MoMA Kicks Off Nichols Retrospective With "Knowledge"

"It feels wonderful," Mike Nichols told indieWIRE as he entered the MoMA screening of his 1971 film "Carnal Knowledge." "Especially here at MoMA where I used to come see movies as a kid. All on my own, I'd come see old movies. Now I'm here with old movies of my own." The night kicked off a two-week retrospective of 17 films that surveys the wide range of Mike Nichols’ directing career that spans from 1966's "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" to 2007's "Charlie Wilson's War." "I've been a little sad all day," Nichols said when he took the stage to introduce the first screening, "because I realize I will never be able to feel underappreciated again. Those of you who know me know that will be very difficult."