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

“Anyone who loves movies…will be better for reading this enjoyable and funny memoir.” * Columbus Dispatch * “[An] astute, acerbic, and footnote-crazy chronicle of life as a “movie freak mole man.” … Oswalt is a true cinephiliac, equally appreciative of the artistry of Jean Cocteau’s Beauty and the Beast and Doris Wishman’s Bad Girls Go to Hell.” * Philadelphia Inquirer * “Entertaining and maniacally informative.” * Tampa Bay Times * Oswalt is a great conveyer of his real-life (and reel-life) experiences….great insider stuff.” * Cleveland Plain Dealer * “A must for fans of comedy and film.” * Ithaca.com * “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, whirringin the background like a projector.” * Boston Globe * “[Oswalt has] a set of synapses like a pinball machine and a prose style to match….Oswalt’s writing gives off the hallucinogenic shimmer of the true obsessive, packing all the sharpness and bite of his stand-up.” * New York Times * “Vivid and funny.” * Entertainment Weekly * “Oswalt is…a formidable storyteller….A love song to the silver screen.” * Paste Magazine * “Hilarious…. [Silver Screen Fiend] shows Oswalt’s maturity as a writer and a thinker.” * Philadelphia Inquirer * Oswalt’s prose is sparkling…. A coming-of middle-age meditation, Oswalt’s homage to films is both hilarious and heartfelt.” * USA Today * “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. * A.V. Club * “A funny and sentimental read…. deep, passionate, and personal.” * The Daily Beast * “Smart and pointed. [Oswalt] is a colorful writer.” * NPR * “Silver Screen Fiend is both a love letter to artistic obsession and string of caution tape around it. Patton describes the ecstatic demands of the arts (in this case, Stand-up and Film) with insight, fond pity, and unfailing humor. This is a book for anyone who strives to be great, or is bored in an airport.” – Joss Whedon “I loved this book. It feels like a great one sided conversation from your funniest friend. It made me feel less alone in the precious hours I read it. But now it’s gone and I have nothing.” – Amy Schumer “Patton Oswalt is one of the most brilliant comedy minds of a generation. This book confirms it.” – Ricky Gervais

Patton Oswalt has released three TV specials and three critically acclaimed comedy albums, including the Grammy-nominated”My Weakness Is Strong”. He put together the Comedians of Comedy tour and television series. Oswalt has also appeared on many television shows as a recurring character and in more than twenty films”.” He lives in Los Angeles, California.

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