Tommy Wiseau's "The Room"

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.

http://www.avclub.com/articles/someone-else-actually-wants-credit-for-directing-t,51787/

Of course, Schklair quit working on the film after only a month or so, and he’s been more or less quiet about his alleged larger role until now—which is conveniently timed with his upcoming gig directing the new TNT show Franklin & Bash, and driven by his own stated goal to “get his name out there.” Evidently, he believes "Director, The Room" would be a worthwhile addition to his portfolio. As to why he waited nearly eight years until a suspiciously opportunistic time availed itself, Schklair says that he was encouraged to finally come forward and talk to the press by Franklin co-star Malcolm McDowell, which is just weird to think about. The idea of Malcolm McDowell holding serious counsel with anyone on The Room is, frankly, bizarre. Anyway, the likelihood of Wiseau ever forfeiting his directing credit is obviously slim, but the story does add an interesting new wrinkle to that inevitable Tommy Wiseau biopic some 20 years from now.

anyway, how's your sex life?

question to all: would you bang Tommy Wiseau?

oh lord no. He looks like melted PVC.

his skin is all reptilian and leathery

The sight of his naked butt humping has forever been scarred into my memory. It is cruel.

Hypothetically if I already banged him would I have to rebang him

that'd be okay tho -- you could just reuse all the same moves from the first time

He was my rose, he was my rose, he was my rooooooose

Oh great now that damn song is going to be stuck in my head all day haha.

for the record: I totally would, for novelty value

Hahah way to go <3

I suppose it would be a great icebreaker to be able to casually say to someone "yeah I fucked Tommy Wiseau once" *sip vodka*

Did anyone ever get to the bottom of where he comes from and how he financed the movie? He says he's from Louisiana but he's obviously not American born. He says he's lived in France but he doesn't sound French. His surname seems to be either extremely rare or made up, probably the latter.

mandee otm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fW28dYFNeWc

It's up there.

oh hi

by that I mean; here's the part you all missed -

"Lisa...what a great party...and you brought all my friends GOOD THINKING!!"

also did anyone catch the final scene where Denny runs up to Johnny and shouts out "Tommy!" ?

lol yes. i love that moment. the fiction has collapsed and you are staring into the void of Wiseau's reality

the interview on the DVD was incredible as well. just like in the movie, they clearly dub over half his lines. why not just shoot it again? it's full of cuts anyway.

also did anyone catch the final scene where Denny runs up to Johnny and shouts out "Tommy!" ?

― frogbs, Friday, April 1, 2011 7:31 AM (7 hours ago) Bookmark

Yeah, then he appears to blow dead Johnny!

This was supposed to air on adult swim a while back. I can't believe I didn't remember to tape it :(

it aired on Adult Swim 17 hours ago, and wtf you still TAPE movies off tv that are readily available on DVD?

I still haven't seen it

maybe you meant DVR or Tivo or something i was mostly weirded out by the idea of taping a movie on VHS

14 bucks over paypal will get you an autographed copy direct from the man himself.

I DVRed it last night and am watching the first part of it now. I love Adult Swim's solution to the sex scene problem.

Wiseau's dialogue is really something. Even little things like when Claudette says "I've always thought of him as my son-in-law." Who says that?!

Also, this is pretty great:

http://theroomnovelization.blogspot.com/2010/06/chapter-i.html

just played "the room" newgrounds game and really hated it

like, it's impressive that someone would do all that, but seriously, who would play through all that

Wiseau's dialogue is really something. Even little things like when Claudette says "I've always thought of him as my son-in-law." Who says that?!

The dialogue is definitely one of the weirder parts of the movie, that's kind of the source of most of the WTF moments in the film, just little things like Mark randomly saying "I'm thinking of moving into a bigger place...I'm making good money now" apropos of nothing is what makes this so good. I just noticed that none of the characters really have any reason to enter or leave a scene. It's always "well, I gotta go", or "hey, I was just uh...wondering if I could talk to Johnny", or "I need to borrow a cup of sugar". Also totally love the guy who plays the boyfriend of the sister, he's not in the movie long, but every scene with him is ridiculous.

http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ljrxzkIl7P1qdth1ho1_500.jpg

:D

I seriously used to watch this movie twice a day.