Coffee and Cigarettes
by Jim Jarmusch
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Actor: Bill Murray, Cate Blanchett, Roberto Benigni, RZA, Tom WaitsDirector: Jim Jarmusch
Brand: TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX HOME ENT
Writer: Jim Jarmusch
Producer: Birgit Staudt
Producer: Demetra J. MacBride
Producer: Gretchen McGowan
Producer: Jason Kliot
Producer: Jim Stark
Producer: Joana Vicente
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown), Dolby Digital 5.1; English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1
Format: AC-3, Anamorphic, Black & White, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.85:1
Running Time: 95 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2004-09-21
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
Movie Reviews of Coffee and Cigarettes
Movie Review: Actually Hilarious!
Summary: 5 Stars
"Coffee and Cigarettes" is a hard movie for me to review because, if you think about it, there is no plot. It is different from the movies that I would normally see, but you have to give everything a chance. I really went to see it because of the great cast. In one movie you have Cate Blancett, Steve Buscemi, Bill Murrey, Roberto Benigni, Steven Wright, Iggy Pop, Jack White, Meg White, Alfred Molina, and Steve Coogan, just to name a few. Most of them playing themselves, some of them playing two people, some of them just playing a character. What is amazing is that the film was shot over the course of seventeen years, and it has finally been released after all that time. The main plot of the movie is a seris of eleven conversations between people, and all of them include them drinking coffee(or tea) and smoking cigarettes. All of the stories take place in different bars or coffee hang-outs, and none of the stories are related to the other. The last movie that I saw that had stories that were not related to each other was "Storytelling," and that is one of my favorite movies. To name a few stories, there is one with Roberto Benigni and Steven Wright talking about what is great about coffee and what is not great about going to the dentist. One story has Steve Buscemi talking to a couple about Elvis. Anothor has a women being bothered by a waiter who gave her more coffee when she didn't ask for it. The next story has Jack White showing Meg White his telsa coil. The next has Alfred Molina and Steve Coogan taking about an amazing discovery. One has RZA and GZA taking to Bill Murrey who is in disguise. One has two men, one of who is enchanted by a certain song about being away from the world. One has Cate Blancett talking to her cousin who is also played by Cate Blancett.
There are a few other stories, none of which I can remember right now, but that only shows how much this movie has. The film does not have one big plot, but eleven small ones, each of them about ten to fifteen minutes long. They go by very quickly, and before you know it, the credits are rolling. "Coffee and Cigarettes" is shot in black and white, and that only adds to the feel of the movie. To me, the black and white adds to what the movie is. Filled with black coffee, and white cigarettes.
"Coffee and Cigarettes" is a hilarious look at the lives of many famous celebrities talking to others. There are so many awkward silences that writer/director Jim Jarmusch must have put the phrase on his copy and paste button as he was writing it. At the end of every little story, everybody in the theatre laughed because they were actually thinking about everything that happened. Rapid fire delivery could sometimes happen that you recovering from one joke, when three or four could have passed by.
Some people might find this film boring, but it wasn't. There was always something interesting happening, which is what I have to say about "The Ladykillers." Alot of people found that dull, but I found it always interesting, and something new was always going on. "Coffee and Cigarettes" is one of the best films of the years.
ENJOY!
Rated R for language.
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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