num_pages: 240
description: Between 1995 and 1999 Patton Oswalt lived with an unshakable addiction. It wasnt 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 Pattons life schoolbook informing his notion of acting writing comedy and relationships.Set in the nascent days of LAs alternative comedy scene Silver Screen Fiend chronicles Oswalts 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.
language: English
title: Silver Screen Fiend: Learning About Life from an Addiction to Film
publisher: Scribner