Patton Oswalt is the author of the New York Times bestseller Zombie Spaceship Wasteland. He has released four TV specials and four 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 and in more than twenty films, including Young Adult, Big Fan, and Ratatouille. He lives in Los Angeles, California.
"[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
"Hilarious.... [Silver Screen Fiend] shows Oswalt's maturity as a
writer and a thinker."--Philadelphia Inquirer
"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
"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
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