The night after I saw the cult sensation The Room, I could not sleep. The movie smothered my very soul, taking over every single aspect of my daily life, until I—like most people who have witnessed this wondrous trainwreck—became a convert and couldn’t stop telling all my friends about it. I imagine this is exactly what Scientology is like.

If you need a quicker primer on the movie and it’s growing buzz, the Onion AV Club has all the details. All I can say is that The Room changed my life. Not sure if it changed it for the better, but it definitely stayed with me longer than most any film I can remember.

Anyway, Menomena drummer Danny Seim is hosting Portland’s first screening of The Room tonight at Valentine’s (10pm, free, 21+). Seim’s obsession with the film’s director/producer/actor Tommy Wiseau—a man whom he lovingly refers to as “a half-melted wax museum (Newport, Oregon chapter) version of Glenn Danzig”—has lead to him hosting viewing parties in his NE Portland home for months now. Tonight’s screening will be a warm-up for the August 15th showing at Cinema 21. After tonight, your life will never be the same.

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Ezra Ace Caraeff is the former Music Editor for the Mercury, and spent nearly a third of his life working at the paper. More importantly, he is the owner of Olive, the Mercury’s unofficial office dog....

4 replies on “<i>The Room</i> is the Best Film Ever. It’s Also the Worst Film Ever.”

  3. So scary! that dude (Tommy Wiseau) always runs tv spots for the weekly screenings down in L.A. As if, when I’m watching t.v. at 2 am in the morning, I really want to see this guy’s face.

  4. WOW! I can’t seem to find this movie anywhere. Netflix doesn’t even have it. You mean I have to wait until August 15th to see it? Won’t somebody invite me over to see it before then? I’m real quiet and don’t talk during movies and I bathe. I bring good beer, too.

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