Tommy Wiseau's "The Room"

I have the pleasure of driving through Hollywood every day and still seeing the billboard for the film up and Tommy glaring at me as if to say, "I telled you I could make movie."

This still cracks me up.

Mordy, you should get these:

http://www.etsy.com/listing/59274376/the-room-crowd-participation-and

i ordered the dvd of this off the official website to give to my sister for christmas, and tommy wiseau signed it "to (my sister), may all your dreams come true, love tommy w." i don't normally get starstruck, but i'm fangirling the fuck out right now.

on the other hand, tommy wiseau now knows where i live, so.

i'm watching this right now with people who have never seen it before. i love their startled reactions to how bizarre and strange it is.

thanks to you mordy i'm watching this right now again and i have no memory whatsoever of the scene where lisa's talking about denny's extra set of keys? i am so confused. and drnuk

lololol, this time i was just watching it and so much of the dialogue felt new. i think it's bc most of the dialogue is totally unnecessary and unmemorable so there's stuff you filter out every time you watch it. it's like a really great album, it repays repeated watchings.

well it was an out of state bank — ANYWAY...

what's the interesting part?

http://threeframes.net/tagged/the+room

that's bullshit I didn't hit her, I did NAAAT

oh hai doggie

Oh hai 3D

http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ldsezt8m0M1qzpwi0o1_500.jpg

it would be neat if he could combine the footage from the 2 cameras he used to make it 3d

^^wont really work unless they were the same, and from what i read one was film and the other was digital?

http://i.imgur.com/A7rcG.gif

woah. where's that from?

judging from how old Sestero looks, i'm thinking a special interview from within the last year

it's from an interview on cnn.com that is amazing.

link?

let me tell you this, you can not compare oranges to apples, or oranges to women, okay? I would never compare... the room is the room, that's the bottom line. whatever you guys compare, that's fine with me, but you can not compare.

lol thats him all over. "you can compare them but DONT compare them ok?"

Keep on truckin' tommy <3

Here's the link to part one: http://tinyurl.com/4ksgcjl

Epic! Is part two online anywhere? Can't find it....

http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/bestoftv/2011/02/01/exp.intv.room.ext2.cnn

Holy shit even the silence between the things they say is quotable.

Thanx poly p!

Always happy to spread the gospel of Tommy.

amzing

so what do you guys think? is greg in on the joke?

. . .

Greg thinks he is above it but is still milking it hard.

i could also kinda get them as friends where greg feels above it but his relationship with tommy is sincere

is greg still tommy's assistant?

OH NOES

http://filmdrunk.uproxx.com/2011/02/scandal-tommy-wiseau-may-not-have-directed-the-room

I think it sort of goes without saying that Wiseau couldn't have made a feature film without a lot of help from opportunistic hacks like that guy.

also lol at the idea that this director somehow embraced the badness while tommy didn't. afaic they are all to blame (to praise really) for the end result.

o hai guys!

I gotta go to a cinema showing of this again. I haven't laughed so hysterically in all my life. I lost my voice from laughing and shouting at the screen.

i dunno, a friend of mine has interviewed quite a few cast members and it sounds like Wiseau was pretty involved as a director.

i mean this dude is wack. he filmed the whole movie pretty much with another dude cast as 'mark' and re-did it because the dude wasn't quite up to snuff (and casting his very eager personal assistant)

actually mark is the best. i am really glad he swooped in and made it amazing with lines like KEEP YOUR COMMENTS IN YOUR POCKET

"come on, it's clear"
"what's clear?"

Mandee you did a Sims of this didnt you? Did you ever get screenies? I cant recall.

oh man, i just can't figure women out. sometimes they're just too smart. sometimes they're flat-out stupid. other times they're just evil.

I already ordered a pizza.

Hai doggie

yeah I made Tommy, Lisa, Mark and Denny in Sims 2

Lisa looked EXACTLY LIKE LISA

Next time I use that computer, I'll take a screen cap.

