The Melbourne Cinémathèque & ACMI present
Chambre 666
When
Wed 18 Mar 2026
An intriguing time capsule in which Wenders asks various filmmakers to enter a hotel room, turn on the camera and answer the “simple” question: “Is the cinema a language about to get lost, an art about to die?” Filmed at the 1982 Cannes Film Festival, it features candid and playful responses from Michelangelo Antonioni, Jean-Luc Godard, Werner Herzog, Steven Spielberg, Monte Hellman, Mike De Leon, Susan Seidelman, Yilmaz Güney, Rainer Werner Fassbinder and others.
Preceded by Reverse Angle: Ein Brief aus New York Wim Wenders (1982) 17 mins – Unclassified 15+. Wenders’ essay film about New Wave music, New York, his artistic practice and the difficulties of working with Francis Ford Coppola on Hammett.
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