitled: The owl's legacy. Originally produced in France as a television series in 1989. Title from French version. Full screen 1.33:1.
Contents:
Symposium, ou les idées rec̦ues = Symposium, or accepted ideas -- Olympisme, ou la Grèce imaginaire = Olympics, or imaginary Greece -- Démocratie, ou la cité des songes = Democracy, or the city of dreams -- Nostalgie, ou le retour impossible = Nostalgia, or the impossible return -- Amnésie, ou le sens de l'histoire = Amnesia, or history on the march -- Mathématique, ou l'empire des signes = Mathematics, or the empire counts back -- Logomachie, ou les mots de la tribu = Logomachy, or the dialect of the tribe -- Musique, ou l'espace du dedans = Music, or inner space -- Cosmogonie, ou l'usage du monde = Cosmogony, or the ways of the world -- Mythologie, ou la vérité du mensonge = Mythology, or lies like truth -- Misogynie, ou les pièges du désir = Misogyny, or the snares of desire -- Tragédie, ou l'illusion de la mort = Tragedy, or the illusion of death -- Philosophie, ou le triomphe de la chouette = Philosophy, or the triumph of the owl.
Summary:
Each episode has artists and intellectuals from around the world start with a Greek word and use it as a starting point for a wide-ranging exploration of the influence of Greek culture on today's society.
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