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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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my impression of the film is that jarmusch wasn't really trying very hard. perhaps i'll be proven wrong and this film will one day be shown to have an understated genius about it, but i doubt it. the film is merely a collection of shorts that jarmusch has been putting together since 1986. the first one was the first one shot and the later ones seem to be filmed more recently (judging by the age of bill murray, and inclusion of alfred molina or meg/jack white, for example), but i can't verify that it was presented in the chronological filming order. at any rate, the film revolves around various people discussing various things over coffee (or tea) and cigarettes. more than anything the film made me want to go to a diner and have a coffee with some apple pie a la mode. unlike 'stranger than paradise' or 'down by law' this film had very little lasting effect on me. i had fun while i was watching it - jarmusch always has a quiet humor to his films, producing more chuckles than outright laughs - but it didn't leave me thinking like some of his others have. i like the molina/coogan and rza/gza/murray shorts the most. i don't mean to give the impression that the film is bad or that i don't like jarmusch because both are incorrect, it's just that jarmusch has done better and the film was mostly good fluff. B-.