The term "silver screen" originated during the filmmaking portion of the 1948 Olympics, when Hollywood’s entry, Talking Dog II, came in a close second to the Soviet film Four Hours of Grainy Footage of People Building Collective Farms. Educate yourself on cinematic history with today's Groupon: for $35, you get a three-month Patron Circle membership to Facets Multi-Media (a $70 value).
Facets is a nationally renowned organization dedicated to the preservation, archival, exhibition, distribution, rental, and educational resource of film. Patron Circle membership benefits are a myriad of movie-lovers' delights. Facets bestows members with near-unlimited rental privileges (four at a time) from its DVD catalogue—either at the cinémathèque or via its two-way mailing program—which includes everything from new releases to rare, out-of-print reels of Orson Welles eating nachos. Patron Circlers also get free admission for two to Cinémathèque screenings and a free pass to Facets Night School, which assembles film buffs for special Saturday-night lectures about esoteric cult classics and obscure oddities. Fuel the film fire further with a 10% discount on the purchase of DVDs from the website and a 36% discount for Facets Film School classes on art and the history of cinema. Recent sessions have included Federico Fellini: His Cinematic Realm of Dreams, Magic, and the Self; Modes of Interrogation: The Documentaries of Errol Morris; and Cannonball Run II: Why? Members continue to get red-carpet treatment with VIP invitations to film festivals, advance screenings, filmmaker appearances, and other cinematically fantastic events.
Reviews
Yelpers give Facets Multi-Media a 4.5-star average:
- If it was not for Facets we would miss so many amazing films that otherwise would pass up Chicago. – Raul b.
- Chicago is unbelievably fortunate to have an institution like Facets. – Christoph B.
