There are plenty of self-indulgent movies out there including “Moonwalker” with Michael Jackson and “Sidekicks” with Chuck Norris. Many directors could even be accused of being self-indulgent, just look at the films of Woody Allen. However, Tommy Wiseau has set a new standard with “The Room”.

Often cited as one of the worst movies of all-time, “The Room” has developed a cult following since its release in 2003. Tommy Wiseau directed, wrote, produced and starred in this romantic drama about a love triangle. Wiseau plays a banker by the name of Johnny and he is in love with his fiancée, Lisa. However, she does not feel the same way about him. It sounds like a fairly typical romantic/drama but “The Room” contains writing that can only be described as laughable and performances that can only be viewed as not of this world.

Wiseau makes his character a saint-like guy that is nice to all the people in his life but always gets screwed by everybody else. Maybe we could even like Johnny if it were not for the appalling writing and cosmically bad performance from Wiseau.

During the making of the movie Wiseau was apparently a real handful for the cast and crew. At one point, he tackled one of the actors for speaking French. He also insisted that the movie contained nude shots of him despite crew members pleading with him to have the images cut.

However, the strangest part of this whole thing is Wiseau’s background. Nobody seems to know where he got his money from to produce this colossal failure. In fact, nobody even seems to know what country he is originally from. He is from somewhere in Europe but exactly where remains a mystery. Wiseau has done little since The Room and seems to have disappeared as mysteriously as he appeared.