:D

Tommy is faaaaaaded in this interview.

Really started LOLling in the 1st part when they're talking about football.

"Go to any park in AMERICA! They play football three feet away! You can do eeet!"

re: the "scandal"--this comment pretty much explains what happened

got a kick out of this - from imdb:

The Best Movie....EVER!!!, 29 February 2004
Author: houndog5 from los angeles

OK, that may be a stretch, but I have inside knowledge into the facts. You see, I was fortunate enough to have worked on the film. As I read the reviews here, especially the last one, which I am sure was written by our amazing Director/Actor/Producer/Writer, I felt I had to respond. Having the dubious honor of saying I worked on this film, has also brought with it the responsibility of telling the truth about what happened on set. Apparently Tommy had a lot of money sitting around and decided he needed to make a film. Not being able to decide what to shoot, film or video, we shot both. Side by side. Both cameras on the same head, being operated by one camera operator. We shot almost the whole thing in the parking lot and back storage shed (read- sound stage) of a camera rental house in Hollywood. I got the call to work on the show after they had already tried to start with another crew that ended up all being dismissed. I believe that we ended up being crew 2 of 4. The show never had much organization to it from the start. We were told it would be a 3 week shoot. At the end of 3 weeks we were exactly 1/2 way done. Crew calls were usually 8 a.m. tommy would show up around 10:30 or 11. Because he would take the HD video camera home with him every night, we had no choice but to wait for him. Since we were only in one room or outside the door in the parking lot, we did not have anything to do but sit around and wait every day. When Tommy arrived we would have to see if he was in actor mode or director mode. If he was in actor mode, you were not allowed to talk to him so he could "stay in character." Since he was in almost every scene, he was always in his "actor" mode. This also meant that he could not direct. Noting the huge delays every day and the fact that we were never seeming to get anything done, our wonderful script supervisor stepped up and became the director...at least he tried. One day he had to go off and do another show and asked if anyone else wanted to step up and direct and keep some script notes. When nobody volunteered, I stepped up. I loved it. It was my directorial genius that had tommy bump into Lisa as they were taking the bad guy off the roof! I will also take credit for the now famous line "You are tearing me apart, Lisa!" In the first 10 takes, tommy kept saying "You are TAKING me apart!" As the crew tried to keep it together, I felt I should right the situation and corrected the line. The crew was also instrumental in keeping the chicken line in. "CHEEEEEPPPPPPP, CHEEP, CHEEP, CHEEP, CHEEP!" We begged our scripty/director to keep him doing it take after take. Though the crew ultimately followed the original DP out the door and quit, we are all proud to have taken part in the making of this film. Amongst the film crew realms, we are minor celebrities. "Dude, you worked on that thing?" is a phrase that is often heard when The Room is mentioned.

I have the pleasure of driving through Hollywood every day and still seei ng the billboard for the film up and Tommy glaring at me as if to say, "I telled you I could make movie." For those looking for a photo op, it's on Highland, a few blocks south of Sunset. I know that tommy took out an ad in the trade papers asking "For Your Consideration", I only wished that I could see him on stage accepting an Academy Award. It would be well earned. Rumor has it that he has a vampire film in the works... let's hope so... I only hope I get the opportunity to work on it. I can only hope that The Room becomes a cult classic with midnight showings. I'll put my tux on and bring a football. Perhaps I'll stand up for a Q&A afterward and tell the stories I have so fondly tried to burn from my memory. My other dream is for the DVD. There are 100's of hours of behind the scenes footage out there. The camera for the behind the scenes material was always recording. ALWAYS! It will be awesome to see what took place on our set. I hope he puts it out there. I know I would buy several copies for all my friends and family.

― mr. me too (rockapads), Tuesday, June 30, 2009 1:53 AM (1 year ago) Bookmark

Yeah I was thinking of that as well. If its true (and it seems like it could be) it makes a ton of sense. ha.