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Living in Oblivion (1995)
Runtime: 1 hr 32 mins
Synopsis: Filmmaker Nick Reve has only one thing on his mind: completing his low-budget, independent film. That may sound simple, but every day is a challenge. Take this morning, for example, which has already gotten off to a terrible start. First, his star players, egotistical heart-throb Chad... Filmmaker Nick Reve has only one thing on his mind: completing his low-budget, independent film. That may sound simple, but every day is a challenge. Take this morning, for example, which has already gotten off to a terrible start. First, his star players, egotistical heart-throb Chad Palomino and insecure but gifted Nicole, aren't getting along. It seems they haven't recovered from their bad one-night stand. Nick's tough assistant director Wanda has just broken it off with her cameraman beau Wolf, so he's in a rotten mood, too. And the technicians can't get the equipment working. To top it all off, Nick's mentally impaired mother has escaped from her rest home and walked onto the set. It's one of those days where Murphy's Law reigns supreme... and anything can happen next. [More]
Genre: Comedies
Starring: Steve Buscemi, Dermot Mulroney, Catherine Keener, James Le Gros, Nick Reve
Reviews
Probably the best and funniest of the mid-’90s crop of movies about making movies.
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.
Really clever little comedy about low-budget filmmaking with Buscemi at his best.
Sluggish, dumbly overpraised farce about an indie movie I would never see, but I still might pick over this one.
Meaty and witty, the sort of product that rewards a closer examination even as it buggers intimacy.
... a wickedly funny, acid-laced commentary on the actors, writers, directors, and crew who toil away making low-budget semi-masterpieces.
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