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Film Freak

By: Christopher Fowler
Narrated by: Adam Bromley
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About this listen

It’s the late 1970s and 20-something Christopher Fowler is a film freak, obsessively watching lousy films in run-down fleapit cinemas. He longs to be a famous screenwriter and put his dreams on the big screen. And so he heads for Wardour Street, Britain’s equivalent of Hollywood.

But he’s made a spectacular mistake, arriving just as the nation’s filmmakers are falling to their knees, brought low by the arrival of video and the destruction of the old movie palaces. The only films being made are smutty low budget farces and TV spinoffs and instead of being asked to write another Bullitt, he's churning out short films advertising boilers and nylon sheets. Somehow, against the odds, he finds success–although in a very different guise to the one he expected.

From the sticky Axminster of the local cinema to the red carpet at Cannes, Film Freak is a grimly hilarious and acutely observed trawl through the arse-end of the British film industry that turns into an ultimately affecting search for friendship and happiness.

©2013 Chris Fowler (P)2025 W. F. Howes Ltd Entertainment & Celebrities Entertainment & Performing Arts Film & TV History & Criticism Screenwriting Funny Witty

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I first read Christopher Fowler when I picked up Roofworld followed up with Spanky then he dropped of my radar when I had a pre order notification about Film Freak and didn’t hesitate to purchase it.
It is definitely worth a credit spent, I myself have a love of cinema and it was brilliant listen.
The reader does a great job.
I would recommend this to anyone who loves British cinema.
I am now moving onto the rest of his work.

A love letter to British cinema.

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