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Room 666
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Title: Room 666

Release Date: 1 Jun 1982

Runtime: 45m

Genre: Documentary

Director: Wim Wenders Stiftung, Chris Sievernich Filmproduktion, Films A2, France 2, Gray City, Wim Wenders Productions

Production Companies: Wim Wenders Stiftung, Chris Sievernich Filmproduktion, Films A2, France 2, Gray City, Wim Wenders Productions

Overview: 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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Average Vote: 6.388 (49 votes)

Cast

  • Self: Jean-Luc Godard
  • Self: Paul Morrissey
  • Self: Mike de Leon
  • Self: Monte Hellman
  • Self: Romain Goupil
  • Self: Susan Seidelman
  • Self: Noël Simsolo
  • Self: Rainer Werner Fassbinder
  • Self: Werner Herzog
  • Self: Robert Kramer
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