Previewed at 35Th edition of the Turin Film Festival, The disaster artist It is the latest feature film actor and director James Franco, centered on the figure of Tommy Wiseau, author of the feature film and trash, in his own way, cult The Room.

The biopic follows step by step the adventures of our Wiseau, the birth of the artistic partnership with Greg Sestero, until the night before the The Room.

Given the scope of the topic, of course one wonders if an author as prolific James Franco - commendable as interpreter, but that, despite being a undoubtedly valid filmmaker, not always convinced with his evidence behind the camera - is able to make it to the big screen the strong impact that a character like Wiseau has had on the public and, mostly, the true essence of a feature film as The Room. Fortunately, the young actor, proved unanimously perhaps the best person to tell the story of Wiseau, not only for the impeccable staging - which denotes a meticulous job of rebuilding is the story of the director that the same The Room, with scenes filmed specially for the occasion - but also for a remarkable performance by Tommy Wiseau, that made him unrecognizable both in look - like, quasi, the character he played in Spring Breakers Harmony Korine (2012) - both in the movements and, especially in reproducing his bizarre accent.

The end result is a clean giocattolone in building and hilarious, that, however, It enacts particularly the fragility of the artists "failed", so to say, e, in particular, It gives us a portrait almost unprecedented Wiseau, much more helpless character than it might initially seem that behind a pack nothing short of spectacular in his film, this evil, in reality, a strong need for love and attention that has never managed to get otherwise. And then James Franco finally gives us one of his works to be more convincing director, that, Behind a laugh, It shows us how difficult it is to be an artist if you do not have the talent and, at the same time, arises so honestly reverential towards work that, for better or for worse, nevertheless he succeeded in his own way to make history.

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