Warhol and the Film Factory Event
Examination and Celebration of His Story and Films
Andy Warhol fans have something magnificent to look forward to this weekend. Avid moviegoers will appreciate "Warhol and the Film Factory" at Facets Theatre in Chicago.
"What you should do is get a box for a month, and drop everything in it and at the end of the month lock it up. Then date it and send it over to Jersey. You should try to keep track of it, but if you can’t and you lose it, that’s fine because it’s one less thing to think about, another load off your mind. I started off myself with trunks and the odd piece of furniture, but then I went around shopping for something better and now I just drop everything into the same-size brown cardboard boxes."--The Philosophy of Andy Warhol, From A to B and Back Again
The impact that Andy Warhol has made on art and culture has been widely recognized through countless museum exhibitions, publications and films. Many people are familiar with Warhol’s famous silk-screens; much less known is the influential contribution of Warhol and his collaborators to film.
Warhol and the Film Factory
Andy Warhol affectionately named his studio “The Factory,” and his fans have something splendid to look forward to this week. Beginning Friday November 16, 2007, dozens of Warhol collaborators and scholars will convene for a week-long festival to re-appraise the Warhol Factory’s impact on the moving image. Avid moviegoers will appreciate“Warhol and the Film Factory,” which takes place through November 22 at a very different kind of place—Facets Theatre in Chicago. Those looking for the unusual will not be disappointed.
Facets Theatre
Warhol Week is taking place in Chicago at Facets, a non-profit media arts organization and international film distributor leader located on Chicago’s North Side - one of the nation's largest distributors of foreign, classic, cult, art, and rare , unusual, hard-to-find cinema. Not only is Facets a movie rental store, but it houses two intimate theatres that run extraordinary films. Complete with a concession stand, the 100-seated cinemas are comfortable and welcoming to all audiences. Movies are also available to members by mail throughout the country.
To learn more Facets, request one of their free sample catalogs, order a complete Facets DVD Catalogue, or browse their online catalogue.
