Patton Oswalt Reflects on Film Addiction and Largo Days
Actor and author Patton Oswalt discusses his second book Silver Screen Fiend and his evolving view of culture. He details early alt comedy at Largo with peers like Silverman and CK, his film obsession, and the memoried, imperfect recall shaping his memoir and career.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patton Oswalt
Oswalt
Scribner
Carnegie Hall
Adult Swim
S.h.le.l.d
Farrelly Brothers
Ratatouille
L.A
New Beverly
Los Angeles
Mad TV
Cafe Largo
Largo
Sarah Silverman
David Cross
Louis CK
Paul F. Tompkins
Janeane Garofalo
Zach Galifianakis
Best sellers week ending January 4 include Doerr and Grisham
Nationally compiled list shows hardcover fiction led by All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr and Gray Mountain by John Grisham. Other top titles span Patterson Balderd, Baladi, and King, with notable nonfiction picks like Killing Patton and Yes Please.
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Anthony Doerr
Scribner
Gray Mountain
John Grisham
Doubleday
James Patterson
Little, Brown
David Baldacci
Grand Central
Stephen King
Tess Gerritsen
Ballantine
Tom Clancy
Killing Patton
O'Reilly/ Dugard
Henry Hold
Amy Poehler
HarperCollins
Dey Street
Alan Christianson
Harmony
Tony Robbins
Simon & Schuster
Portrait
Father
George W. Bush
Crown
Marie Kondo
Ina Garten
Clarkson Potter
Lena Dunham
Random
Haylie Pomroy
Unfinished Portrait of Van Gogh Silent Borinage Era
The novel follows Vincent van Gogh arriving in the Belgian Borinage to aid miners while his faith wavers after a mining disaster. He nurses the sick, forms a rudimentary school, and grapples with hunger, isolation, and a looming breakdown as he becomes the artist we know only years later.
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van Gogh
Vincent van Gogh
Belgium
Borinage
Nellie Herter
Mann
Huw
Stone Gry
Des
Europe
In Irving
Stone
Acad Cation
Theo
Hermann
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Judy Blume
Beverly Cleary
Cable Bill
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Utte
Lawrence
Delaware St. Lawrence
Martin Luther King
Free Methodist Church
MS Et Maceli
ITT & Genuine
Kansas Union
New York School
STH Uors Et Vis Ag
University OF Kansas
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