December 30th, 2009 / 12:33 pm
Film
Christopher Higgs
Film
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
Fassbinder & Herzog
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AvQgXh-Tjs8
Spielberg
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PxRldrBqEzk
Tags: room 666, wim wenders
just listened to the spielberg one & what he said about there being no money in 1982 for challenging films that may not always be a homerun is of course very relevant to publishing today, i would guess. but i’m not in publishing, so maybe they’ve come to accept that there aren’t home runs or “something in them for everyone” but just totally awesome singles & the occasional double.
I sound like Ichiro.
just listened to the spielberg one & what he said about there being no money in 1982 for challenging films that may not always be a homerun is of course very relevant to publishing today, i would guess. but i’m not in publishing, so maybe they’ve come to accept that there aren’t home runs or “something in them for everyone” but just totally awesome singles & the occasional double.
I sound like Ichiro.
love this.
love this.
It is great when you come across something that was not initially to be a part of your day and have it shift your focus for the rest of the afternoon and maybe beyond. Thanks Chris.
It is great when you come across something that was not initially to be a part of your day and have it shift your focus for the rest of the afternoon and maybe beyond. Thanks Chris.
herzog fucking awesome. “You can’t answer a question like that with your shoes on.”
herzog fucking awesome. “You can’t answer a question like that with your shoes on.”
these are wonderful.
these are wonderful.
god these are fucking incredible!
god these are fucking incredible!
and to talk with your question: No. Marginalization, no matter how severe in appearance, bends and snaps back, cyclical, with story.
and to talk with your question: No. Marginalization, no matter how severe in appearance, bends and snaps back, cyclical, with story.
Bookmarked.
And thanks.
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Okay,
Father Luke
Bookmarked.
And thanks.
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Okay,
Father Luke