The Polymath

The Polymath: or, Life & Opinions of Samuel R. Delany, Gentleman
By: Fred Barney Taylor
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A feature-length cinematic portrait of this larger-than-life iconic figure, fluidly fusing meditative and experimental imagery, autobiographical anecdotes, family home movies, and literary excerpts to produce a stylized and highly unusual documentary. The film's nonlinear structure follows Delany's own use of autobiography, science-fiction, social criticism, pornography and semiotics. Also features an appearance by novelist Jonathan Lethem. The bonus disc contains 2 and 1/2 hours of never-before-seen Delany interviews and includes the full version of his own film, The Orchid. 2 DVD set, 80+150 min. 2009

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