18Jun 2025 by Kurt Liedtke
Put a dwarf in it — a 30th anniversary screening of Living in Oblivion

Put a dwarf in it — a 30th anniversary screening of Living in Oblivion

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 Tuesday, July 29, 2025. 6 p.m. Indie filmmaking is hard. Living in Oblivion makes it hilarious.To mark the 30th anniversary of one of the great underground comedies of the ’90s, CTV is thrilled to screen Living in Oblivion (1995)—a film that every independent filmmaker, dreamer, and DIY auteur will recognize as painfully, absurdly true. Directed by Tom DiCillo and starring Steve Buscemi in one of his most iconic roles, Living in Oblivion is a behind-the-scenes satire of the chaos, egos, technical failures, and emotional meltdowns that plague a low-budget film shoot. Structured in three surreal, interlocking acts (each one more unhinged than the last), it’s both a love letter to and a roast of the indie film scene—equal parts hilarious and heartbreaking. In a city like Eugene, where grassroots film…
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20TH ANNIVERSARY FREE SCREENING “A HISTORY OF VIOLENCE”

20TH ANNIVERSARY FREE SCREENING “A HISTORY OF VIOLENCE”

20TH ANNIVERSARY FREE SCREENING “A HISTORY OF VIOLENCE” Two decades after its release, David Cronenberg’s A History of Violence (2005) remains a haunting, razor-sharp exploration of identity, repression, and the brutal instincts simmering beneath the surface of everyday life. As Cronenberg’s first foray into more grounded, American-set material, the film marked a significant departure from his earlier body-horror work while retaining his trademark intensity and psychological depth. Adapted from the graphic novel by John Wagner and Vince Locke, A History of Violence centers on Tom Stall (Viggo Mortensen), a quiet diner owner in small-town Indiana whose life is upended when a heroic act of self-defense draws national attention—and dangerous figures from a past he’s tried to forget. What follows is a gripping, tightly wound thriller that interrogates the myths of…
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