Screening THE ROOM: 2012
Note: I have been given permission by the students of ENGL4980 to use their images in this post. Hey there, you. Yes, I’m talking to you, my dear reader. I […]
Tag Archives: The Room
Screening Tommy Wiseau’s THE ROOM
As discussed in previous posts, I am teaching “Topics in Film Aesthetics” this semester, with a focus on what is known as “trash cinema.” For those unfamiliar with this term, […]
Excess, Badtruth and the Extratextual in GLEN OR GLENDA
“Let us not mince words. The marvellous is always beautiful, anything marvellous is beautiful, in fact only the marvellous is beautiful.” -Surrealist Manifesto (1924) “Badness appreciation is the most acquired […]
Teaching THE ROOM
When I first watched Tommy Wiseau’s The Room (2003), in preparation for my Trash cinema class, I watched it alone. I thoroughly enjoyed this experience but it was not until […]
The Citizen Kane of Bad Movies
This fall I have the great privilege of teaching a course I have always wanted to teach, “Topics in Film Aesthetics: Trash Cinema and Taste.” Jeffrey Sconce has defined “trash […]
