Back in the Seventies when I was working on my doctorate at the Universality of Wisconsin-Madison, I developed a movie habit. Student film organizations showed movies (mostly foreign films) seemingly every night. Admission was a dollar. So I started going to movies almost every day for a year or so. I thought it might be a good way to meet girls, but I ended up being seduced by cinema.
Patton Oswalt, stand-up comic, spent four years watching a different film almost every day. He was addicted and spent a lot of time in the darkness of movie theaters all over the United States. What did Patton Aswalt learn about Life? Hard to say. If you’re in the mood for an occasionally funny romp through film references, you’ll enjoy this slim little book. The best part for me was the APPENDIX that logs all the movies Oswalt watched (and when and where). Are you a silver screen fiend? GRADE: B
Sounds like my kijd of thing… Thanks!
Dan, SILVER SCREEN FIEND will appeal to film buffa.
George, I went through a brief Patton Oswalt phase in my teens, though for a reason as mundane as I didn’t know what else to do. The appendix of the book should be revealing.
Prashant, you’ll find the list of movies Patton Oswalt saw fascinating.
Sounds right up my alley.
Back in the early to mid-1980s I went through that, watching films on videotape from various sources, sometimes several a day! I’d watch almost anything from the 1930s and 1940s – I watched most of the Blondie series, for example – as well as a lot of trash from the 1950s and 1960s, including a lot of bad Japanese monster movies,
I’ll check this one out if only for his list of movies. Sounds really interesting,
Have a good flight today!
Jeff, the list reveals a lot about Patton Oswalt and the movie industry. We’re all packed up and ready to go!
I am a Patton Oswalt fan. Reading his tweets during the debates made them the even more ludicrous. He is a very funny guy.
This one sounds good. I have trouble keeping my dvr below 60% due to TCM, and HBO and Starz. When I go to clear it out, I do the tv shows first as zipping thru the commercials makes it go much quicker
by the way, since I didn’t respond to yesterdays post until today, as I’m ready to post the comment to today’s post, my name and email are already input
Flight day?
George if off to a wedding in Florida today.
Jeff, we landed safely in Jacksonville after a bumpy flight. Had dinner at a resestaurant called THE FLORIDIAN. I’ll post about it next week. Excellent food!
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I liked Patton Oswalt as goofy Constable Bob in Justified.