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Download * Silver Screen Fiend: Learning About Life from an Addiction to Film PDF by * Patton Oswalt eBook or Kindle ePUB Online free. Silver Screen Fiend: Learning About Life from an Addiction to Film It wasn’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. The instant New York Times bestseller from author, comedian and actor Patton Oswalt, a “heartfelt and hilarious” (USA TODAY) memoir about coming of age as a performer during the late 1990s while obsessively watching classic films at a legen
| Title | : | Silver Screen Fiend: Learning About Life from an Addiction to Film |
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.83 (609 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1451673221 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 288 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-08-13 |
| Language | : | English |
This book confirms it.” (Ricky Gervais)"I loved this book. Patton describes the ecstatic demands of the arts (in this case, Stand-up and Film) with insight, fond pity, and unfailing humor. It made me feel less alone in the precious hours I read it. Club)Oswalt's prose is sparkling. This is a book for anyone who strives to be great, or is bored in an airport.” (Joss Whedon)"Smart and pointed. A coming-of middle-age meditation, Oswalt's homage to films is both hilarious and heartfelt." (USA Today)"Hilarious. deep, passionate, and personal." (The Daily Beast)"Immediate and vital Silver Screen Fiend is enough to make any reader seek out the many films that made him hibernate in the first place. Silver Screen Fiend shows Oswalt's maturity as a writer and a thinker." (Philadelphia Inquirer)"Oswalt isa
He lives in Los Angeles, California. He put together the Comedians of Comedy tour and television series. He has released four TV specials and four critically acclaimed comedy albums, including the Grammy-nominated My Weakness Is Strong. Oswalt has also appeared on many television shows and in more than twenty films, incl
Good fit for PO and movie fans DC area shopper Bought for my DH, who loves PO. According to him: "It's a great picture of a moment in time of young man who loves the movies. Very funny in parts." I think if you like PO and if you like movies, you will like this book, no?. They loved it. barry@entropics.org Purchased as a present. They loved it.. Patton rules. Amazon Customer Patton rules. Very good book.
It wasn’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. The instant New York Times bestseller from author, comedian and actor Patton Oswalt, a “heartfelt and hilarious” (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. More than a memoir, this is “a love song to the silver screen” (Paste Magazine).. “Oswalt has a set of synapses like a pinball machine and a prose style to match” (TheNew York Times).Between 1995 and 1999, Patton Oswalt lived with an unshakable addiction. Silver screen celluloid became Patton’s life schoolbook, informing his notion of acting, writing, comedy, and relationships.Set in the nascent days of LA’s alternative comedy scene, Silver Screen Fiend chronicles Oswalt’s journey from fledgling stand-up comedian to self-assured sitcom actor, with the col
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