"Blood of a Poet" Film Screening
92YTribeca Art
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Just in time for Gay Pride Month, 92YTribeca presents QUEER/ART/FILM, a new series of all things hybrid and poly-sexual. Curated by Butt Magazine contributing editor Adam Baran and filmmaker Ira Sachs, the series invites some of the most exciting, innovative (and homosexual) artists from the dance/performance/film/visual and literary arts to present and discuss their favorite films, in rare prints, on the big screen.
The series asks the question: How does film create a link from one queer generation to the next, from John Kelly to Jean Cocteau, from 8 1/2 to Paris is Burning, from Marlon Riggs to Chantal Akerman? Join us every Thursday in June and bi-weekly in the months to follow, to explore these unexpected pathways from one artist to the next.
"Blood of a Poet" is noted as an example of early surrealism on film. Told in four episodes, this semi-narrative follows an unnamed artist as he is transported into another dimension, where he encounters various bizarre scenarios. The film is presented by artist John Kelly, who refers to Blood of a Poet as “a heavy gilded door that opened onto a world of an extremely volatile lyricism, populated by a group of extravagantly beautiful, sexy, and menacing denizens.”
Director: Jean Cocteau. 1930 55 mn. 16mm
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June 04, 2009 from 19:30