But I think that the spirit of protectionism would be the grave of European cinema. You cannot protect something by building a fence around it and thinking that this will help it survive.

The project was founded by Martin Scorsese and aimed at finding and reconstructing world cinema films that have been long neglected. During this time Wenders became fascinated with cinema and saw up to five movies a day at the local movie theater. Wenders is a member of the advisory board of World Cinema Foundation.

Ernst Wilhelm "Wim" Wenders (German pronunciation: [vɪm vɛndəɐs]; born 14 August 1945) is a German film director playwright author photographer and film producer.