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Living in Oblivion (1995)

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• The recurring theme of the film is dream sequences. The lead character's last name "Reve" means "dream" in French.
  
  
• Shot in 16 days.
  
  
• The idea that Brad Pitt was the model for the buffoonish Chad Palomino character is a myth. Pitt himself was slated to appear as the Palomino character, until a Legends of the Fall (1994) scheduling conflict forced him to drop out. Apparently, James LeGros *was* mocking a self-absorbed Hollywood star; it just wasn't Pitt. Tom DiCillo says that while he can't name any names, LeGros confided that he had lifted all of the Palomino character's mannerisms from a star with whom he had just finished working.
  
  

• The only scene in the movie that is not a dream sequence is the filming of the dream sequence in the film that the characters are making.
  
  
• Director Tom DiCillo didn't want to beg people for money to make this film, so he asked his actors if they would work for free. All of them agreed and most of them even put up money themselves. Eventually anybody who contributed a few dollars got a part in the movie.
  
  

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