Fresh
A hip indie version of Truffaut's Day for Night, Living in Oblivion celebrates the very act of filmmaking as grand folly, a triumph of absurdist heroism.
Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly
Living in Oblivion
Nick is about to discover the first rule of filmmaking: if at first you don't succeed... PANIC!
1995 · 1h 30m · R
Comedy
Directed by
Tom DiCillo
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Living in Oblivion
Overview
Low-budget independent filmmaker Nick Reve tries to keep everything together as his production is plagued with an insecure actress, a megalomaniac star, a pretentious beret-wearing director of photography, and lousy catering.
Director and cast
- Tom DiCillo Director
- Steve Buscemi as Nick Reve
- Catherine Keener as Nicole Springer
- Dermot Mulroney as Wolf
- Danielle von Zerneck as Wanda
- James Le Gros as Chad Palomino
- Peter Dinklage as Tito
- Rica Martens as Cora
- Kevin Corrigan as Assistant Camera
- Robert Wightman as Gaffer
- Michael Griffiths as Sound Mixer / 'Speedo'
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
86%
Tomatometer
Fresh
A treat.
Geoff Andrew, Time Out
Fresh
A very funny picture that presents the world of independent film making as a nightmare of conflicting egos, budgetary squalor and incompetence.
Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle
Fresh
"Oblivion" has a surrealistic, guilty-fun quality. It feels almost too good to be true.
Desson Thomson, Washington Post
Fresh
So you wanna make a movie? Well, first, you should see "Living in Oblivion," Tom DiCillo's savagely funny satire of the world of independent filmmaking.
Hal Hinson, Washington Post
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