Word: dicillo
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...DiCillo (The Real Blonde Living in Oblivion. for technicolor...
...only a movie, Ingmar. Independent movies, like first novels, used to be autobiographical rites of passage. Now, too often, they are about making an independent movie, a format that quickly surrenders to ego and ennui. So Tom DiCillo's Living in Oblivion pleasantly surprises by its cunning. DiCillo's modesty is also his happy arrogance, for this is an indie movie about the filming of exactly three shots in an indie movie...
...movie about making movies, "Tom DiCillo's 'Oblivion' pleasantly surprises with its cunning, and by not surrendering to ego and ennui," saysRichard Corliss. This independent movie is about the filming of exactly three shots in an indie movie. "Everything goes hilariously wrong," chuckles Corliss. The boom mike dips into the frame. The idiot movie star unaccountably thinks he's a creative artist -- "imagine Kato Kaelin mistaking himself for Dustin Hoffman." It's a funny film, acted with a deft, manic touch...