May 20, 2021 – June 06, 2021 – The Museum of Modern Art
On the occasion of his 79th year, Samuel R. Delany, multi-time Nebula and Hugo award-winning author and lauded literary critic, taps into a lifetime of cinematic obsessions for MoMA’s Carte Blanche series. Delany’s colorful picks—encompassing the classical avant-garde of Jean Cocteau’s The Blood of a Poet, Maya Deren’s Meshes of the Afternoon, and Jean Vigo’s L’Atalante; masterworks by Michael Powell and Luis Buñuel; and newer treasures like Peter Jackson’s King Kong and Martin Scorsese’s Hugo—honor the expressive power of the fantastic on film. Accompanying his selections are a rare screening of his own experimental science-fiction featurette The Orchid and Fred Barney Taylor’s effervescent portrait of the author, The Polymath, or The Life and Opinions of Samuel R. Delany, Gentleman.
Films include:
Le sang d’un poète (The Blood of a Poet). 1930. France. Directed by Jean Cocteau.
L’Atalante. 1934. France. Directed by Jean Vigo.
The Thief of Bagdad. 1940. Great Britain. Directed by Michael Powell, Ludwig Berger, Tim Whelan.
Meshes of the Afternoon. 1943. United States. Directed by Maya Deren, Alexander Hamid.
The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T. 1953. United States. Directed by Roy Rowland.
Det sjunde inseglet (The Seventh Seal). 1957. Swededn. Written and directed by Ingmar Bergman.
King Kong. 2005. United States. Directed by Peter Jackson.
Hugo. 2011. United States. Directed by Martin Scorsese.
The Polymath, or The Life and Opinions of Samuel R. Delany, Gentleman. 2007. United States. Directed by Fred Barney Taylor
The Orchid. 1971. United States. Directed by Samuel R. Delany. 32 min.
Organized by Ron Magliozzi, Curator, with Carson Parish, Theater Manger, Department of Film. Films selected by Samuel R. Delany.
Film at MoMA is made possible by CHANEL.
Additional support is provided by the Annual Film Fund. Leadership support for the Annual Film Fund is provided by Debra and Leon D. Black and by Steven Tisch, with major contributions from The Contemporary Arts Council of The Museum of Modern Art, Jo Carole and Ronald S. Lauder, the Association of Independent Commercial Producers (AICP), The Junior Associates of The Museum of Modern Art, the Samuel I. Newhouse Foundation, Karen and Gary Winnick, and The Brown Foundation, Inc., of Houston.
Un Chien Andalou (An Andalusian Dog). 1929. France. Directed by Luis Buñuel. Courtesy Kino/Photofest. 
Meshes of the Afternoon. 1943. United States. Directed by Maya Deren, Alexander Hamid. Courtesy Photofest. 
L’Atalante. 1934. France. Directed by Jean Vigo. Courtesy Gaumont/Photofest. 
The Thief of Bagdad. 1940. Great Britain. Directed by Ludwig Berger, Michael Powell, Tim Whelan. Courtesy United Artists/Photofest. 
The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T. 1953. United States. Directed by Roy Rowland. Courtesy Columbia Pictures/Photofest. 
The Seventh Seal. 1957. Sweden. Directed by Ingmar Bergman. Courtesy Svensk Filmindustri/Photofest 
King Kong. 2005. United States. Directed by Peter Jackson. Courtesy Universal/Photofest. 
Hugo. 2011. United States. Directed by Martin Scorsese. Courtesy Paramount Pictures/Photofest. 
The Polymath, or the Life and Opinions of Samuel R. Delany, Gentleman. 2007. United States. Directed by Fred Barney Taylor. Courtesy the artist. 
The Orchid. 1971. USA. Directed by Samuel R. Delany. Courtesy the artist 
Le Sang d’un Poète (Blood of a Poet). 1930. France. Directed by Jean Cocteau. Courtesy Edward T. Ricci/Photofest
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