Living in Oblivion

1995

Action / Comedy / Drama

20
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 87% · 36 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 87% · 5K ratings
IMDb Rating 7.5/10 10 21482 21.5K

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Plot summary

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

Tom DiCillo Photo
Tom DiCillo

Top cast

Peter Dinklage Photo
Peter Dinklage as Tito
Steve Buscemi Photo
Steve Buscemi as Nick Reve
Dermot Mulroney Photo
Dermot Mulroney as Wolf
Lori Tan Chinn Photo
Lori Tan Chinn as Costume Designer
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756.63 MB
1280*682
English 2.0
NR
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23.976 fps
1 hr 30 min
Seeds 4
1.43 GB
1920*1024
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 30 min
Seeds 49

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by EThompsonUMD 8 / 10

Funny and interesting, if convoluted, movie-about-movie.

Living in Oblivion is an unusual, funny, and interesting example of the movie-about-movies genre, focusing on the low budget, independent movie making scene. The lead performances by Steve Buscemi and Catherine Keener are first-rate, and the supporting cast is excellent as well. The film veers from satire to realism to surrealism in depicting the problems and tensions involved in off-off-Hollywood filmmaking. One problem with its structure, though, is the repeated "dream trick." Its first use creates shock and interest, but its second use creates a serious distraction in the third act since the viewer keeps wondering whose dream he or she may be in this time. Overall, an enjoyable film - highly recommended to indie film buffs.
Reviewed by begob 8 / 10

The best movie by a human being ... ever!

A movie director and his leading lady feel the pressure as their shoot teeters on the edge of disaster ...Witty and big-hearted satire of the process of making an independent movie. This comes in three parts, each act dealing with a particular scene and bringing a change of emphasis. The story is almost perfectly self-contained, with unity of action, place and time, and the writing and editing keeps it clipping along at a good pace. The writer/director uses the full potential of his set up by bringing in a host of characters and a range of technical aspects of the shoot, and yet wraps it up nicely through the romantic concerns of his creations.Performances are good all round, and some real insights are delivered - the objection to dwarfs in dream sequences, the most self-obsessed person in the room coming up with the best idea (the blocking for the "admired from afar" scene). It's not a laugh a minute, but there are plenty of good moments.The only time I noticed the music was when the director was giving a pep talk to one of the actors. Maybe there could have been more jokes on that "score" - or maybe I missed them.Overall: Not a classic, but thoroughly enjoyable.
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