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The Disaster Artist: My Life Inside The Room, the Greatest Bad Movie Ever Made
Greg Sestero
4.29 AVERAGE
1.08k reviews for:
The Disaster Artist: My Life Inside The Room, the Greatest Bad Movie Ever Made
Greg Sestero
4.29 AVERAGE
Maybe if I’d ever seen The Room, I’d have enjoyed the book more. Interesting character descriptions, but this isn’t a book I’d recommend or likely ever pick up to read again. And it left me with no desire to watch the movie made from it. Not the worst book I’ve read this year, but still rather blah.
This book is something like a social experiment. I was amazed when reading between the lines, I got a good picture of what I THINK to be "Hollywood's middle class." That little corner of Los Angeles California is so packed full of talent and money. Yet there is enough room for someone who has, say buckets of money (as opposed to boatloads) to assemble a ragtag crew of actors and technically capable folks, and they can create a little film with the resources they have. And then, the wealthy guy in charge markets his creation all around town with billboards, a phone hotline, posters, business cards, everything! (Plus there is a suspicion that he may have mob connections.)
It's a small miracle that this film got made. It was difficult to make the entire way through. The man in charge was unbearably weird, but one step after another did indeed happen, and it is hilariously narrated by the film's lead actor, who for various reasons during production, found it impossible to quit.
This film is a perfect demonstration of the quote, vaguely ascribed to Woody Allen: "Eighty percent of success is showing up."
For the people involved in The Room who did show up, they have blessed filmgoers with years of laughter.
It's a small miracle that this film got made. It was difficult to make the entire way through. The man in charge was unbearably weird, but one step after another did indeed happen, and it is hilariously narrated by the film's lead actor, who for various reasons during production, found it impossible to quit.
This film is a perfect demonstration of the quote, vaguely ascribed to Woody Allen: "Eighty percent of success is showing up."
For the people involved in The Room who did show up, they have blessed filmgoers with years of laughter.
As a huge fan of The Room, learning the behind the scenes secrets of that movie was a real treat. Some things I already knew, others I suspected, and others still completely surprised me. A must read for any fan of The Room. Even if you’ve never seen The Room, this give a book a shot. I feel it’ll keep your attention & entertain you.
This explains so much but still so many questions remain.
"What a story, Mark!"
My only caveat would be that you must have seen The Room to enjoy this. But if you liked that movie, you will like this.
The story presents Tommy Wiseau as a strangely sympathetic character, despite all his flaws. Sestero comes off as the put-upon everyman. I laughed out loud often while reading this, and the book did answer a lot (but not all) of the questions I'd had regarding this bizarre film and its auteur.
My only caveat would be that you must have seen The Room to enjoy this. But if you liked that movie, you will like this.
The story presents Tommy Wiseau as a strangely sympathetic character, despite all his flaws. Sestero comes off as the put-upon everyman. I laughed out loud often while reading this, and the book did answer a lot (but not all) of the questions I'd had regarding this bizarre film and its auteur.
This book isn’t as flat out weird as the movie it’s about (The Room), but it manages to be its own kind of weird, sad, funny, and insightful by its focus on the relationship the author has with Tommy Wiseau, the movie’s impresario.
It’s not like the documentary Man of La Mancha about Terry Gilliam’s doomed Don Quixote movie, because all the misfortune is brought on entirely by Wiseau, who wreaks as much havoc as the acts of God afflicting Gilliam.
My kid and I mainly read this to be ready for the movie The Disaster Artist, and between the book and the press, we’re beyond excited.
It’s not like the documentary Man of La Mancha about Terry Gilliam’s doomed Don Quixote movie, because all the misfortune is brought on entirely by Wiseau, who wreaks as much havoc as the acts of God afflicting Gilliam.
My kid and I mainly read this to be ready for the movie The Disaster Artist, and between the book and the press, we’re beyond excited.