11-14-2025, 04:34 PM
Silver Screen Fiend by Patton Oswalt
Comedian Patton Oswalt recounts his early journey to be a stand-up comedian and his addiction to movies.
There are some good anecdotes. I think I wanted the book to be funnier because I think Oswalt is hilarious and it just wasn't. I wanted to get deeper insights into all the movies he saw at the New Beverly Theater in Los Angeles but that wasn't there either. He did chart for himself an interesting journey but it could be the journey of any comic of going to the clubs and learning his craft. He does frame his revelatory journey against a particular painting of Vincent Van Gogh's called "The Night Cafe" and how entering the Night Cafe awakened his mind to new ideas.
You are going to have to really like Patton Oswalt to want to read this book.
Comedian Patton Oswalt recounts his early journey to be a stand-up comedian and his addiction to movies.
There are some good anecdotes. I think I wanted the book to be funnier because I think Oswalt is hilarious and it just wasn't. I wanted to get deeper insights into all the movies he saw at the New Beverly Theater in Los Angeles but that wasn't there either. He did chart for himself an interesting journey but it could be the journey of any comic of going to the clubs and learning his craft. He does frame his revelatory journey against a particular painting of Vincent Van Gogh's called "The Night Cafe" and how entering the Night Cafe awakened his mind to new ideas.
You are going to have to really like Patton Oswalt to want to read this book.
As a matter of fact, my anger does keep me warm