NEW YORK, NY.- The Museum of Modern Art presents "Nuts and Bolts: Machine Made Man in Films" from the Collection, a series of films from the collection that reflect a vision of the mechanical being in the machine age: endlessly energetic, productive in the factory, free from sentimentality, immune to disease and death, and yet somehow reflective of the human condition. Created for Performa 09’s celebration of the Centenary of Futurism, the series will screen at MoMA from November 1, 2009 through January 2, 2010. It includes a diverse selection of films ranging in date from 1917 to the present, from shorts to features, spanning genres from comedies to thrillers. "Nuts and Bolts" is organized by Anne Morra, Assistant Curator, the Department of Film, The Museum of Modern Art. Throughout cinematic history mechanical creatures—robots, androids, cyborgs—have reflected both the discord and the connection between man and mac