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Room 666

Room 666

1982
Documentary
TV Movie
45m
During the 1982 Cannes Film Festival, Wenders asks a number of film directors from around the world to get, each one at a time, into a hotel room, turn on the camera and sound recorder, and, in solitude, answer a simple question: "What is the future of cinema?". (imdb)
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Directed by:

Wim Wenders
Wim-Wenders
111 total credits
Wenders graduated from the Gymnasium (high school) in Oberhausen, in the Ruhr area. He then studied medicine (1963-64) and philosophy (1964-65) in Freiburg and Düsseldorf. However, he dropped out of school and moved to Paris in October 1966 to become a painter. Wenders failed his entry test at France's national film school IDHEC (La Fémis at present), so instead became an engraver in the studio of Johnny Friedlander, an American artist, in Montparnasse. During this time, Wenders became fascinated with cinema, and saw up to 5 movies a day at the local movie theater.
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Writer:

Wim Wenders
Wim-Wenders
111 total credits
Wenders graduated from the Gymnasium (high school) in Oberhausen, in the Ruhr area. He then studied medicine (1963-64) and philosophy (1964-65) in Freiburg and Düsseldorf. However, he dropped out of school and moved to Paris in October 1966 to become a painter. Wenders failed his entry test at France's national film school IDHEC (La Fémis at present), so instead became an engraver in the studio of Johnny Friedlander, an American artist, in Montparnasse. During this time, Wenders became fascinated with cinema, and saw up to 5 movies a day at the local movie theater.
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Starring:

Steven Spielberg
Steven-Spielberg
108 total credits
An amateur filmmaker even as a child, Spielberg became one of the youngest television directors for Universal in the 60s. A highly praised television film started up his career as a director for cinema, and quickly became one of the most popular, influential and recognizable faces in history. Spielberg has received many awards throughout his distinguished career, Winning three Academy Awards ( Being nominated for six ) and seven of his films have been nominated for the Best Picture Oscar ( Winning 1 ).
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Wim Wenders
Wim-Wenders
111 total credits
Wenders graduated from the Gymnasium (high school) in Oberhausen, in the Ruhr area. He then studied medicine (1963-64) and philosophy (1964-65) in Freiburg and Düsseldorf. However, he dropped out of school and moved to Paris in October 1966 to become a painter. Wenders failed his entry test at France's national film school IDHEC (La Fémis at present), so instead became an engraver in the studio of Johnny Friedlander, an American artist, in Montparnasse. During this time, Wenders became fascinated with cinema, and saw up to 5 movies a day at the local movie theater.
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Werner Herzog
Werner-Herzog
193 total credits
A prolific director who made his name in the German New Wave Cinema of the 70s. Born in rural Bavaria, Herzog never saw any film or television as a child -- a fact that didn't prevent him from becoming one of his country's best-known and most well-respected filmmakers.
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Paul Morrissey
Paul-Morrissey
42 total credits
Credits include: Blood for Dracula, Flesh for Frankenstein and Room 666
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Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Rainer-Werner-Fassbinder
113 total credits
Rainer Werner Fassbinder (31 May 1945 – 10 June 1982), sometimes credited as R. W. Fassbinder, was a German filmmaker, actor, playwright, theatre director, composer, editor, and essayist.
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Jean-Luc Godard
Jean-Luc-Godard
289 total credits
A movie critic who became one of the major filmmakers of the Nouvelle Vague. Over the years, Godard's existentialist Marxism lost the luster it once had, but his work of the 1960s is still considered part of the canon of great cinema.
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,
Michelangelo Antonioni
Michelangelo-Antonioni
69 total credits
was born in 1912 into a middle-class family and grew up in bourgeois surroundings of the Italian province. In Bologna he studied economics and commerce while he painted and also wrote criticism for a local newspaper. In 1939 he went to Rome and worked for the journal "Cinema" studying directorship at the School of Cinema. As he was indebted to neorealism his films reflect his bourgeois roots like in his first movie Story of a Love Affair (1950) or The Lady Without Camelias (1953) or Le Amiche.
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Susan Seidelman
Susan-Seidelman
21 total credits
Credits include: Desperately Seeking Susan, She-Devil, Room 666 and Smithereens
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Monte Hellman
Monte-Hellman
21 total credits
Credits include: Two-Lane Blacktop, The Shooting, The Terror, Ride in the Whirlwind and Cockfighter
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Ana Carolina
Ana-Carolina
20 total credits
Credits include: Room 666, Mar de Rosas and Das Tripas Coração
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Maroun Bagdadi
Maroun-Bagdadi
14 total credits
Credits include: Room 666, Hors la vie, Harb Aala el Harb and The Most Beautiful of All Mothers
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Mike De Leon
Mike-De-Leon
11 total credits
Credits include: Room 666, Kisapmata, Alpha Kappa Omega Batch '81, Itim and Bayaning Third World
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Genre:

