THE FUTURE OF CINEMA SEEN BY DIRECTORS FROM YESTERDAY TO TODAY
"CINEMA KEEPS DYING, IT'S THE PRINCIPLE OF ITS VERY LIFE."
ARNAUD DESPLECHIN
Filmed four decades apart during the Cannes Film Festival, Room 666 and Room 999 look at the future of the seventh art from the perspective of filmmakers past and present. Far from dwelling on the eternal death of cinema, the films by Wim Wenders and Lubna Playoust offer multiple avenues for reflection and prove, if there was any doubt, the essential role of movie theaters in society.
BLU-RAY 1
ROOM 666 by Wim Wenders
(1982 – Colors – 47 min)
New 2K restoration
Original version with French subtitles
Cannes Film Festival 1982. Director Wim Wenders rents room 666 at the Martinez Hotel, the last available room, and sets up a camera, a tape recorder and a handwritten note: "What is the future of cinema?" Sixteen filmmakers of different nationalities and fames come into the room one after the other to answer the question...
SUPPLEMENT (HD)
. INTERVIEW WITH WIM WENDERS (21 min – HD)
The German director recalls the reasons that led him to make this film and the great diversity of the recorded interventions, then talks about the sequel shot in 2022 by Lubna Playoust, Room 999 .
BLU-RAY 2
ROOM 999 by Lubna Playoust
(2023 – Colors – 85 min)
Original version with French subtitles
Forty years later, in 2022, director Lubna Playoust uses the same device to question thirty contemporary filmmakers present at Cannes that year, from Wim Wenders himself to Rebecca Zlotowski, including James Gray and Asghar Farhadi...
INCLUDED
. 2 TRAILERS ON "ROOM 999"
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BD 25 • HIGH DEFINITION MASTER • 1080/23.98p • AVC ENCODING
Original Version DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 • French Subtitles
Format 1.37 respected • Colors • Duration of the Film: 47 mins
BD 25 • HIGH DEFINITION MASTER • 1080/50i • AVC ENCODING
Original Version DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 & 2.0 • French Subtitles
1.47 format respected • Colors • Film duration: 85 mins
Released on December 5, 2023
