A series of vignettes that all have coffee and cigarettes in common.
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Jim JarmuschWriter:
Jim Jarmusch
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2 wins & 9 nominations.
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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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Meg: [sarcastically] Hmm, or the rock band Tesla.
Jack: [visibly dispirited] Funny.
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Written by Coxsone Dodd
Performed by Roland Alphonso and the Soul Vendors
Jamrec Music/Happy Valley Music, Ltd. (BMI)
Courtesy of Jamaica Recording and Publishing Studio, Ltd.
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Jack White and Meg White from the "Tesla" segment formerly performed together as the sole members of The White Stripes. See more »Quotes
Jack: Well, Nikola Tesla invented fluorescent light. Without him we wouldn't have alternating current, radio, television... x-ray technology... induction motors, particle beams, lasers; none of that would even exist if it weren't for him.Meg: [sarcastically] Hmm, or the rock band Tesla.
Jack: [visibly dispirited] Funny.
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Streets of GoldWritten by Coxsone Dodd
Performed by Roland Alphonso and the Soul Vendors
Jamrec Music/Happy Valley Music, Ltd. (BMI)
Courtesy of Jamaica Recording and Publishing Studio, Ltd.
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11 June 2004 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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Opening Weekend USA:
$99,162, 16 May 2004Gross USA:
$2,198,924Cumulative Worldwide Gross:
$7,929,307Company Credits
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Short films with nonsense dialogue of shifting dignity. Lots of self irony or even self sarcasm. Tom Waits is mocking with Iggy Pop in a way that it's hard to believe they ever can talk to each other again. Bill Murray is pulling the leg of the hip hop movement and the movement finds that funny. Cate Blanchett is on a genial level playing the double part of the filmstar and her jealous cousin.
Jim Jarmusch can't be beaten. The dialogue seems to be mostly improvised, but the concept is not. Every short chapter here has a meaning and gives us something to think about. The films are in black and white, like coffee and cigarettes and that still is, and will always be, a way of pushing things harder. This is very much comedy and very much serious.