Hmmm, before we introduce this particularly wonderful, particularly good-looking, and particularly noteworthy bad film of the century, let's introduce a masterpiece of this year, because they are too closely related.
This year's new Oscar films, there is a movie that deserves a lot of attention, and it doesn't get as much attention as the annual hits such as "Miss Bird" and "Call Me by Your Name". However, judging from the popularity of the awards season and the feedback from the audience, this is still the best of the year that you must not miss this year.
That is, "The Disaster Artist" directed by James Franco
A few days ago, James Franco also won the Gotham Independent Film Award for Best Actor for "Disaster Artist".
He was defeated by Robert Pattinson of next year's Oscar seed contestant "Good Time", Daniel Kaluuya, the actor of the hit "Escape from Desperate Town" at the beginning of the year, and powerful actors such as William Dafoe and Adam Sandler.
The Gotham Awards, while primarily geared towards independent films, became one of the Oscar bellwethers with their excellent forecasting rate after adding the Best Actor and Actress award in 2013. At the same time, the rise of independent films in the mainstream in recent years, as well as the improvement of public relations and publicity capabilities in the awards season, have made independent films more and more important in the awards season.
Last year's Gotham Award-winning hit "Moonlight Boy" finally won the Oscar for Best Picture, this year's Hulanlan award, will he also become next year's Oscar movie emperor hit?
The driving force behind "Moonlight Boy", the "conscience of the industry" A24 production company, is also the producer of "Disaster Artist". A24 also produced "Miss Bird", "Florida Paradise" and "Good Time" this year, these four films IMDB averages 8 points, MTC as high as 85, three of which were selected for the National Critics Association Awards Top Ten of the Year.
It would come as no surprise that all four films were nominated for Best Picture, and A24 is likely to be the production company with the most nominations for major awards at this year's Oscars.
You have to pay attention right away
Lan Lan's performance this time can indeed be regarded as one of the best of the year.
Because in the movie, the archetypes of the characters he plays are arguably one of the most difficult to copy, or even depicted in various ways, "Hollywood Legends" - Tommy Wiseau.
A person, who made a big bad movie, has become a generation of grandmasters, with tens of millions of fans around the world.
Tommy Wiseau is such a person, who accidentally lived into a legend, and any inspirational story seemed very thin in front of him.
In 2003, he wrote, directed, acted, produced his own film, and invested in a film called "The Room" himself. This film is arguably one of the worst films everyone has ever seen in their lifetime, averaging 3.6 on IMDB and 9 on Mtc...
How bad is this film?
From all aspects to all aspects: the script is written arbitrarily, the stem is to see the grandfather's mood to throw, and there is no plot follow-up after the throwing; every time a new character is about to appear, the introduction has never had only one sentence "Oh hi hello XXX"; an ordinary rooftop scene, but to shoot a green screen, because the real Hollywood movies are synthesized with CGI post-production; the soundtrack is all selected ten years ago when korean dramas compete for family property, the usual kind of dog-blood spilled cello soundtrack...
In order to meet the standards of Hollywood movies, this film of course also has bed scenes. In the first thirty minutes, there are a total of three extremely awkward bed scenes. It's not the kind of embarrassment that makes people blush, it's really embarrassing to shoot...
For example, this kind of bed pillow fight that three adults inexplicably have.
And even the aspect of acting can only be mentioned at the end. Because it's hard to see a movie that is more superficial than this one...
There's a classic line in the film that says, "You're tearing me apart, Lisa!" (Ah, Lisa, you break my heart!) ）。
The original intention was to write James Dean, whom Tommy loved so much, in "You're tearing me apart!" and Marlon Brando in "Stella!" The two classic lines are fused together, and it feels like the classic line combination can no longer be combined.
As a result, he read it out in the most unobtrusive way, and thus became one of the most ridiculous and memorable lines in the film.
That's the magic of Tommy's acting. You don't feel the presence of any acting skills, but you can feel that he is really trying to act...
Very magical dialogue
However, it is precisely because it is so rotten that it is so deep and pure that it is so amazing that it is called "Citizen Kane" in the world of bad movies.
Also with the unique charm of 100% entertainment and every minute is a slot point, "Room" has become the first choice for friends and family to gather and rejoice, and has been sought after by tens of millions of fans around the world, and has become a phenomenon-level bad film for fans to worship at any time.
Among them, fans include several key figures in the comedy industry, Paul Luther, Kristen Bell, Jonah Hill, and the famous ghost director Edgar Wright and many others.
In independent theaters around the world, including Los Angeles, London, Toronto and other major cities, "Room" will be screened at a specific time every year, and each time it is extremely popular. Tommy also often comes to the screening to answer questions, and the number of times he appears is basically a hard ticket.
There is also a very interesting tradition when watching this film. Because in the movie "Room", there are a lot of pictures of spoons... Every time a photo of a spoon appears, the audience spontaneously throws a plastic spoon at the screen.
(Source: mostlyfilm.com)
As for why there are photos of spoons? Tommy once explained in an interview. He said a lot of Martian truths, so still no one understands why...
After experiencing "Room" from no one to a Cult classic, the director/producer/writer/star of this film, Mr. Tommy Wiseau, has also been praised as a "teacher" level figure.
