Inventory: 16 Films Featuring Manic Pixie Dream Girls, 10 Great Songs Nearly Ruined by Saxophone, and 100 More Obsessively Specific Pop-Culture Lists

A.V. Club; Klosterman, Chuck

ISBN 10: 1416594736 / ISBN 13: 9781416594734

Published by Scribner, 2009

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Synopsis:

Each week, the writers of The A.V. Club issue a slightly slanted pop-culture list filled with challenging opinions (Is David Bowie's "Young Americans" nearly ruined by saxophone) and fascinating facts. Exploring 24 great films too painful to watch twice, 14 tragic movie-masturbation scenes, 18 songs about crappy cities, and much more, Inventory combines a massive helping of new lists created especially for the book with a few favorites first seen at avclub.com and in the pages of The A.V. Club's sister publication, The Onion. But wait! There's more: John Hodgman offers a set of minutely detailed (and probably fictional) character actors. Patton Oswalt waxes ecstatic about the "quiet film revolutions" that changed cinema in small but exciting ways. Amy Sedaris lists 50 things that make her laugh. "Weird Al" Yankovic examines the noises of Mad magazine's Don Martin. Plus lists from Paul Thomas Anderson, Robert Ben Garant, Tom Lennon, Andrew W.K, Tim and Eric, Daniel Handler, and Zach Galifianakis - and an epic foreword from essayist Chuck Klosterman.

About the Authors: A.V. Club was founded in 1995 as the arts-and-entertainment arm of the satirical newspaper and website The Onion. The two brands quickly became distinct from each other, with The Onion providing humor and America’s finest news, and the A.V. Club becoming a significant, well-received source for pop culture news and commentary. In recent years, the A.V. Club’s web presence has become huge, attracting over a million unique users per month who visit for reviews, interviews, listings, and features on film, television, music, books, and more. Inventory will enjoy contributions from the entire A.V. Club staff, but the primary staff members assigned to the book project are Editor Keith Phipps, Managing Editor Josh Modell, and Associate Editors Tasha Robinson and Kyle Ryan.

Chuck Klosterman is the New York Times-bestselling author of seven other books, including The Visible Man; Eating the Dinosaur; and Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs. His debut book, Fargo Rock City, was a winner of the ASCAP-Deems Taylor Award. Klosterman is the Ethicist for The New York Times Magazine, and writes regularly about sports and popular culture for Grantland.com. He has also written for GQ, Esquire, Spin, The Washington Post, The Guardian, The A.V. Club, and The Believer.

Bibliographic Details

Title: Inventory: 16 Films Featuring Manic Pixie ...
Publisher: Scribner
Publication Date: 2009
Binding: paperback
Condition: Near Fine