一个警探在一家快餐馆中未能阻止一个有自杀倾向的人的大屠杀而深感自责。为此努力恢复自尊和公众形象的故事。 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. Les, a small-time celebrity photographer(Buscemi) desperate to make it big befriends Toby, a homeless young man(Pitt) with no direction except a vague desire to become an actor. When by chance Toby becomes romantically involved with K'Harma Leeds,the hottest pop star of the moment, Les grows jealous and plots revenge. FormerpolicedetectiveAdrianMonk(TonyShalhoub),whosephotographicmemoryandamazingabilitytopiecetogethertinycluesmadehimalocallegend,hassufferedfromintensifiedobsessive-compulsivedisorderandavarietyofphobiassincetheunsolvedmurderofhiswife,Trudy,in1997.NowonpsychiatricleavefromtheSanFranciscoPoliceDepartmentandworkingasafreelancedetective/consultantondifficultcases,Monkhopestoconvincehisformerboss,CaptainLelandStottlemeyer(TedLevine),toallowhimtoreturntotheforce.Stottlemeyer,whowaveredbetweenadmirationforMonkandannoyanceathiseccentricitiesduringthefirstseason,isbecomingmoreofafriendtoMonkastheseriesdevelops,frequentlycallinghimintohelp,asmuchforMonk’sbenefitasforhisown.However,heknowsMonk’slimitationsaswellashisstrengthsandmaystillharbordoubtsaboutthewisdomofallowingMonktocarryagunorsubdueaperpetrator.Stottlemeyer’ssecond-in-command,LieutenantRandallDisher(JasonGray-Stanford),alsoseemstobedevelopingbothadmirationandcompassionforthemanheoncelabeled"thedefectivedetective."Despiteflawsandinadequaciesallaround,thethreearebecominganincreasinglyeffectiveteam,withadditionalhelpfromMonk’spersonalassistant.Fromthedouble-episodepilotthroughthefirsthalfofseasonthree,Monkwasaidedbyhisnurse,SharonaFleming(BittySchram).Butinthetenthepisodeofthethirdseason,Sharonawasreplacedbyanewassistant,NatalieTeeger(TraylorHoward).LikeSharona,adivorceewithasonnamedBenjy,Natalieisasingleparent,awidowwithadaughternamedJulie(EmmyClarke).UnlikeSharona,Natalieisnotanursebutaformerbartenderwithafreshperspectiveon"Mr.Monk,"asshestilladdresseshernewboss. 
