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The Disaster Artist: My Life Inside The Room, the Greatest Bad Movie Ever Made
Greg Sestero
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1.07k reviews for:
The Disaster Artist: My Life Inside The Room, the Greatest Bad Movie Ever Made
Greg Sestero
4.29 AVERAGE
I was first introduced to the movie, The Room, about 4 years ago. I was at a small gathering of friends in an Austin apartment and nearly everyone else had seen it or heard of it except me. They all described it more or less in the same way: it was the best worst movie they had ever seen. When the movie first started, I was bored to tears but the longer it went on I started to feel laughter bubbling out and the absurdity of the whole thing really kicked in.
Enjoying bad movies is a bit of a scientific formula for me. The film has to cross that threshold of being so bad that it's actually funny and extremely quotable. (Side note: Rent Geostorm when it's released to Redbox. I recommend pairing it with your alcohol of choice) The Room is EXTREMELY quotable, which I'm sure assisted with it's evolution into a cult classic.
I read The Disaster Artist for a Goodreads book club I facilitate for my library branch. We read and discuss books that are current film adaptations. Tearing apart film adaptations of books is something of a hobby of mine, but there wasn't much to tear apart in this case.The Disaster Artist is a nonfiction book about the making on a movie, which led to a movie about the making of a movie. So, this pick was really a no-brainer for me and ended up being my favorite book club read. It's written by Greg Sestero, who played Mark in The Room and is also Tommy's friend and former roommate, so he really had a front row seat to a disaster in the making.
I heartily recommend that you see The Room before reading this book or watching James Franco in The Disaster Artist. I think you really need the context to understand just how crazy that film is, which is only compounded by what you learn from behind the scenes. If this was a work of fiction, critics would be saying what an amazing and surreal character Tommy Wiseau is, but he is a real person! I couldn't believe most of what I was reading. Everyone that has seen The Room knows that Wiseau is the poster boy for eccentricity, but the details Greg divulges really makes you rethink your definition of "crazy".
The Disaster Artist is more than just an account of Hollywood dreams gone wrong; it has a lot of heart. For me, one of the most enjoyable aspects of the book was the evolution of the friendship between Tommy and Greg. Greg admits that what we will be reading is from his point of view and through the filter of his experiences. His admiration and fondness for Tommy really come through in his writing as well as his frustrations during filming. The Disaster Artist will also hit home for anyone who has chased a big dream and you can't help but admire the lengths Tommy Wiseau took to get there.
So, just to recap:
Step one: You need to watch The Room.
Step two: Read The Disaster Artist
Step three: Go see The Disaster Artist while it is still in theaters
Step four: Become a The Room fanatic and attend every midnight showing you can (optional)
Enjoying bad movies is a bit of a scientific formula for me. The film has to cross that threshold of being so bad that it's actually funny and extremely quotable. (Side note: Rent Geostorm when it's released to Redbox. I recommend pairing it with your alcohol of choice) The Room is EXTREMELY quotable, which I'm sure assisted with it's evolution into a cult classic.
I read The Disaster Artist for a Goodreads book club I facilitate for my library branch. We read and discuss books that are current film adaptations. Tearing apart film adaptations of books is something of a hobby of mine, but there wasn't much to tear apart in this case.The Disaster Artist is a nonfiction book about the making on a movie, which led to a movie about the making of a movie. So, this pick was really a no-brainer for me and ended up being my favorite book club read. It's written by Greg Sestero, who played Mark in The Room and is also Tommy's friend and former roommate, so he really had a front row seat to a disaster in the making.
I heartily recommend that you see The Room before reading this book or watching James Franco in The Disaster Artist. I think you really need the context to understand just how crazy that film is, which is only compounded by what you learn from behind the scenes. If this was a work of fiction, critics would be saying what an amazing and surreal character Tommy Wiseau is, but he is a real person! I couldn't believe most of what I was reading. Everyone that has seen The Room knows that Wiseau is the poster boy for eccentricity, but the details Greg divulges really makes you rethink your definition of "crazy".
The Disaster Artist is more than just an account of Hollywood dreams gone wrong; it has a lot of heart. For me, one of the most enjoyable aspects of the book was the evolution of the friendship between Tommy and Greg. Greg admits that what we will be reading is from his point of view and through the filter of his experiences. His admiration and fondness for Tommy really come through in his writing as well as his frustrations during filming. The Disaster Artist will also hit home for anyone who has chased a big dream and you can't help but admire the lengths Tommy Wiseau took to get there.
So, just to recap:
Step one: You need to watch The Room.
