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Silver Screen Fiend

Learning About Life From an Addiction to Film

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Silver Screen Fiend

By: Patton Oswalt
Narrated by: Patton Oswalt
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New York Times best-selling author, comedian, and actor Patton Oswalt shares his entertaining memoir about coming of age as a performer and writer in the late '90s while obsessively watching classic films at the legendary New Beverly Cinema in Los Angeles.

Between 1995 and 1999, Patton Oswalt lived with an unshakeable addiction. It wasn't drugs, alcohol, or sex. It was film. After moving to L.A., Oswalt became a huge film buff, absorbing classics and new releases at least three nights a week at the New Beverly Cinema. Silver screen celluloid became Patton's life schoolbook, informing his notions of acting, writing, comedy, and relationships. Set in the nascent days of the alternative comedy scene, Oswalt's memoir chronicles his journey from fledgling stand-up comedian to self-assured sitcom actor, with the colorful New Beverly collective supporting him all along the way.

Ideally timed for awards season, when everyone's mind is on Hollywood, Silver Screen Fiend follows up on the terrific reception of Oswalt's New York Times best-selling debut, Zombie Spaceship Wasteland. Already a beloved fixture on the comedy stage, on television, and in film - not to mention his 1.1 million Twitter followers - Oswalt announces, with this second book, that he's also here to stay on the page.

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Patton Oswalt is a national treasure!

Patton Oswalt is a national treasure!

Nothing like a heartfelt comedian's audiobook, narrated by the comedian himself, which isn't so much laugh out loud funny (although it is sometimes. My favorite is The Day the Clown Cried story) as much as a personal memoir about a classic film addiction overlapping with coming up in the 90s comedy scene. The personal growth, the Hollywood stories both about his contemporaries and about his deep love of 20th century film.

He never did make it as a director, but Patton should be proud of his contribution to American culture with this book and with his many iconic performances. He is of course more stand-up icon than actor, but that's the point. He's the perfect vessel for nerds of all kinds: movie buffs, legitimate comic book fanboys, general pop culture aficionados, and even literary memoirists.

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