That's what I was hoping to get
out of The Disaster Artist.
Rocks the hell
out of a Disaster Artist cameo and gives a great interview in a sweater to which attention must be paid.
Unlike Harper, Sestero didn't leave details
out of The Disaster Artist to protect Wiseau, but because part of the fun of «The Room» is not quite understanding where its creator came from, not fully knowing how he came to be himself.
Not exact matches
The backlash started after Franco wore a «Time's Up» pin — referencing the #MeToo campaign which encourages victims
of sexual abuse to speak
out — while accepting a Golden Globe for his film The
Disaster Artist.
With that said, those who have had the pleasure
of seeing this so - bad - it's - good must - see with a spoon - throwing, football - passing, line - shouting crowd will get the most
out of «The
Disaster Artist,» the Hollywood true story
of Wiseau and his friend, actor Greg Sestero, and how they got «The Room» made.
As an uberfan
of the so - bad - it's - good masterpiece The Room and a solid admirer
of The
Disaster Artist, The Room co-star Greg Sestero's tell - all book about the making
of mysterious vampiric figure Tommy Wiseau's «Tennessee Williams style melodrama as told by an alien who has apparently never seen normal human beings interact» drama - turned - dark - comedy - after - initial - audience - reactions - full -
of - howling - laughter, I was a bit reserved in my excitement when I found
out that James Franco was going to direct the film adaptation, as well as portraying Wiseau himself.
Naturally, fans would be able to easily tell the difference between a film from a studio production and that
of a low - budget film, but as you find
out watching The
Disaster Artist, Wiseau's The Room was hardly a micro-budgeted project.
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There are a few scenes spread
out in The
Disaster Artist briefly and seriously touching on Tommy's wildly uncooperative behavior and his paranoid impressions
of betrayal, but for the most part, it's Franco pulling off a masterfully expressive turn surrounded by his personally created chaos.
But who would have thought his adaptation
of Greg Sestero's «The
Disaster Artist,» an outrageous blow - by - blow account
of the actor - turned - author's friendship with the aggressively untalented and infinitely enigmatic creator
of one
of the worst movies
of this century — «The Room» writer - director - star Tommy Wiseau — would turn
out to be the best and most professional entry on his own résumé?
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Out»
With Franco's The
Disaster Artist set to come
out in December, recreations
of that original Room billboard with Franco's face in place
of Wiseau's are beginning to pop up.
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The
Disaster Artist, which is directed by James and
out in wide release Friday, is a comedy chronicling the making
of 2003's The Room — the film written by, starring, and directed by Tommy Wiseau, which has been christened both the worst movie ever made and, in the years since, a cult classic.
The
Disaster Artist also makes good, possibly great art
out of a film considered by many the worst film ever made (Ed Wood's Plan 9 From Outer Space excepted).
But «The
Disaster Artist» is really Franco's «Ed Wood,» a persuasively human chronicle
of how the DIY cinematic catastrophe was borne
out of the friendship between Wiseau and fellow frustrated actor Sestero, who meet in a San Francisco acting class and move to Los Angeles together with the shared dream
of getting discovered.
We'd love to see James Franco sneak in there for his wonderfully outsized but controlled work as Tommy Wiseau in The
Disaster Artist, but that might be too much
of a laugh -
out - loud comedy to court Oscars attention.
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That is, until I talked to our own Zach Gayne and then read his review
out of SXSW, which concluded: «The
Disaster Artist is not only far funnier than you might expect, it's also far deeper than a film about the worst movie
of the 21st century has any right to be.»
The Big Sick was bizarrely shut
out of the Golden Globes, especially since they have a whole category for comedies and it's probably the best comedy
of the year, along with Lady Bird, I Tonya, Battle
of the Sexes, Girls Trip, and the
Disaster Artist.
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As Adam Scott points
out at the beginning
of The
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When James Franco set
out to make «The
Disaster Artist» — the behind the scenes story
of the making
of cult classic «The Room» — he knew he'd have a tough critic in «The Room» director Tommy Wiseau.
The 39 - year - old
Disaster Artist actor was spotted making his way
out of LAX Airport and heading to his ride on Thursday (April 12).
(The
Disaster Artist received some Oscar buzz, too, but was largely shut
out of nominations the same month Franco was accused
of sexual misconduct by numerous women.)
So if you'd like a better idea
of whatever this filming experience turned
out to be, you can listen to some
of Wiseau's greatest Room hits below, and then imagine Franco directing the likes
of Seth Rogen, Bryan Cranston, and Sharon Stone — yes, they're all in The
Disaster Artist — while attempting to create such a distinct, likely distracting impersonation.
In its place are four comedies (The
Disaster Artist, Get
Out, I, Tonya, and Lady Bird), all
of which richly deserve the attention they've been getting from critics» groups so far this year.
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Quick summary
of stuff I've found
out since: The making -
of movie is based on a book by Tommy's best friend, Greg Sestero, who plays Mark in The Room (and who's played by Dave Franco in The
Disaster Artist).
Today on q, hosted by Tom Power: (1) James Franco reveals why Tommy Wiseau only approves 99.9 %
of The
Disaster Artist; (2) are U2 and Neil Young still capable
of putting
out great albums?
James Franco's latest film, The
Disaster Artist (
out today), is based on the book
of the same name about the making
of the original film.
Good thing Hollywood didn't bite, because if they'd made it big, Tommy and Greg wouldn't have felt put -
out and desperate enough to make their own movie, in which case there'd be no cult
of The Room to speak
of and, thus, no excuse for James Franco to do whatever the hell it is he's is doing in The
Disaster Artist.
Sure, the fact that there were not one but three The
Disaster Artist plugs worked into separate sketches stood
out, and none
of the material was especially strong tonight.
The man who made the abominable As I Lay Dying will surely be kept
out of the Best Director race, but A24 giving The
Disaster Artist an early December release date is proof they believe the movie can pick up nominations elsewhere.