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Living in Oblivion (1995)

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Movie Info

Following up his debut, Johnny Suede, director Tom DiCillo presented this filmmaking comedy that allegedly draws much from DiCillo's experiences on the set of the 1991 Brad Pitt vehicle. Steve Buscemi stars as Nick Reve, the long-suffering director of a no-budget independent film. If he's not dealing with his heartbroken director of photography Wolf (Dermot Mulroney), Reve is trying to keep his leading lady Nicole (DiCillo mainstay Catherine Keener) happy or ignore the pseudo-auteur suggestions

R, 1 hr. 30 min.

Drama, Comedy

Directed By: Tom DiCillo

Written By: Tom DiCillo

In Theaters: Jul 14, 1995 Wide

On DVD: Feb 11, 2003

Sony Pictures Home Entertainment

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Cast

Steve Buscemi
Nick Reve
Catherine Keener
Nicole Springer
Dermot Mulroney
Wolf
Danielle von Zerneck
Wanda
James LeGros
Chad Palomino
Rica Martens
Cora
Peter Dinklage
Tito
Robert Wightman
Gaffer
Hilary Gilford
Script
Kevin Corrigan
Assistant Camera
Matthew Grace
Boom
Michael Griffiths
Sound Mixer
Tom Jarmusch
Driver/Intern
Ryan Bowker
Food Service/Clapper
Francesca DiMauro
Production assistant
Lori Tan Chinn
Costume Designer
Norman Field
Hair/Make-up Artist

Critic Reviews for Living in Oblivion

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Probably the best and funniest of the mid-'90s crop of movies about making movies.

April 9, 2007 Full Review Source: eFilmCritic.com

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Rob Gonsalves

eFilmCritic.com

A valentine to the independent film world, DiCillo's version of Truffaut's Night for Day offers a smart, amusing look at the perils of low-budget filmmaking; the ensemble acting is superb.

January 23, 2007 Full Review Source: EmanuelLevy.Com

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Emanuel Levy

EmanuelLevy.Com Source: EmanuelLevy.Com

Really clever little comedy about low-budget filmmaking with Buscemi at his best.

August 24, 2003 Comment

Ken Hanke

Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

Sluggish, dumbly overpraised farce about an indie movie I would never see, but I still might pick over this one.

August 16, 2003 Comment (1)

Nick Davis

Nick's Flick Picks

Meaty and witty, the sort of product that rewards a closer examination even as it buggers intimacy.

April 2, 2003 Full Review Source: Film Freak Central

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Walter Chaw

Film Freak Central

Desperately funny.

February 17, 2003 Full Review | Comment

Mark Robison

Reno Gazette-Journal Source: Reno Gazette-Journal

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Meta. I just wanted to say meta.

March 31, 2007

Bob Stinson

Super Reviewer

A must see for ANYONE who has ever worked on a low budget indie.

June 15, 2007

Ken Stachnik

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Living in Oblivion Quotes

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1. Tito: Have you ever had a dream with a dwarf in it? Do you know anyone who's had a dream with a dwarf in it? No! I don't even have dreams with dwarves in them. The only place I've seen dwarves in dreams is in stupid movies like this! 'Oh make it weird, put a dwarf in it!'. Everyone will go 'Woah, this must be a fuckin' dream, there's a fuckin' dwarf in it!'. Well I'm sick of it! You can take this dream sequence and stick it up your ass!
– Submitted by Rocky F (4 months ago)