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The Disaster Artist: My Life Inside The Room, the Greatest Bad Movie Ever Made
Greg Sestero
4.29 AVERAGE
1.07k reviews for:
The Disaster Artist: My Life Inside The Room, the Greatest Bad Movie Ever Made
Greg Sestero
4.29 AVERAGE
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This books leaves me with a plethora of mixed feelings. The narration and the prose were absurdly compelling (probably thanks to Bissell’s involvement in writing this). However, I had a lot of problems with how Sestero spoke about Wiseau and sometimes other people. It frequently left a bad taste in my mouth, though luckily for Sestero his involvement with Wiseau made his life interesting enough to continue reading about it regardless. I’m guessing that a lot of information and some photos were provided to him by Tommy himself, as they seem like they would be otherwise inaccessible to the authors of this book.
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Hahaha! What a story, Mark!
This book is like watching a beautiful car crash in slow motion, I just couldn't put it down. I'm going to frame it and put it next to my beloved pictures of spoons.
Anyway, how is your sex life?
Bye, doggie!
This book is like watching a beautiful car crash in slow motion, I just couldn't put it down. I'm going to frame it and put it next to my beloved pictures of spoons.
Anyway, how is your sex life?
Bye, doggie!
A new favorite of mine. Both funny and heartfelt. I find Tommy Wiseau to be such a fascinating guy and at first I was laughing at him, but by the end I actually felt for the man. He's just a person who wants to live his dreams, regardless of the many obstacles. This book works amazingly as both a biography about the making of The Room, but also as a great memoir detailing Greg and Tommy's relationship. Mandatory read for fans of the Room.
Was honestly shocked at how honest Sestero is about the worst parts of his relationship with Wisseau. Definitely recommend this over the movie adaptation with the Franco’s. It’s fun, but only to see who plays which parts.
I listened to this book, which I highly recommend. Greg reads the books and does a great impersonation of Tommy throughout the book. Greg does a great way in telling this story and still maintaining respect and dignity for everyone involved, in a truly bizarre story. In telling the backstory of his friend, I was left with more questions - is this what Greg pieced together, was this accurate? This is the book that inspired the movie, by the same name...which was inspired by the movie The Room. Great storytelling.
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This was so entertaining, highly recommend. I will say, tho, Greg is not a good person. The way he described Juliet made my skin crawl.
Also, Tommy probably has a TBI from one of his two (known?) major car accidents and, combined with his traumatic Soviet upbringing, puts his behavior into perspective. Glad he's enjoying his success even if it wasn't what he thought it would be.
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Wow.
Four stars for the quality of writing and storytelling, but...
This was... Not what I was expecting. I was thinking I'd get a hilarious account of what it was actually like to star in 'The Room,' and the book didn't disappoint in that respect, but what I was not anticipating was the deeply sad account of the events that made Tommy Wiseau the cult character we now know. Greg Sestero's treatment of Tommy doesn't sit well with me; Tommy's never going to be taken seriously as an actor or a director (his lifelong dream), though he has, in an ironic twist of fate, achieved fame and wealth for both of those things through sheer ridiculousness. He's quite clearly mentally ill, or disabled, or brain damaged, or suffering from the effects of some sort of trauma- Or some combination thereof, and mixing that with the 'bottomless pit' bank account that he purportedly possesses has allowed him to gain the public's attention in a way few people with his particular set of experiences could expect to. And Sestero has capitalised off of that. It leaves a bad taste in my mouth.
Four stars for the quality of writing and storytelling, but...
This was... Not what I was expecting. I was thinking I'd get a hilarious account of what it was actually like to star in 'The Room,' and the book didn't disappoint in that respect, but what I was not anticipating was the deeply sad account of the events that made Tommy Wiseau the cult character we now know. Greg Sestero's treatment of Tommy doesn't sit well with me; Tommy's never going to be taken seriously as an actor or a director (his lifelong dream), though he has, in an ironic twist of fate, achieved fame and wealth for both of those things through sheer ridiculousness. He's quite clearly mentally ill, or disabled, or brain damaged, or suffering from the effects of some sort of trauma- Or some combination thereof, and mixing that with the 'bottomless pit' bank account that he purportedly possesses has allowed him to gain the public's attention in a way few people with his particular set of experiences could expect to. And Sestero has capitalised off of that. It leaves a bad taste in my mouth.