The Room
Posted: Mon Sep 14, 2009 4:03 am
Everyone needs to see this movie. It's horrendous. It's outrageous. It makes no sense. It's hilarious. It's quite possibly genius.
It's The Room.
It's an independent film from 2003, directed, produced, written and starring one Tommy Wiseau, a man whose background is almost completely unknown, whose accent is ridiculous, and whose acting skills are incredibly bad.
He plays Johnny, a San Francisco banker engaged to Lisa, whom he treats "like a princess." She inexplicably decides she no longer loves him, and seduces his best friend Mark, creating a delicious love triangle, with several awful, excruciating sex scenes.
The film is completely, unconvincingly melodramatic. It has subplots -- involving, for instance, Johnny's ward, an 18-year old boy who is possibly sexually confused and at one point is involved in a drug deal -- that make no sense, have no bearing on the plot, and are never referred to again. For instance, Lisa's mother nonchalantly remarks at one point, "And besides, I'm dying. The test results are in. I definitely have breast cancer." No mention of it ever again.
It has been called the "Citizen Kane of bad movies." It's become this century's Rocky Horror Picture Show, with constant screenings, people memorizing every line, and objects (in this case, the ubiquitous spoons which appear in almost every other shot) thrown at the screen.
To get a good feel for how the film works, check out this clip. Taste the bad acting. Here is the trailer.
It's the worst movie I've ever seen. But it's somehow extremely compelling, because it's so hilarious and mysterious. Highly recommended.
It's The Room.
It's an independent film from 2003, directed, produced, written and starring one Tommy Wiseau, a man whose background is almost completely unknown, whose accent is ridiculous, and whose acting skills are incredibly bad.
He plays Johnny, a San Francisco banker engaged to Lisa, whom he treats "like a princess." She inexplicably decides she no longer loves him, and seduces his best friend Mark, creating a delicious love triangle, with several awful, excruciating sex scenes.
The film is completely, unconvincingly melodramatic. It has subplots -- involving, for instance, Johnny's ward, an 18-year old boy who is possibly sexually confused and at one point is involved in a drug deal -- that make no sense, have no bearing on the plot, and are never referred to again. For instance, Lisa's mother nonchalantly remarks at one point, "And besides, I'm dying. The test results are in. I definitely have breast cancer." No mention of it ever again.
It has been called the "Citizen Kane of bad movies." It's become this century's Rocky Horror Picture Show, with constant screenings, people memorizing every line, and objects (in this case, the ubiquitous spoons which appear in almost every other shot) thrown at the screen.
To get a good feel for how the film works, check out this clip. Taste the bad acting. Here is the trailer.
It's the worst movie I've ever seen. But it's somehow extremely compelling, because it's so hilarious and mysterious. Highly recommended.