There are countless videos on YouTube imitating the teacher's classic lines, and wherever the teacher goes, there is a piece of rugby with flowers and applause (Tommy puts a lot of meaningless rugby playing rugby in the movie).
Yes, it doesn't make sense
As a legend, Tommy's origin has always been a mystery. No one knows Tommy Wiseau's true age, where was he born?
In particular, where did the six million dollars he paid for "The Room" come from?
Although it is certainly not stolen, it is said that some of it was earned from leather jackets imported from South Korea... But Tommy says he's done a lot of casual work to make money, but he's always been pretty much an actor.
And Mulanlan's "Disaster Artist" is about Tommy Wiseau, from a nameless man who ran into a wall because of his maverick behavior, to preparing to shoot "The Room" that was ridiculed by the crew, but then became a cult legend.
Speaking of Tommy Wiseau, there is one more person to mention - Greg Sestero. He is Tommy's best friend and the actor who plays Mark, the male number two in The Room. Based on Greg Sestero and American critic Tom Bissell's autobiographical novel of the same name, "The Disaster Artist" tells the behind-the-scenes story of "The Room" and their American dream.
And why make such a film?
After Paul Luther's recommendation, he quickly went into the pit after reading "The Room" and bought the original copyright of "Disaster Artist". He then contacted Dave Franco, a landman, and said he wanted to make the book into a movie. Later, the two watched "The Room" 30 times and decided to co-star in "Disaster Artist", which also led to the first real film collaboration between Mulanlan and her brother.
The other brother of the two, Tom Franco, also has a surprise cameo in this film.
Of course, with the rotten orchid, how can there be no Cess Logan! In addition, the film also has Josh Hutcheson, Alison Brie, and a series of first-line celebrities, such as Zach Eflon, Kristen Bell, Brian Colonston, Sharon Stone and other friendship cameos.
"Disaster Artist" received rave reviews after its premiere at this year's South by Southwest Film Festival, which currently has an IMDB score of 8.4 and mtc 76. In the list of the top ten annual awards of the National Critics Association Awards released a few days ago, "Disaster Artist" is prominently listed.
From the production level, this film can be said to be the best work of Lan Lan's directorial career. The screenplay was written by Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber, screenwriters of "Five Hundred Days with Summer" and "The Fault in the Stars", and is also very quality assured.
But the best and most precious thing about this film is that it can obviously be made into a pure spoof comedy, but it gives you a serious heart.
From the countless hilarities in the early part of the movie, laughing at Tommy Wiseau, a thousand-year-old alien neurosis and his cosmic-level derailed thinking, to involuntarily feeling empathy for him in adversity, the wounded heart is unswervingly doing its own faith, and in the end, it will be moved by his efforts.
This is due to the film's successful portrayal and digging into the character. Lan lan said he borrowed from Greg a recording of Tommy's frequent self-talk during the filming of The Room, which he listened to many times, imitating his accent and experiencing his mental activity. Tommy also said that Lan lan has achieved a true restoration of 99.9% of himself (leaving 0.1% afraid of his pride).
And for many legends who hate being interpreted and made into a biography, Tommy Wiseau is really a very warm one.
The film airs several restorations of the classic episodes of "Room" while scrolling the subtitles at the end, such as "Hi Doggy", "You're tearing me apart, Lisa", "I did not hit her!", which is amazingly consistent! There are a few places that have achieved complete coincidence, and they have not been able to perform the original version more than thirty times.
For "Room" fans, this film is the warmest winter gift of Hulanlan and must not be missed. However, a really good movie is never just made for fans.
The Disaster Artist is one such film. It's like a successful superhero movie that gives you the motivation to come to Room, to find out what kind of weirdo Tommy Wiseau really is, and how enviable Greg and greg have. Even Mulan Lan added a decent "Easter egg" after the subtitles rolled out, which was enough to surprise everyone who liked "Room" to tears.
And Tommy Wiseau is like a superhero in this film, on Tommy's own "Tommy Planet" (he does have a keychain called "Tommy Planet"... Live out what you like and believe in everything you believe in.
Probably for most people in this world, he is still a crazy, stupid, maverick, zero acting "actor", and his success today is entirely due to fate. But Hu Lanlan's "Disaster Artist" brings us a cute paranoia, an ordinary person with flesh and blood and dreams.
His success never fell from the sky. If the whole world laughs at him, and only Greg believes in him, he chooses to give up and go home to farm, then today, we have one less Cult classic that can be watched countless times without getting tired of laughing.
"Disaster Artist" does not have a grand scene of hundreds of people singing and dancing on the highway, nor does it have a mainstream plot such as LGBTQ themes, and even tells a story that many people have never heard.
But it is sincere, in the most relaxed way, to tell a truth that never decays: even if no one believes you now, even if everyone thinks you are a freak, please believe in yourself and continue your dreams.
James Franco made a good film about a big bad film that might have brought him an Oszca nomination. Tommy Wiseau is a strange man who has been ridiculed by everyone for never achieving his dreams in a lifetime, and today he has his own place in Hollywood. They can all, what else are you afraid of?
Maybe it's that you're lucky enough to have a friend like Greg, a brother like Dave Franco around.
In fact, after watching this movie, my biggest feeling is that in fact, we can also make a biography of a director of a classic bad film in the mainland.
For example, the one who loved to send lawyer letters a while ago is a very good biographical subject.
Right.