Livin in Oblivion (1995)

Directors

Tom DiCillo

Cast

Steve Buscemi, Catherine Keener, Dermot Mulroney, James LeGros, Peter Dinklage, Rica Martens

The story

In New York City, a low-budget independent film's catering crew is underfunded and apathetic, deciding not to replace a carton of milk on the craft service table for a week. The scene being shot is about a young woman, Ellen, reproaching her mother for not intervening when the father beat Ellen as a child. Shots are spoiled because of how the microphone is visible; the camera assistant fails to keep the shot in focus, a light gets blown which then causes Cora, the actress playing the mother, to forget her lines and Nicole, the actress playing Ellen, to become unfocused and careless.

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