Documentary

AKA:

Chambre 666

Country:

France

Room 666

1982
Documentary
TV Movie
45m
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Ratings & Reviews

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21 Nov 2013
2
12th
Herzog's response is great. Fassbinder's response is pleasant and extremely brief. Most everyone else I can take or leave, either because they were indulgent, meandering, or apathetic. Spielberg's response was astute, yet it's sad to see him claim the problems within the film industry revolve around people with money wanting grand slams that please everyone when that is quite literally the definition of his career. I got a kick out of the "Cinema will surely be dead soon" responses.
28 Jun 2026
70
69th
fassbinder and his unmatched aura
25 Aug 2025
82
57th
sandwiched between a movie camera and a television set, filmmakers position themselves on the war between fine art cinema and the audiovisual entertainment industry. an intriguing kaleidoscope
08 Jun 2024
57
37th
As a "documentary," there isn't much to it, but it's interesting as a time-capsule piece concerning the fears and worries of filmmakers from all around the world circa 1982, principally in regards to the changing economics of filmmaking and the perceived takeover of television replacing cinema. It would be interesting to see Wim Wenders make an updated version of this for the current state of cinema.
03 May 2024
7
60th
everyone's just as you would expect them to be
19 Feb 2024
40
19th
Antonioni has some prescient commentary, and the final piece touches on important information. Suture Self has said the rest. Herzog's segment made me think of the pencil scene with Will Smith in MiB. It's kind of astonishing that you could get all of these people in a room (alone) and still end up with a mostly wasted 40 minute piece.
29 Jan 2024
60
49th
Not as engrossing as I thought it would be -- most interviews are just too brief or the filmmaker is not interested in talking at all --, but there are some gems here, like Antonioni's optimism, Godard's mysterious, kinda sinister way to say what he thinks and Herzog turning off the television and taking off his shoes before his contribution.
18 Feb 2020
66
38th
Fassbinder died a month after this was made. He never got to see the future he predicted
20 Jan 2013
35
8th
Despite the low score the start of Herzog's section was awesome.
07 Jun 2011
70
58th
In some ways its disappointing how short this is, both with the entire film and some of the directors' segments, and yet there is enough in this to show a mirror to the period and still raise relevant issues about cinema now. Even the very brief segments provoke ideas, although it is Hellman, Godard, Herzog (who is the only person who turns off the TV strategically placed within camera frame), Antonioni, Morrissey and Spielberg who intrigued the most with their views.
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Cast & Info

Directed by:

Wim Wenders
Wim-Wenders
111 total credits
Wenders graduated from the Gymnasium (high school) in Oberhausen, in the Ruhr area. He then studied medicine (1963-64) and philosophy (1964-65) in Freiburg and Düsseldorf. However, he dropped out of school and moved to Paris in October 1966 to become a painter. Wenders failed his entry test at France's national film school IDHEC (La Fémis at present), so instead became an engraver in the studio of Johnny Friedlander, an American artist, in Montparnasse. During this time, Wenders became fascinated with cinema, and saw up to 5 movies a day at the local movie theater.
polygon

Writer:

