SECRET MOVIE CLUB presents
Part of our PALM SPRINGS 70MM GETAWAY Film Festival, Friday, May 5th, 2023
LOCATION: Palm Springs Cultural Center (Camelot Theater) 2300 E Baristo Rd, Palm Springs, CA 92262
SPECIAL NOTE: Take a cinematic vacation to Palm Springs, California. We're showing 70MM classic movies Friday, May 5, 2023 through Sunday, May 7, 2023 at the historic Camelot Theater: built SPECIFICALLY for 70MM. (The Master on Friday, Titanic on Saturday & 2001 on Sunday)
On Saturday, May 6, 2023 from 11p-2am, we host an afterparty at the Amigo Room at the Ace Hotel, Palm Springs. During the days, you have all of downtown Palm Springs for vintage shopping, eating, hanging out, relaxing by the pool.
We have a discount code for folks wanting to stay at the Ace (use code: ARTSHOW) although there may be even better deals if folks do some internet sleuthing both at the Ace and around Palm Springs.
7:30pm THE MASTER (2012, dir. Paul Thomas Anderson, Annapurna Pictures, 137mns, 70mm)
We kick off this year’s 2023 Palm Springs 70mm Getaway with Paul Thomas Anderson’s personal favorite of all his works: The Master.
A fascinating, mysterious journey both inwards and outwards, the movie follows the intertwined lives of WWII vet Freddie Quell (Joaquin Phoenix in a feral performance that is all ID) and psychological guru (or con man or both) Lancaster Dodd and his wife Peggy Dodd who head a mysterious organization (cult?) Known as “the Cause”.
Shot in native 70mm, The Master is possibly Anderson’s most transcendental movie as it examines everything from sexuality to psychology to spiritual and community beliefs, to PTSD trauma, to love.
It’s also a character study of three fascinating, complicated, thorny people who are never completely understandable, even to themselves.
Following an intense yet at times dreamlike narrative, The Master feels equal parts John Huston, John Steinbeck, Paddy Chayevsky, Henry Miller, but all Paul Thomas Anderson. Boasting some of the best performances of the three lead actors’ careers, The Master is a movie that gets richer and more intriguing with each viewing.
Join us as we kick off our 2023 Palm Springs 70mm Getaway with one of the newest classics dedicated to the 70mm form.
Best always,
Craig Hammill
Secret Movie Club Founder.Programmer
ANSWERS FOR OUR 70MM PALM SPRINGS GETAWAY 2023
PACKAGE DEAL:
We are offering an MOVIES + AFTERPARTY PASS for $60/per person. This gets you into all three 70MM movies (The Master, Titanic, 2001) and Saturday's afterparty at the Ace Hotel Amigo Room (ticket gets you admission + one free drink). Or you can purchase the MOVIES ONLY PASS for $45/per person if you would like to skip the party. Finally, you can purchase each movie and the party ticket al a carte!
ACCOMMODATIONS:
We have a discount code for folks wanting to stay at the Ace (use code: ARTSHOW) although there may be even better deals if folks do some internet sleuthing both at the Ace and around Palm Springs.
REFUNDS:
We can offer refunds up to 24 hours before showtime. Please request a refund through Eventbrite and we will process ASAP. After that, no refunds. Sorry.
However if something last minute comes up and you can’t make the screening, for whatever reason, just write to us before showtime: community@secretmovieclub.com and we’ll offer you complimentary tickets to a future screening, good for 90 days. (Disclaimer: Future screening must have available tickets, cannot be a fundraiser, and must be comparably priced)
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