Salvador Dalí: Consumer/Consumed
August 4–24

In the natural world, the acts of consuming and being consumed create an inherent tension between organisms; the transfer of energy that links organisms in a specific community creates producers and primary consumers. Salvador Dalí: Consumer/Consumed explores the pictorial and cinematic iconography produced by Dalí, and how that iconography became the catalyst for a distinct visual language that would be "consumed" by other filmmakers. Conversely, the exhibition also examines ways in which Dalí was the beneficiary of others' cinematic methodologies. Dalí frequented the Cineclub Español in Madrid, where he saw not only European avant-garde films, but also American films such as The Mark of Zorro (1920) and Tom Mix Westerns. The cinematographic language that Dalí absorbed as a viewer later played a pivotal role in the paintings and films he made; in turn, Dalí's representations were absorbed by other artists. This exhibition, which is held in conjunction with Dalí: Painting and Film, presents films that influenced Dalí as well as those that demonstrate his influence.

Premiere Brazil, 2008
Through July 28

Premiere Brazil, a collaboration between MoMA and the Rio de Janeiro International Film Festival, takes its title from a sidebar featured at the festival, where many of these films premiered. This annual series continues to introduce New York audiences to original and accomplished recent films by both new and established Brazilian filmmakers. Highlights include Marcos Jorge's debut feature Estômago: A Gastronomic Story, veteran director Walter Lima Jr.'s Out of Tune, Jorge Furtado's Basic Sanitation, The Movie, and Mauro Lima's My Name Ain't Johnny. The flourishing Brazilian documentary scene is represented by a hauntingly gorgeous portrait of human transience (Drifter) and the amazing story of the seven dwarfs of the Pindorama circus (Pindorama: The True Story of the Seven Dwarfs). The exhibition also includes a rich variety of vibrant films about Brazilian music and musicians, including the international premiere of The Mystery of Samba and the world premiere of The Man Who Bottled Clouds.

Salvador Dalí and Three American Surrealists
Through July 28

After exhibiting his Surrealist art at New York's Julien Levy Gallery in 1934, Dalí concluded that his audacious brand of hyperrealistic paintings would inevitably be welcomed by the Hollywood community—the manufacturers of "hallucinatory celluloid." In an exuberant message to André Breton, he declared, "I'm in Hollywood where I've made contact with the three American Surrealists, Harpo Marx, [Walt] Disney, and Cecil B. DeMille. I believe I've intoxicated them suitably and hope that the possibilities for Surrealism here will become a reality." This exhibition comprises a selection of notable films by Disney, DeMille, and the Marx Brothers that demonstrate a Surrealist sensibility. This exhibition is presented in conjunction with Dalí: Painting and Film.

Jazz Score

Comprising a film retrospective, a gallery installation, live concerts, and a panel discussion, Jazz Score celebrates some of the best original jazz composed for the cinema from the 1950s to the present. The film retrospective includes fiction features, experimental and animated shorts, and documentaries from countries as far ranging as France, Brazil, Japan, South Africa, and the U.S. Upcoming highlights include Roman Polanski's Repulsion (music by Chico Hamilton), William Clayton's Jack Johnson (music by Miles Davis), and Larry Clark's Passing Through (music by the Pan African People's Arkestra). On August 6, Dan Morgenstern, Director, Institute of Jazz Studies, Rutgers University, introduces a screening of Leo Penn's A Man Called Adam (music by Benny Carter).

Still Moving
Ongoing

MoMA presents a regular series derived exclusively from its film collection, featuring works that have been acquired and preserved by the Museum over the last seven decades. Upcoming screenings include Sam Wood's Kitty Foyle, along with Federico Fellini's Juliet of the Spirits, one of four classic Italian films recently restored by and acquired from Mediaset S.p.A.