About the Book

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.

Product Details

Media: Paperback Book, 233 pages

Language: English

Publisher: Scribner Book Company (Oct. 31st, 2009)

ISBN-10: 1416594736

ISBN-13: 9781416594734

Dimensions: 8.02 x 9.18 x 0.64 inches

Shipping Weight: 1.22 lbs

• Categories: Film History & Film Criticism General Music History and Music Criticism General Popular Culture Social Science