Tommy Wiseau's "The Room"

call it Creep Out

Does anyone else feel like the underwear story guy is a huge ham and maybe the only actor who realized how awful the whole production was? Every scene I see him in, he seems like he's super hamming it up.

― Mordy, Saturday, March 20, 2010 2:12 PM (1 week ago) Bookmark

i think the only actor who was aware of how awful and absurd the whole thing was was the "i feel like i'm sitting on an atomic bomb waiting for it to go off" guy.

I want to see him and Christopher Walken in a buddy cop film. It would revive the genre.

Holy shit this is the best idea ever someone pls email Walken.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z9H3-zaF0EY&feature=player_embedded

Meh. Just mean and not imho in the spirit of The Room and the joy it has brought my life.

zora and mortar?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v6dtcHkMdAA

my favorite scene

My fave part of that scene:
"I had a 2,000 dollar check I couldn't cash."
"Why not?"
"Because it was an out of state bank."

Ignoring the fact that not being able to cash an out of state bank check is preposterous -- it sounds like Tommy was writing the script, got to that part and thought -- hmmm, this won't be believable that he had a check he couldn't cash. I'll need to explain it. This is a good explanation!

Yeah I remember laughing hard at that!

My beloved DDR game shouts out random phrases including "Youaahhh tearing it up" but each and every time I think it's gonna be "Youahhh tearing... me apart lisaaa!"

So how did you meet Lisa?

Well, there was this out-of-state check, you see...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ForaBSjKXic

lol came here to post that^

lisa actress is a real estate agent? http://www.praxismagazine.com/interview/jdan.htm

apolls if that interview's already been posted..

AR: What is your favorite line from the film?
”Leave your stupid comments in your pocket!”

<3

never would've made it through this watching on my own, but with a couple of friends it worked very well

Saw it for the 4th time last night.

i admit, i was singing "everywhere you look!" during all the Frisco footage, so it's funny that that's one of the live screening habits, but i don't know if i could bring myself to watch the movie a second time

I watch it stoned every time -- which is why I think I continue to enjoy it.

it's pretty enjoyable with or without drugs or alcohol, but it really benefits from having friends with you when you watch

http://twitter.com/TommyWiseau

I wish he would update. :(

<3 <3

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=57eAL7TkjTc

he's an awesome interviewee:

http://notcoming.com/features/tommywiseau/

TW: You know what, if I had been in front of you, I would hug you.

So then I did the research. I’ve done so much research; my background’s acting and also psychology. So, to respond to your question, I think that people connect because it’s the real world. And, you know, we are very simple people when you really think about it. You may use fancy words, you may be a graduate from Stanford University or Berkeley, whatever, but it doesn’t mean that you connect with people, you know?

So there’s a lot of symbolism within The Room. From the beginning, it’s no secret that I’ve encouraged people to actually see it several times. You see, sometimes a certain group of media, they don’t give the creative process a chance, or they don’t give enough credit—but never mind about that. We all connect to The Room directly and indirectly, when you really think about it, if you’re honest with yourself.

And again, my take is also that I don’t expect everybody to love The Room, but I’m pretty sure that people will find at least an element, a sentence or word, or whatever else within The Room that connects with their life directly or indirectly.

Wow. Is it just that he seriously doesn't get *why* people go crazy over his movie? Or is he being obtuse on purpose?

MW:

As you know, a bunch of people who go to see The Room in the theatres love to throw spoons, and I just have to know: do the spoons have any significance in the movie?
TW:

Absolutely. You see, at first, we didn’t have plastic spoons in the world. But we used to, a long time ago – not even a long time ago – we had wood spoons. You see, plastic also represents the technology, but at the same time also created something that we don’t like, because plastic is not nature. But it can be part of nature, if we find a formula, how to create the plastic without chemicals, which I think we may do someday. Because now we have technology – I don’t know if you know about it, but I do know about it – that looks like plastic but it’s not plastic.

o_0

A couple of my friends are going to see it at The Ziegfeld on Friday, Wiseau is appearing. They're trying to drag me along, but I am not spending actual money ok, $15 to see this movie.

Seeee itttt

Yeah dude its not just a lol Bad Film. It really is an experience in a cinema if it already has a rabid fanbase.

I basically had NFI what was going on half the film (couldnt hear dialogue over the screaming!) but it didnt matter, it was too hilarious.

No, don't get me wrong, I enjoyed it already on DVD, watching with the same friends, two weeks ago! They've just gotten super invested in it now, wanting to see it again already, getting more people to see it... I just don't know if it's worth the effort and money to see it again, even in that crazy midnight showing audience. Amazingly, it looks like it's already sold out.

oh hai guyz.

tickets bought: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/108934

I get to ask him a question!

Ask him why Johnny + Lisa weren't horrified when Denny said he likes to watch them. Isn't someone voyeuring on your sex-life ridic creepy?

I tried to watch this by myself at home on DVD and got about 30 seconds into the second love scene before turning it off.
I guess you have to see it with a group.

I recommend drugs.

^^^

Just make sure it isn't PCP because that might be weird.

how did you guys miss the obvious response to

I recommend drugs.

WHAT KIND OF DRUGS, MORDY? WHAT KIND OF DRUGS DO YOU TAKE?

IT'S NO BIG DEAL!

STOP GANGING UP ON MEEE

I have always wanted to see this and I found the perfect occasion: the star will be coming to see it with me. I'm glad I never went ahead and saw this with one of my friend's that doesn't appreciate corny humor

Oh I see that the link that kclu posted last week was for the same event. Dang, I'm gonna have to preorder tix aren't I

yep, definitely. i don't know, though, you might still want to try to watch it beforehand if possible - from what i was told, it's not the best way to see it for the first time, since you won't hear half the dialogue over the drunken hooting and hollering

Ohhh

I can attest to that, I missed a great deal of the dialog due to the noise. Didnt matter, really. But still.

This was on in London recently but I couldn't find anyone who wanted to go so I didn't go and now I've read this thread I am SAD about that.

don't blame yourself for knowing decent people

nonsense; decent people will help you sneak booze into the theater

At the theatre they showed it at here you could buy beer and wine!

wow