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Silver Screen Fiend - Learning About Life from an Addiction to Film (Paperback)
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Silver Screen Fiend - Learning About Life from an Addiction to Film (Paperback)
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List price R445
Loot Price R369
Discovery Miles 3 690
You Save R76 (17%)
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Between 1995 and 1999, Patton Oswalt lived with an unshakable
addiction. 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. 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 Fiendchronicles Oswalt'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.
"Clever and readable...Oswalt's encyclopedic knowledge and frothing
enthusiasm for films (from sleek noir classics, to gory B movies,
to cliche-riddled independents, to big empty blockbusters) is
relentlessly present, whirring in the background like a projector"
(TheBoston Globe). More than a memoir, this is "a love song to the
silver screen" (Paste Magazine).
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