EVERYONE COMMENTING IN THIS SUBTHREAD MUST READ "THE DISASTER ARTIST."

Agreed. Adds so much to the experience of viewing "The Room." One of the sanest explanations of an insane movie that I've read.

THE BEES FROM THE "PUSHING DAISIES" EPISODE ABOUT BEES, THAT'S HOW.

Optional audio for this speech: http://www.youtube.com/watc…

"He is a “service entrance” director who foregrounds script and performance; the quality of his work completely depends on the material and cast."
Ah, good to know. And here I was thinking the man who directed "The Grifters," "High Fidelity," "Dirty Pretty Things," and "The Queen," each of which easily makes the top 10…

THERE ARE NOT ENOUGH HUDSUCKER PROXY QUOTES HERE. MORE, MORE!

Ah, Bartleby. Sigh… I remember seeing that on the Sundance channel, and feeling that Crispin Glover may have missed the point, as he insisted on saying "I would prefer not to" a different way each time. And the line "Ah, Bartleby! Ah, humanity!" does not translate well to the 21st century. Still, I'm glad that movie…

Gordon and Gansa are longtime friends & were writing partners 20 years ago on the X-Files, so it's prob. more just a case of Gansa being blunt.

And its sequel, THE NEW TESTAMENT IS FULL OF SPIDERS.

And its sequel, THE NEW TESTAMENT IS FULL OF SPIDERS.

And I would've been fine with it losing the Oscar to either Toy Story 3 or Inception, the other two best American films of the year. But Jesus, The King's Speech? In a year with those 3? It's like Roberto Benigni beating Ian McKellen AND Nick Nolte.

And I would've been fine with it losing the Oscar to either Toy Story 3 or Inception, the other two best American films of the year. But Jesus, The King's Speech? In a year with those 3? It's like Roberto Benigni beating Ian McKellen AND Nick Nolte.

I always believed Czernobog had been based on Harlan Ellison, and have decided Harlan Ellison should play him. Because, come on, Harlan Ellison. Jonathan Banks is pretty frakkin' good, though.

A Little Night Music works wonderfully, and is certainly the best marriage of Sondheim's rueful despair and a somehow happy ending.

@avclub-409fcefbb3ec83093ff2f13a595bf083:disqus , thank you! I think George Hearn's version of "Epiphany" is the definitive one—he takes it at a properly quick, insane tempo and hits an octave leap on "no, I'll NEver see my GIRL again"… or one of those lines.

This is something that happens to anyone who writes comedy. I'm a playwright & webseries creator, so I speak from experience here. Same play, two different productions with two directors: one amazing, one disastrous. Same thing with an evening of one-acts. Three directors knew how to direct comedy; one didn't. The one…

Oh, well played @avclub-15b8ad35f15f1e8db1b46d8d8c14e990:disqus . Took me a second read. SUBTLETY DOES NOT OFTEN SHOW UP IN THE AVCLUB COMMENTS.

Oh, well played @avclub-15b8ad35f15f1e8db1b46d8d8c14e990:disqus . Took me a second read. SUBTLETY DOES NOT OFTEN SHOW UP IN THE AVCLUB COMMENTS.

Granddaddy of 'em all:

Granddaddy of 'em all: