Great Film for anyone who loves the art of the cinema

Rating: 9/10 (18 December 2017)

The Disaster Artist is a great film with a fantastic performance by James Franco as Tommy Wiseau. This is the story of a wannabe actor Tommy Wiseau who is both a heroic and tragic character. This is the story of Tommy Wiseau producing, writing, directing and actin gin his own film, The Room. Great films are defined by the quality of six basic elements: script (story), characters, acting, timing, visuals, and sound. Wiseau's film had one maybe two of these things: sound and visuals. This is mainly due to the fact that he spent the money to hire a professional crew. Tommy is someone who is clueless in how to produce, direct, write or act. Yet, his character is both heroic and tragic in his desire to produce a film. The story starts off with Tommy and Greg Sistero meeting in a an acting class. Greg is having trouble relaxing and exposing his emotion as part of his performance. He sees Tommy recite some lines from A Streetcar Named Desire which can best be described as wild abandon. Greg is impressed introducing himself to Tommy and they become friends. They both move to LA and try to get acting jobs. Tommy utterly fails and Greg also has difficulties landing parts. As a result, neither is able to get any acting job. As a result, Wiseau embarks on a journey to write, direct, and produce his own film. He is oblivious to the advice of any professional with whom he surrounds himself. In this case, Seth Rogan plays the amused Sandy Schklair who is an experienced script supervisor working on the production of Wiseau's film. Throughout the story, Wiseau has a mysterious source of money so he can buy (rather than rent) all his equipment and pay a production staff. Throughout the film, Franco shows through his performance that Tommy is both a wild eyed dreamer and a deeply lonely and wounded individual. Greg Sistero is played by Dave Franco who demonstrates the characteristics of a loyal and almost star struck friend. I would recommend this to anyone who likes a story of great characters.