"Room": why you should look at the worst film in the history of

What do the film?

If you only read the synopsis, it may seem that the "rooms" - a banal drama. Johnny (played by director Tommy Weisz) lives an ordinary life, working in a bank and was going to marry her girlfriend Lisa (Juliette Danielle), but it turns out that Lisa does not like Johnny, and his best friend Mark (Greg Sisters).

The film is still a couple of unrelated storylines: with her mother Lisa, strange friends and rugby the ball, which is in the hands of the characters constantly when you have to deal with difficult life situations.

And what in it bad?

Everything! Seriously, there can be a very long time to describe the terrible camera work, locations and music. But first of all strikes the acting and surrealism in the eye.

For example, John tells Mark that he would not talk about his work at the bank ( "It's confidential!"), And casually adds, "By the way, you have sexual life? "Or Lisa's mother tells her daughter about her breast cancer and early death, to which Lisa without a quiver in his voice replies," Everything will be fine! "and takes the conversation to another topic.

Feeling that Tommy Weiss living in some other world. The characters, even in one dialog box are not saved the motivation and sense of what was said. And yet this wild affectedness. The protagonist laughs terrifyingly depicts chicken and at the end of the film in the demonstrative anger destroys furniture, but... I'm sorry, Tommy, did not work.

It all claims to the film?

Of course not. Some scenes are repeated, for example, a dispute Lisa and her mother of Johnny ( "I do not like him" - "It provides you!"). A more erotic. Even here Weiss managed to do everything sverhglupo.

If you look closely at these scenes, it becomes clear: it is simply impossible to have sex in this position. A more sugary-pop music and awkward groans. And we do not say that almost all of these scenes are accompanied by a sudden and uncertain, "Lisa, what are you doing?" (Lisa you are already doing so, wake up, Mark!).

And why, then, "Room" has become popular?

Indeed: the movie on IMDb sad score - 3,6. But while the movie Tommy Weiss can be called a cult. Most tops in the spirit of "the worst film in the history of cinema," he is in the lead.

But it should be noted that the "Room" became popular much later release - in the era of YouTube-viral video. The first show in Los Angeles did not succeed, the audience could not stand, and half of the film. Summary "Room" has collected at cinemas little less than two thousand dollars.

His first movie fans received in 2010. On the "room" made overview Doug Walker, better known as the Nostalgia Critic, who advised all my fans necessarily "see it." Weiss sued Walker even made removal of the video, but the review is still possible to restore.

After all the hype the film Weiss began to grow into a real fanbase. People have started to organize shows and themed evenings, which spoke of the phrase "Rooms".

Maybe a movie specially withdrawn so bad?

Until the last frame "Rooms" retained the feeling that this is a special kind of trolling, but it is unlikely. Those who worked on the site with Tommy, say that Weiss - possessed, that really believed that removes serious drama.

Weiss says sincerely that inspired Hitchcock and Marlon Brando. And in the first place - James Dean, the actor, who starred in the cult film Youth 50 "Rebel Without a Cause" and the 24 years died in an accident. For this film Weiss makes a ridiculous sending, unnatural tone referring to his girlfriend: "Lisa, you rvosh me apart!"

Music video made up of the most epic phrases "Rooms".

In addition, the director for two years before filming wrote the play, and then turned it into a novel in the volume of 500 pages. Release a large circulation Weiss failed and he decided to try his hand at cinema, creating a film "based on real events." According to the director, Lisa prototype - a woman, which he presented a diamond ring for fifteen hundred dollars, but that still left him.

Who's Tommy Weiss?

A very mysterious man. Greg sisters, film producer and actor, who plays Mark, in his book, "Woe to the creator" (it is devoted to Weiss and the creation of "Rooms") writes that Tommy was born in 1950, presumably in the Polish city Poznan. And he tells Weiss in an interview that he considers himself an American, once upon a time lived in France, and was born in 1968.

In the same book sisters and interviews, which gave Weiss, you can learn a simple thing: Tommy did not want to remember the past. With only Weiss did not tell each producer: he killed a man, he was arrested in France for storage drugs worked in the hospital of San Francisco... And a dozen other stories, which can be divided into two categories: criminal reading stories and laborer. That this is true, it is very difficult to say.

A legend on the main Weiss came to the cinema after a car accident. She had broken him psychologically and forced to seek out emotions in the movie. And just to spend six million dollars.

Oh, and where did Weiss was so much money on the shooting?

This question worried all on set. According to the most obvious version of the director, producer, lead actor and screenwriter in one person just laundered money. But the Weiss strongly disagrees with the allegations of corruption. "I imported jacket from South Korea," - says the master, and not hard to believe. Indeed, there are even ads with his participation!

Most likely, the business, which made millionaire from Weiss, was tied to the real estate in Los Angeles and San Francisco. But here you can not say for sure: it may indeed jacket and jeans sold so well?

On that same money was spent?

Weiss just awful organizer. Not all actors are kept at the site of incompetence (director kept forgetting my lines, he needed a lot of doubles) I had to find new artists or even expunged characters from the script (and totally worked on the creation of the film 400 man).

The director bought unnecessary decoration and equipment, have spent at once on two sets of cameras - in HD-format and 35mm film. Typically, this rent expensive equipment and use only one camera format. But Weiss was proud that he was "the first director who went to such an original move." The result was shown a film made only on the classic film.

James Franco received the "Golden Globe" for the film "Mountain-creator." This movie is about "room"?

Yes. James Franco made a film about the film "Mountain-creator» (The Disaster Artist), in which he played Tommy Weiss and shows the history of the "Rooms". And yet he proved that a man without any talent and abilities can get their "15 minutes of fame" (although they have been much more Weisz).

The author of the original got only a small cameo, although Franco was initially against the emergence of Weiss in the frame. But Tommy again so ridiculous play that it can not be cut from the final assembly.

Alas, we do not see the movie on the big screens in Russia. "Woe to the creator" was released December 7, 2017 in the United States, but will not be shown in cinemas in Russia due to the fact that the "rooms" - an American phenomenon. We'll have to wait on DVD.

Tommy Weiss after the "Rooms" left out of the movie?

Yes, in his work was a lull (not counting the unknown short films and episodic roles), but after all the hype, new fans and endless reviews Weiss ready to return to work. Tommy is going to put on a musical comedy "rooms" and together with his friend and partner Greg sisters took a new movie "Best Friends," which will be released in May this year.

How to watch the "room"?

Firstly, it is better to look in the original with subtitles. Voiceover spoils the whole atmosphere of madness and firm intonation Weiss. And secondly, try to get a strange pleasure. Yes, it's a bad movie in all respects. But it is this, and it's fine.