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Title: Coffee and Cigarettes (2003)
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| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Roberto Benigni | ... | Roberto (segment "Strange to Meet You") | |
| Steven Wright | ... | Steven (segment "Strange to Meet You") | |
| Joie Lee | ... | Good Twin (segment "Twins") | |
| Cinqué Lee | ... | Evil Twin / Kitchen Guy (segment "Twins / Jack Shows Meg His Tesla Coil") | |
| Steve Buscemi | ... | Danny (segment "Twins") | |
| Iggy Pop | ... | Iggy (segment "Somewhere in California") | |
| Tom Waits | ... | Tom (segment "Somewhere in California") | |
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Joseph Rigano | ... | Joe (segment "Those Things'll Kill Ya") (as Joe Rigano) |
| Vinny Vella | ... | Vinny (segment "Those Things'll Kill Ya") | |
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Vinny Vella Jr. | ... | Vinny Jr. (segment "Those Things'll Kill Ya") |
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Renee French | ... | Renée (segment "Renée") (as Renée French) |
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E.J. Rodriguez | ... | Waiter (segment "Renée") |
| Alex Descas | ... | Alex (segment "No Problem") | |
| Isaach De Bankolé | ... | Isaach (segment "No Problem") | |
| Cate Blanchett | ... | Cate / Shelly (segment "Cousins") | |
Eleven separate vignettes are presented. In each, celebrities, playing semi-fictionalized versions of themselves (with the exception of the characters of various wait staff, and one actor playing a lookalike cousin of herself), meet in a food service establishment with coffee/tea and cigarettes involved. Beyond the topic of discussion that brought them together, they often talk directly about coffee and cigarettes, more often that coffee and cigarettes, and by association caffeine and nicotine, are not healthy, especially if they are the only things constituting lunch. Other recurring themes include the Lee family, cousinhood, celebrity worship, the connection between the medical and musical careers, and Nikola Tesla's belief that the Earth is a conductor of acoustic resonance. In all cases, the coming together for coffee/tea and smokes acts as a bridge to overcome disagreements, and/or makes uncomfortable situations less uncomfortable. Written by Huggo
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I loved this movie. Okay, I loved about 75% of it. But I'm glad I saw all of it. I don't smoke, I only drink coffee when it's dressed up in a frilly disguise, and I didn't recognize everyone in the film, nor did I much care about that. I didn't recognize the writer/director's name, though I really enjoyed Night on Earth and Dead Man, and now I know his name. It was just so good to see this parade of tense interaction, waiting on or predicting what would come next. I loved how some of the moments in the first vignette were mimicked in a later one by an entirely "different" set of people.
I loved the stark interruptions of uncomfortableness, loved watching all the people pour their coffee or tea, loved the hilarious facial expressions of Molina and Coogan--it seemed to me they were portraying the two most extreme British stereotypes interacting with each other, and it was clearly fun for them.
I enjoyed the cheap, gritty sets, the introductions and goodbyes. I am not sure who the movie would best play for; as I sat and thought about who to share it with, only members of my own family came to mind. We're all a bit quirky, so the best way I can put it is that maybe if you like the "mockumentaries" of Christopher Guest, but can appreciate an even darker twist, you'll have a laugh at this.
The boring parts were the shortest, and the vignettes I liked best were so much fun it was worth the whole picture to see them.