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Coffee And Cigarettes [2003]
from Tartan Video
starring Roberto Benigni, Steven Wright, Joie Lee, Cinque Lee, Steve Buscemi
directed by Jim Jarmusch

Features:

• Anamorphic
• Black & White
• PAL
• Widescreen

Customer Reviews:

• Avg. Customer Rating: 3.5 / 5.0

• I ENJOYED THIS A LOT
  --Mild spoilers--
  I haven't seen a single Jarmusch before this and have no knowledge or his style whatsoever, nor have I smoked a cigarette while drinking coffee, but I enjoyed this film immensely.
  It doesn't purport to speak of grandiose themes and epic emotions, nor does it go out of its way to be deliberately offbeat and quirky; the audience has no emotional attachment to the characters and there is no plot in most of the vignettes. So what puts this film above all the pretentiously shot... more info

• Classic Jarmusch
  Funny, beautifully filmed in black and white, and a little eccentric. Don't expect plot, it's a quiet pondering film with no real direction. The point isn't where it takes you but to enjoy travelling with it. It may not convert anyone who isn't already a Jarmusch fan but it should entertain arthouse and indie enthusiasts.
  Definitely worth buying if only for the conversation between Tom Waits and Iggy Pop.

• Not for everyone, but a fun experiment
  This Coffee And Cigarettes is not one of Jim Jarmusch's best. For that, I'd recommend Down By Law, Ghost Dog, Stranger Than Paradise, or the recent Broken Flowers. What this one is is a series of vignettes loosely strung around the concept of people meeting and talking over coffee and cigarettes. There's no story as such, and some of the shorts don't even have much of a point, but taken as a whole it's a pretty enjoyable film.
  Everyone's favourites will differ, but I liked very much the segments with... more info

• One for a quiet night
  A series of comedic sketches, filmed in arty black and white and revolving around the subject of coffee and cigarettes, some more successfully than others. The best ones for me were where the actors played mad caricatures of themselves; Jack White (brilliantly Johnny Depp-ish) describing a scientific device to Meg (usual bored Meg-ish performance), Steve Coogan and Alfred Molina in a very English, excruciatingly embarrassing sketch about the pitfalls of Hollywood and Cate Blanchett in an awkward meeting... more info

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