{"id":1709,"date":"2008-05-16T21:09:02","date_gmt":"2008-05-16T20:09:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/?p=1709"},"modified":"2008-05-16T21:18:56","modified_gmt":"2008-05-16T20:18:56","slug":"steven-spielberg-at-cannes-in-1982","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/2008\/05\/16\/steven-spielberg-at-cannes-in-1982\/","title":{"rendered":"Steven Spielberg at Cannes in 1982"},"content":{"rendered":"
This Sunday Steven Spielberg<\/strong><\/a> will be at the Cannes Film Festival to unveil Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n Back in 1982<\/a> he was there to unveil E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial<\/a> and during his stay German director Wim Wenders<\/a> persuaded him to sit down for a short film called Room 666<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n The premise was simple – Wenders asked a group of film directors from around the world to sit in Room 666 of the Hotel Martinez<\/a> in Cannes.<\/p>\n Using a static camera he then asked the directors about the future of cinema, the principle question being:<\/p>\n Is cinema a language about to get lost, an art about to die?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Here is what Spielberg said (wait 23 seconds for him to appear):<\/p>\n