DiCillo's themes are loyalty and friendship and betrayal and redemption.
Delirious
Everybody deserves their shot.
2007 · 1h 47m · Not Rated
Comedy, Drama, Romance
Directed by
Tom DiCillo
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Delirious
Overview
Les, a small-time celebrity photographer desperate to make it big, befriends Toby, a homeless young man with no direction except a vague desire to become an actor. When by chance, Toby becomes romantically involved with K'Harma Leeds, the hottest pop star of the moment, Les grows jealous and plots revenge.
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For all its time-worn situations and observations, Delirious has a truth or two to impart about our lust for celebrities.
As always, Buscemi masters his portrayal of needy desperation, but he still makes Les admirable for his capacity to go with the flow.
With Delirious, writer-director Tom DiCillo has crafted a wonderfully giddy meditation on the nature of fame, the people who sell it and those doing the buying, and their mutually parasitic dependence on each other.
Tom DiCillo's Delirious, from his own screenplay, presents a paparazzo's worm's-eye view of the ridiculous world of celebrity culture.
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