The Room is a a quirky film by director Tommy Wiseau that’s gaining cult popularity in Los Angeles. The movie’s not a comedy, but attendees certainly do seem to think it’s funny. As NPR reporter Nihar Patel put it, fans find the movie “so painfully bad, it’s actually painfully funny to watch.”

The movie attracted an audience via a billboard on Sunset that featured a very large close up of Wiseau’s face. Wiseau, who wrote, directed, and stars in the film, actually attends all of the screenings. The next one is May 27, at Laemmele’s Sunset 5 in West Hollywood, so mark your calendars!

Wiseau seems like quite a character, and I love characters. A Variety article pinned him as “a narcissist nonpareil whose movie makes Vincent Gallo’s The Brown Bunny seem the apotheosis of cinematic self-restraint.”

The plot of the film sounds like a blend between a softcore porn flick and a Tennessee Williams stageplay: Wiseau plays a banker who is betrothed to a beatiful, blonde bitch, who’s seducing Wiseau’s best friend, who’s giving into the temptation. Not that the plot really matters. It’s the technique we’re interested in here!

There’s an NPR story on the film here, and also an official website linked to below with trailers, etc.

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