“The Room,” considered the worst film in history, celebrates its 20th anniversary with special screenings in Barcelona and Madrid on September 22 and 23. The cult film “The Room“(2003), considered the “‘.Citizen KaneThe “Bad Movies”, turns 20 and will celebrate its 20th anniversary in Spain with special screenings on September 22 and 23 at 7:00 p.m., in the Cinema Maldà (Carrer del Pi, 5) in Barcelona and in the cinema mk2 Palacio de Hielo (Centro Comercial Palacio de Hielo, C. de Silvano, 77) in Madrid, respectively.

Two unique sessions organized jointly by the festivals B-Retina and CutreConThe event will also be attended by U.S. actor Greg Sestero, co-star of the film and author of the best-selling book “The New York Times”.The Disaster Artist“. This book tells the genesis of “The Room“and was adapted to film by James Franco, in a film that won the Concha de Oro of the San Sebastian Festival in 2017. In addition, both sessions will be double billed, as together with “The Room“, the film “Miracle Valley” will be screened for the first time in our country.”Sestero’s directorial debut, who also writes and stars in the film. It is a horror and mystery thriller set in the desert and “full of surprises”, according to its author, who, in addition to presenting the two films, will participate in a colloquium where he will answer questions from the audience. Shot in 2003 in the U.S. by Tommy Wiseau, “The Room“has been the object of such an enormous amount of mockery and bad reviews that it has generated a worldwide phenomenon with legions of fans who gather in massive screenings where they mock the film, which has become, to their regret, an unintentional comedy. The event’s organizers point out that “The Room” is “the perfect example of what should never be done in a movie; one of those films so dire that it turns out to be hilarious. AN INTERACTIVE SESSION These new screenings of “The Room” in Spain will follow the line of the American screenings of the film. In them, in a very similar way to the screenings of the cult film “The Rocky Horror Picture Show“In the film, viewers interact with the film by shouting at the screen and throwing objects such as balloons or paper spoons at certain points in the film. All this to make the experience even more hilarious. The feature film will be shown in its original version with Spanish subtitles and the presenters of the session, together with actor Greg Sestero, will be in charge of giving the audience the “instructions for the correct viewing” of the film. They will also create the right atmosphere for maximum enjoyment of the proposal. ABOUT GREG SESTERO He was born on July 15, 1978 in Walnut Creek, USA, in the San Francisco Bay Area, where he spent his childhood and adolescence. Sestero says that, as a child, a movie made him want to go into filmmaking: “I was a filmmaker.Home alone” (1990). His fascination with Chris Columbus’ film was such that, at the age of 12, he wrote the script for a sequel, which he even sent to the studio in case it was interested in producing it. After finishing his studies, he took acting classes at the American Conservatory Theatre from San Francisco and, like so many young people, had the dream of making it in Hollywood, so he moved to Los Angeles, where he landed small roles in series such as “Nash Bridges” and films such as “Patch Adams” or “Gattaca”. He was recruited by Iris Burton’s representation agency (one of the most important in Hollywood), but his career never took off. Just when he thought all was lost, his quirky friend Tommy Wiseau’s personal project unwittingly made him a star of trashy cinema. ‘THE DISASTER ARTIST’ Greg Sestero, who was suddenly surprised by the repercussions that “The Room“He decided to tell the story of the making of the film from the inside and his friendship with Tommy Wiseau in a book, co-written with journalist Tom Bissell, entitled “The Disaster Artist”. The book earned rave reviews and fell into the hands of actor and film director James Franco (“127 hours“, “Spider-Man“) that he was already a diehard fan of “The Room“. Franco decided to turn it into a film that he himself directed and in which he also plays Tommy Wiseau, leaving it to his brother, Dave Franco (“Classroom infiltrators“, “Malditos vecinos“), will stay with Greg Sestero’s own role. “The Disaster Artist” was presented at important film festivals such as Toronto and San Sebastian, where it won the Concha de Oro. for best film. The film was also awarded the Glono de Oro Award for Best Male Performance in a Comedy or Musical for James Franco and was nominated for an Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay. TICKETS NOW ON SALE Tickets for the 20th Anniversary of “The Room“on September 22 and 23 at 7:00 p.m. in the Cinema Maldà (Carrer del Pi, 5) in Barcelona and in the cinema mk2 Palacio de Hielo (Centro Comercial Palacio de Hielo, C. de Silvano, 77) in Madrid, respectively, are already on sale. Tickets can be purchased at Entradium (Barcelona) and mk2palaciodehielo.es (Madrid).