Three Starring Steve Buscemi
Years before he started routinely popping up in blockbusters and headlining HBO series, Steve Buscemi was a firefighter with Engine Company 55 on Broome St., performing by nights in a two-man comedy act with Mark Boone Junior at grungy underground East Village and Lower East Side spots like Club 57 and Pyramid Cocktail Lounge. Here you’ll find three films that attest to Buscemi’s deep roots in—and undying loyalty to—New York’s cinematic counterculture, playing a screenwriter looking for a producer for his unfilmable 500-page opus in Alexandre Rockwell’s "In the Soup" and teaming twice with Tom DiCillo in delicious downtown satires "Living in Oblivion" and "Delirious".
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In the Soup
Directed by Alexandre Rockwell | 96 mins | 1992
The spirit of the Nouvelle Vague animates Alexandre Rockwell’s Sundance Grand Jury Prize-winner, a veritable who’s who of New York independent cinema—from Cassavetes stalwart Seymour Cassel through to Jim Jarmusch, and an almost babyfaced Steve Busc... -
Living in Oblivion
Directed by Tom DiCillo | 90 mins | 1995
Steve Buscemi stars as Nick Reve, a first-time director struggling to steer a wildly dysfunctional production, in this beloved satire of indie filmmaking—which also features Catherine Keener, as Nick’s leading lady, and Peter Dinklage in his film debut. Wr... -
Delirious
Directed by Tom DiCillo | 106 mins | 2006
A decade on from "Living In Oblivion" (1995), writer-director Tom DiCillo and Steve Buscemi reunite in this underseen NYC fable. Here, Buscemi plays low-rent paparazzo Les, hungry for a big break. He’s happy enough to accept an offer of unpaid assistance ...
