Silver Screen Fiend: Learning About Life from an Addiction to

Silver Screen Fiend: Learning About Life from an Addiction to Film

The instant New York Times bestseller from author, comedian and actor Patton Oswalt, a â€œheartfelt and hilariousâ€ (USA TODAY) memoir about coming of age as a performer during the late 1990s while obsessively watching classic films at a legendary theater in Los Angeles. â€œ[Oswalt has] a set of synapses like a pinball machine and a prose style to matchâ€ (The New York Times).

Between 1995 and 1999, Patton Oswalt lived with an unshakable addiction. It wasnâ€™t drugs, alcohol, or sex: it was film. After moving to Los Angeles, Oswalt became a huge film buff (or as he calls it, a sprocket fiend), absorbing classics, cult hits, and new releases at the famous New Beverly Cinema. Silver screen celluloid became Pattonâ€™s life schoolbook, informing his notion of acting, writing, comedy, and relationships.

Set in the nascent days of LAâ€™s alternative comedy scene, Silver Screen Fiend chronicles Oswaltâ€™s journey from fledgling stand-up comedian to self-assured sitcom actor, with the colorful New Beverly collective and a cast of now-notable young comedians supporting him all along the way. â€œClever and readable...Oswaltâ€™s encyclopedic knowledge and frothing enthusiasm for films (from sleek noir classics, to gory B movies, to clichÃ©-riddled independents, to big empty blockbusters) is relentlessly present, whirring in the background like a projectorâ€ (The Boston Globe). More than a memoir, this is â€œa love song to the silver screenâ€ (Paste Magazine).
Country USA
Brand SCRIBNER
Manufacturer Scribner
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber YES17304252
ReleaseDate 2015-10-13
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781451673227

Country	USA
Brand	SCRIBNER
Manufacturer	Scribner
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	YES17304252
ReleaseDate	2015-10-13
UnitCount	1
EANs	9781451673227

Silver Screen Fiend: Learning About Life from an Addiction to Film

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