Room 999

Name: Room 999
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2023
Rating: 5.8

2023· 1h 26m

Documentary

Directed by Lubna Playoust

5.8/ 10

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Where to watch

Criterion Channel

Overview

In 1982, Wim Wenders asked 16 of his fellow directors to speak on the future of cinema, resulting in the film Room 666. Now, 40 years later, in Cannes, director Lubna Playoust asks Wim Wenders himself and a new generation of filmmakers (James Gray, Rebecca Zlotowski, Claire Denis, Olivier Assayas, Nadav Lapid, Asghar Farhadi, Alice Rohrwacher and more) the same question: “is cinema a language about to get lost, an art about to die?”