Coffee and Cigarettes

Coffee and Cigarettes
by Jim Jarmusch

Coffee and Cigarettes
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Actor: Cinqu? Lee, Joie Lee, Roberto Benigni, Steve Buscemi, Steven Wright
Director: Jim Jarmusch
Brand: TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX HOME ENT
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1; English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); French (Subtitled)
Format: AC-3, Anamorphic, Black & White, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.85:1
Running Time: 97 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2004-09-21
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)

Movie Reviews of Coffee and Cigarettes

Movie Review: Bad Improv with One Redeeming Scene
Summary: 1 Stars

Having enjoyed Jarmusch's Broken Flowers, I picked up this film at the library. After seeing it, I was happy that I didn't pay for it.

If you find coffee and cigarettes innately funny, so much so that the mere presence of people drinking coffee and puffing cigarettes fills you with mirth, you might enjoy this film. Then again, you would still have to sit through the pointless, inane dialogue that permeates the movie.

Usually in creating a scene with characters, a writer has a purpose for the two meeting one another. In Cigarettes and Coffee, actors, musicians, etc., stumble into scenes together, have nothing to say to one another, appear to be meeting for the first time, and have no purpose in speaking to one another, which is even less engaging on film than on a stage. Acting 101 teaches you that improvised scenes in which characters have no motivation whatsoever make for painfully dull, awkward viewing. Watch this film and learn why.

There are two positive things about this film. One is that the black and white is lovely and clear on the DVD. The second is a scene in which Cate Blanchett plays both parts. The characters are two very different people and Ms. Blanchett creates a study in subtle mannerisms, speech patterns, and postures that make each individual unique, although not cartoonishly so. Both seem like real people. Blanchett is also radiant in black and white and shines with all of the charisma and charm of a starlet from Hollywood's golden age (who is cast in a better movie).

Summary of Coffee and Cigarettes

Celebrated writer-director Jim Jarmusch (Mystery Train) serves up this witty and intoxicating brew that's "as addictive as caffeine" (Richard Roeper, "Ebert & Roeper and the Movies") and "as buzzy and ephemeral as, well, coffee and cigarettes" (LA Weekly)! "Sneakily delirious [and] way cool" (Time), this "funny cluster of eleven stories" (Rolling Stone) delivers "inspired eccentric match-ups" (The Hollywood Reporter) from an incredible all-star cast, making Coffee and Cigarettes an absolute must for fans of film, fun and fantastic wit!
Now here is a movie that's practically perfect for DVD. Shot over many years with eccentric actors, Jim Jarmusch's collection of black-and-white vignettes is as uneven as a collection of music videos (without songs). Even with the dull spots and the drop-dead-hip ambiance, there's something touching about this parade of frazzled people holding on to their coffee and cigarettes like life rafts--especially in the final sequence with Taylor Mead. There are some severely misconceived pieces, but the best are a treat: Alfred Molina and Steve Coogan in a hilarious Hollywood encounter, Tom Waits and Iggy Pop getting off on the wrong foot in a funky diner, and Cate Blanchett doing a dual role as herself and a jealous cousin. Bill Murray can't save one underwritten piece, but Jack and Meg White are amusing in an absurdist blackout. Use the Scene Selection menu, and revel in the fetishizing of java and butts. --Robert Horton

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