Room 666
Jun 01 1982
•1h 45m
•Documentary
During the 1982 Cannes Film Festival, Wenders asks a number of global film directors to, one at a time, go into a hotel room, turn on the camera and answer a simple question: "What is the future of cinema?"
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Jean-Luc Godard
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Paul Morrissey
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Mike de Leon
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Monte Hellman
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