Living in Oblivion (1995) on Netflix
Nick Reve is trying to shoot a low-budget film in New York City. His Hollywood lead, his insecure actress and his opinionated cinematographer turn the shoot into a battle.
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Plot summary
Nick Reve is directing a low-budget independent film in New York City. The catering crew, short of money and interest, has kept the craft service table without milk for a week. The scene on the day's schedule has Ellen telling her mother off for standing by while her father beat her as a child. Take after take goes wrong: the boom appears in the frame, the camera assistant loses focus, and a light blows. Cora, cast as the mother, forgets her lines, and Nicole, cast as Ellen, drifts. Cora then makes a gesture that brings back Nicole's memory of her own terminally ill mother, and Nicole acts with a force that startles Cora into matching her.
Cast
- Robert Wightmanas Gaffer
- Michael Griffithsas Sound Mixer
- Matthew Graceas Boom
- Hilary Gilfordas Script
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Living in Oblivion (1995)
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- Every producer passed on Living in Oblivion, so the actors and friends of the director financed it themselves. Two of the producers who helped pay for it, Michael Griffiths and Hilary Gilford, were given parts: Speedo the sound mixer and the unnamed script girl.
- Tom DiCillo shot the first of the film's three parts in five days, then, finding it too short for a feature and too long for a short, expanded it into a full feature with two more parts.
- Tom DiCillo drew the film's tale of a doomed low-budget shoot from his own frustrations while making Johnny Suede and his long struggle to get his next film, Box of Moonlight, made.
