room 666

Q: Is literature a language about to get lost, an art about to die?

At the 1982 Cannes Film Festival, Wim Wenders set up a camera in room 666 at Hotel Martinez and asked a few directors to answer the question: “Is cinema a language about to get lost, an art about to die?” Their answers became a documentary called Room 666. I wonder how you might answer this question if it were reworded to focus on literature…?

Godard
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3hdAcxvQrUs

Antonioni
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H_RrzoyzolM

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December 30th, 2009 / 12:33 pm