Wim Wenders
Wim-Wenders
111 total credits
Wenders graduated from the Gymnasium (high school) in Oberhausen, in the Ruhr area. He then studied medicine (1963-64) and philosophy (1964-65) in Freiburg and Düsseldorf. However, he dropped out of school and moved to Paris in October 1966 to become a painter. Wenders failed his entry test at France's national film school IDHEC (La Fémis at present), so instead became an engraver in the studio of Johnny Friedlander, an American artist, in Montparnasse. During this time, Wenders became fascinated with cinema, and saw up to 5 movies a day at the local movie theater.
polygon

Starring:

Steven Spielberg
Steven-Spielberg
108 total credits
An amateur filmmaker even as a child, Spielberg became one of the youngest television directors for Universal in the 60s. A highly praised television film started up his career as a director for cinema, and quickly became one of the most popular, influential and recognizable faces in history. Spielberg has received many awards throughout his distinguished career, Winning three Academy Awards ( Being nominated for six ) and seven of his films have been nominated for the Best Picture Oscar ( Winning 1 ).
polygon
,
Wim Wenders
Wim-Wenders
111 total credits
Wenders graduated from the Gymnasium (high school) in Oberhausen, in the Ruhr area. He then studied medicine (1963-64) and philosophy (1964-65) in Freiburg and Düsseldorf. However, he dropped out of school and moved to Paris in October 1966 to become a painter. Wenders failed his entry test at France's national film school IDHEC (La Fémis at present), so instead became an engraver in the studio of Johnny Friedlander, an American artist, in Montparnasse. During this time, Wenders became fascinated with cinema, and saw up to 5 movies a day at the local movie theater.
polygon
,
Werner Herzog
Werner-Herzog
193 total credits
A prolific director who made his name in the German New Wave Cinema of the 70s. Born in rural Bavaria, Herzog never saw any film or television as a child -- a fact that didn't prevent him from becoming one of his country's best-known and most well-respected filmmakers.
polygon
,
Paul Morrissey
Paul-Morrissey
42 total credits
Credits include: Blood for Dracula, Flesh for Frankenstein and Room 666
polygon
,
Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Rainer-Werner-Fassbinder
113 total credits
Rainer Werner Fassbinder (31 May 1945 – 10 June 1982), sometimes credited as R. W. Fassbinder, was a German filmmaker, actor, playwright, theatre director, composer, editor, and essayist.
polygon
,
Jean-Luc Godard
Jean-Luc-Godard
289 total credits
A movie critic who became one of the major filmmakers of the Nouvelle Vague. Over the years, Godard's existentialist Marxism lost the luster it once had, but his work of the 1960s is still considered part of the canon of great cinema.
polygon
,
Michelangelo Antonioni
Michelangelo-Antonioni
69 total credits
was born in 1912 into a middle-class family and grew up in bourgeois surroundings of the Italian province. In Bologna he studied economics and commerce while he painted and also wrote criticism for a local newspaper. In 1939 he went to Rome and worked for the journal "Cinema" studying directorship at the School of Cinema. As he was indebted to neorealism his films reflect his bourgeois roots like in his first movie Story of a Love Affair (1950) or The Lady Without Camelias (1953) or Le Amiche.
polygon
,
Susan Seidelman
Susan-Seidelman
21 total credits
Credits include: Desperately Seeking Susan, She-Devil, Room 666 and Smithereens
polygon
,
Monte Hellman
Monte-Hellman
21 total credits
Credits include: Two-Lane Blacktop, The Shooting, The Terror, Ride in the Whirlwind and Cockfighter
polygon
,
Ana Carolina
Ana-Carolina
20 total credits
Credits include: Room 666, Mar de Rosas and Das Tripas Coração
polygon
,
Maroun Bagdadi
Maroun-Bagdadi
14 total credits
Credits include: Room 666, Hors la vie, Harb Aala el Harb and The Most Beautiful of All Mothers
polygon
,
Mike De Leon
Mike-De-Leon
11 total credits
Credits include: Room 666, Kisapmata, Alpha Kappa Omega Batch '81, Itim and Bayaning Third World
polygon

Genre:

Documentary

AKA:

Chambre 666

Country:

France
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