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A review by odin45mp
The Disaster Artist: My Life Inside The Room, the Greatest Bad Movie Ever Made by Tom Bissell, Greg Sestero
4.0
"Oh hi, Mark."
This is a fascinating look at a train wreck. You don't want to watch, but you can't look away. Greg Sestero takes us through his start as a struggling actor trying to find a job - any job - to fulfill his dream of becoming an actor. Along the way he meets the charismatic and enigmatic Thomas P. Wiseau, who writes, directs, produces, and stars in his crowning achievement, "The Room". Tommy, as he is known, befriends Mark and involves him in the production and filming of "The Room", which became a cult classic of modern bad cinema.
This autobiography does an excellent job of relating both the mundane and the unbelievable of working on "The Room". I enjoyed hearing about the ups and downs (mostly downs) of working on this "real Hollywood picture". I actually listened to the audiobook based on a friend's recommendation. Greg Sestero narrated it, and did a fantastic impersonation of Tommy's unidentifiable accent. Greg is a good narrator and storyteller, but I question the layout of some of the chapters that jumped from his work on "The Room" and back to the late nineties without much warning. I recommend this book to anyone who is a fan of bad cinema, autobiographies, or books about filmmaking.
This is a fascinating look at a train wreck. You don't want to watch, but you can't look away. Greg Sestero takes us through his start as a struggling actor trying to find a job - any job - to fulfill his dream of becoming an actor. Along the way he meets the charismatic and enigmatic Thomas P. Wiseau, who writes, directs, produces, and stars in his crowning achievement, "The Room". Tommy, as he is known, befriends Mark and involves him in the production and filming of "The Room", which became a cult classic of modern bad cinema.
This autobiography does an excellent job of relating both the mundane and the unbelievable of working on "The Room". I enjoyed hearing about the ups and downs (mostly downs) of working on this "real Hollywood picture". I actually listened to the audiobook based on a friend's recommendation. Greg Sestero narrated it, and did a fantastic impersonation of Tommy's unidentifiable accent. Greg is a good narrator and storyteller, but I question the layout of some of the chapters that jumped from his work on "The Room" and back to the late nineties without much warning. I recommend this book to anyone who is a fan of bad cinema, autobiographies, or books about filmmaking.