导演采用平实的艺术表达。影像修复技术为历史研究提供支持，全彩处理让历史更加生动，画面呈现增强真实感。但技术使用保持克制，整体色调追求历史真实。整体场面注重人文意义。色彩运用体现严谨理念，声音设计追求内敛风格。Acomiccelebrationofdreamersandtheirdreams,LIVINGINOBLIVIONisthesecondfilmwrittenanddirectedbyTomDiCillo.WithatonethatteeterssomewherebetweenKafkaandtheMarxBrothers,itchroniclesthehilariousmisadventuresofagroupofpeoplewhohavejoinedtogethertoaccomplishoneofthemostdifficultgoalsimaginable-themakingofalow-budgetindependentfilm.Withaninnovativeandsurprisingstructurethatshiftsfluidlybetweenthemoviebeingmadeandthosemakingit,thefilmoffersarareandaccurate--ifcomicallyheightened--lookbehind-the-scenes,withthepeoplewhomakethescenes.Howtheymakethem--andthefactthattheymanagetomakethematall--iswhatLIVINGINOBLIVIONisallabout.　　StarringSteveBuscemiasdirectorNickReve,LIVINGINOBLIVIONhighlightsadayonthesetofNick'sfilmwhereeverythingthatcouldpossiblygowrong,actuallydoes.Strugglingagainstever-escalatingoddstomaintainhisintegrityandhissanity,Nickisbothhelpedandhinderedbyhisbumbling,ifwell-intentionedcrew,headedbyhiscinematographerWolf(DermotMulroney),acameramanwhoseleathergearsuggeststhatheismoreinspiredbyBillyIdolthanSvenNykvist;aleadinglady,Nicole(CatherineKeener),atalentedbutneuroticactresswhoisinvolvedinaromanceandarivalrywithherleadingman,ChadPalomino(JamesLeGros);aniron-willedassistantdirector,Wanda(DanielleVonZerneck);and,forthefirsttimeeveron-screen,aGaffer.