{"product_id":"silver-screen-fiend-learning-about-life-from-an-addiction-to-film-9781451673227","title":"Silver Screen Fiend: Learning about Life from an Addiction to Film","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe instant\u003ci\u003e New York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestseller from author, comedian and actor Patton Oswalt, a \"heartfelt and hilarious\" (\u003ci\u003eUSA TODAY\u003c\/i\u003e) memoir about coming of age as a performer during the late 1990s while obsessively watching classic films at a legendary theater in Los Angeles. \"[Oswalt has] a set of synapses like a pinball machine and a prose style to match\" (\u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBetween 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSet in the nascent days of LA's alternative comedy scene, \u003ci\u003eSilver Screen Fiend\u003c\/i\u003e chronicles 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 cliché-riddled independents, to big empty blockbusters) is relentlessly present, whirring in the background like a projector\" (\u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eBoston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e). More than a memoir, this is \"a love song to the silver screen\" (\u003ci\u003ePaste Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eOswalt, Patton:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Patton Oswalt is the author of the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller \u003ci\u003eZombie Spaceship Wasteland\u003c\/i\u003e. He has released four TV specials and four critically acclaimed comedy albums, including the Grammy-nominated \u003ci\u003eMy Weakness Is Strong\u003c\/i\u003e. He put together the Comedians of Comedy tour and television series. Oswalt has also appeared on many television shows and in more than twenty films, including \u003ci\u003eYoung Adult\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBig Fan\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eRatatouille\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives in Los Angeles, California.","brand":"Scribner Book Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50726582878482,"sku":"9781451673227","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_59b0ae61-1e5d-4fed-a5a0-356e77e7e2e2.jpg?v=1734875820","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/silver-screen-fiend-learning-about-life-from-an-addiction-to-film-9781451673227","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}