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| Coffee & Cigarettes | |||
“Consisting of 11 vignettes that indie icon Jim Jarmusch has written and directed sporadically since 1986 and finally assembled into a surprisingly cohesive whole, this dryly comic ode to wasting time elevates shooting the breeze to an art form. Roberto Benigni and Stephen Wright (was there ever a more mismatched lunch date?) woefully misunderstand each other and wind up switching identities, while RZA and GZA from Wu-Tang Clan discuss alternative medicine with Bill Murray… Iggy Pop and Tom Waits stumble through awkward silences and rue the fact that their diner’s jukebox features songs by neither; Jack and Meg of the White Stripes experiment with a Tesla coil; Cate Blanchett plays herself (sort of) as well as her estranged cousin in a meeting seething with mutual dislike; and Isaak de Bankole, cool incarnate in sunglasses and a sharp suit, tries to no avail to convince his best friend that he really, really doesn’t have a problem. In the film’s most memorable episode, the brilliant English actors Alfred Molina and Steve Coogan hilariously mock their celebrity status… Coffee & Cigarettes gives bad habits a good name.” – Steven Jenkins, San Francisco International Film Festival 2004 |
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| USA 2003 | |||
Director/Screenplay: Jim Jarmusch With: Bill Murray, Steve Buscemi, Iggy Pop, Tom Waits, Cate Blanchett, Steve Coogan, Alfred Molina, Roberto Benigni, Steven Wright, Wu-Tang Clan, Jack White, Meg White 96 mins, DV (16:9) M offensive language Palmerston North Film Society |
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