Movies

August, 1995

Film Students should consider Living in Oblivion (Sony Classics) required viewing. Writer-director Tom DiCillo's inside view of a cinematic work-in-progress is simultaneously hair-raising and hilarious. No doubt inspired by DiCillo's own experiences in making a movie (Johnny Suede with Brad Pitt), Oblivion stars Steve Buscemi as Nick, the harried director whose woes on the set would drive a man to justifiable homicide. Nick's having a fling with his neurotic leading lady (Catherine Keener), who...