Has Sup Forums read this book? It's really good.
>In the end, the phenomenon of The Room has allowed me to realize that, in life, anything is possible. The Room is a drama that is also a comedy that is also an existential cry for help that is finally a testament to human endurance. It has made me reconsider what defines artistic success or failure. If art is expression, can it fail? Is success simply a matter of what one does with failure?
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>gs to move into my new place across the street when I noticed Tommy had left something out on his desk, I think, for me to find. It was a bulletin board. On it, Tommy had pinned a bunch of his headshots. In the middle of this Tommy collage was a picture of me. Knowing him, this didn’t strike me as upsetting or creepy. Maybe it should have, but it didn’t. I knew he was trying to figure out what it was that separated me from him. Why had I, in his mind, been accepted by Hollywood and he had not? As though a picture could tell you that. All at once I felt both immensely sad and immensely relieved he was gone. Somehow I knew I wouldn’t see him again for a very long time.
halfway through it right now
>The Room’s premiere was testament to Tommy’s unrelenting drive and determination. He’d inflict his vision on the world whether the world wanted it or not. He was a movie star whether the world saw it or not. In getting here, Tommy had sometimes been destructive and sometimes cruel. But how could I—how could anyone—not be moved by Tommy, who’d fought so hard against the unforgiving confines of his star-crossed life?
how are you liking it? and did you see the original movie? i've only seen the clips people laugh at the most online, but still found the book great
After reading this I order hot water at every fancy restaurant I go to now.
yes i read it. funniest shit ive ever read
STELLAAAAA
I'd suggest listening to the audiobook to anyone who has not yet read the book. Listening to Sestero's great Wiseau impression makes it way more hilarious.
if franco can pull off the scene in the acting class i will apologize to franco
it's basically everything i hoped it would be. i've seen the original film a couple times.
my favorite part is how Tommy is incapable of the most basic shit but he's somehow unfathomably rich.
I hope you made sure to watch Sunset Boulevard and The Talented Mr. Ripley first to better understand the context.
I had just seen the film version and broadway version of Sunset before reading it
talented mr ripley is shit though
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I'm going to a Room screening in a two months, Tommy and Greg will be. If I have an opportunity, what should I ask them?
Nothing, it's all been asked. Just exchange some nice pleasantries, shake is supernaturally soft hand and get a funny picture.
I read this all in one sitting in the waiting room for a urologist. It was one of the funniest, and saddest, books I've ever read. I've been meaning to check out the audiobook version but >$30
For free in TPB, nigger.
So, is it true? The story that Tommy supposedly told Greg about his past? I mean, of course it's not true, it's convoluted and makes no sense, but does anything in that story have even a tiny little fragment of truth?
His past in a shitty communist country, his expatriation to France, the molestation attempts against him, the way he gained his fortune by selling shitty toys on a beach? Is any of it true?
God damn this book has so many feels.
He's connected to the mob.
1/4 terrible acting
1/4 stock footage of SF
2/4 90s RnB-themed softcore porn
plan 9, riki oh and birdemic are enjoyably bad. the room is mostly just shit with a few moments of lulz
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The absolute madman.
Greg puts it well: what kind of mob would EVER want to be associated with Tommy?
He has nothing to offer to any criminal organization. If anything, he'd be bad news to them. He has the intelligence of a small child, the looks of a shaved gorilla, and the character of the world's most eccentric millionaire.
Infinite loyalty. Do you think Tommy would beeetray yew?
Get Audible, pleb. For a few bucks a month you get 3 Audible credits that you can use to purchase a book each. Now tell me pal, do you go through 3 books a month? I doubt it numbskull.
Y-you didn't have to be so mean about it
He comes off as so bumbling he would do it by accident
This. Even if he didn't actually reveal any mob secret or whatever, just the way he speaks seems suspicious and would get him in trouble.
>"Okay heeere's the money for drug, mister biiiig mafia siiiiiiir. It is good moooney. Lot of moooney. I counted. It's good money!"
>"What are you talking about, faggot? Is this shit fake?"
>"Noooo, it is reeeeal money, no fake!"
>and then he smirks and does a sick handstand just for the fuck of it
>Tommy, a self-professed massive fan of James Dean, thought the line was "You're taking me apart!" until everyone on set corrected him.
Tommy is pretty inspiring t.b.h.
>it's convoluted and makes no sense
He started selling toys and was apparently good enough at it to branch out and start selling counterfeit clothes. At some point, he also befriended Drew Caffrey and Chloe Litzke, two rich old people who he has kind of weird, support/mentor relationship with (Chloe is the person Tommy described as kind fo his girlfriend). Eventually, he also got into real estate (probably with the help of his rich benefactors), and managed to buy property that became insanely valuable after the tech boom. He also had a couple of massive insurance payouts from car accidents.
It's really not unbelievable. He was able to get some success as a salesman, and made most of his money through luck and real estate, with some help along the way. It's not that uncommon. Look up Arnold Schwarzenegger's story; no one is doubtful that he was a millionaire before he became an actor, and he did the same thing (sales and real estate).
>The Talented Mr. Ripley
Starring Mark Damon?