Step two: Read The Disaster Artist
Step three: Go see The Disaster Artist while it is still in theaters
Step four: Become a The Room fanatic and attend every midnight showing you can (optional)
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One of the funniest books I’ve read in a long time. The text shines best when the author just lets things happen and doesn’t try to interpret them too much. I haven’t seen The Room, but clearly now I have to.
I wish Tommy Wiseau would have kept a more mysterious/reclusive life because this book makes me so fascinated with him.
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The Room. Not everyone has seen it, but many have probably heard of it. A 2003 independent film directed, produced, and written lead actor Tommy Wiseau, The Room’s story concerns a love triangle between three friends. Johnny (Wiseau) is a kindly, middle-aged banker engaged to the untrustworthy Lisa (Juliette Danielle). Out of boredom, Lisa decides to ensnare their misguided friend, Mark (Greg Sestero), in a passionate affair in a move that will destroy their circle of friends. Meant to be taken as a heart-wrenching drama on par with Shakespeare’s tragedies, the film’s bad acting, bewildering script, and atrocious dialogue was met with howls of laughter worldwide. Although a flop at the box office, it developed an impressive cult following, and ultimately led to Sestero’s decision to write a memoir of his experiences. Hilarious, and at times, surprisingly sad, The Disaster Artist is a wildly entertaining memoir that will definitely appeal to fans of The Room.
I don't understand how anyone could come out of this book not feeling a little sad. I'm familiar with The Room, although I still haven't gotten around to seeing it (I have, however, listened to the great HDTGM episode about it, which Greg Sestero was on prior to the publication of this book). I know it's supposed to be one of the best "so-bad-it's-good"s.
It's sort of a cautionary tale about the limitations of the "you can do anything if you put your mind to it" mindset. That's not always true and that's ok.
It's sort of a cautionary tale about the limitations of the "you can do anything if you put your mind to it" mindset. That's not always true and that's ok.
The Room is unquestionably one of the worst films of all time. But, viewed as an accidental comedy, it is also one of the funniest. Written by, directed, financed, and produced by Tommy Wiseau, The Room was intended as a harrowing Tennesee Williams-style tragedy of love and betrayal. But the production is so amateurish, the writing bizarre and hackneyed, and the acting so dreadful that the film is unintentionally hilarious. Unsurprisingly, it became a cult hit years after its release.
The Disaster Artist, written by Room actor Greg Sestero, is both an account of the film's chaotic production as well as Sestero's friendship with the mysterious, manipulative Wiseau. Sestero, a naive teenager hoping to break into acting after a brief career as a model, meets the older, craggy-faced Wiseau at an acting class in San Francisco. Despite spending a lot of time together, Sestero knows very little about Wiseau — the older man does not reveal his age, nationality, or how he became independently wealthy. Nevertheless, Wiseau sets Greg up in an apartment in Los Angeles so that the younger man can pursue his Hollywood dreams. Eventually, Wiseau entices Greg to help him get his film, puzzlingly called The Room, off the ground. And Greg, whose career as an actor was going nowhere, agrees.
It probably shouldn't surprise anyone that Sestero's description of The Room's creation is a delight to read. But his memoir is more than this — it's also a character study of the intriguing Wiseau, a character so unlikely and bizarre that a novelist would strain to create him. And it's a tale of a young actor so desperate to break through that he fell under the influence of Wiseau, a Svengali-like figure who, against all odds, became well-known through sheer force of will.
The Disaster Artist, written by Room actor Greg Sestero, is both an account of the film's chaotic production as well as Sestero's friendship with the mysterious, manipulative Wiseau. Sestero, a naive teenager hoping to break into acting after a brief career as a model, meets the older, craggy-faced Wiseau at an acting class in San Francisco. Despite spending a lot of time together, Sestero knows very little about Wiseau — the older man does not reveal his age, nationality, or how he became independently wealthy. Nevertheless, Wiseau sets Greg up in an apartment in Los Angeles so that the younger man can pursue his Hollywood dreams. Eventually, Wiseau entices Greg to help him get his film, puzzlingly called The Room, off the ground. And Greg, whose career as an actor was going nowhere, agrees.
It probably shouldn't surprise anyone that Sestero's description of The Room's creation is a delight to read. But his memoir is more than this — it's also a character study of the intriguing Wiseau, a character so unlikely and bizarre that a novelist would strain to create him. And it's a tale of a young actor so desperate to break through that he fell under the influence of Wiseau, a Svengali-like figure who, against all odds, became well-known through sheer force of will.
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