Coffee and Cigarettes

2003
R
1h 35m

IMDb RATING

7.0/10

69K

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A series of vignettes that all have coffee and cigarettes in common.A series of vignettes that all have coffee and cigarettes in common.A series of vignettes that all have coffee and cigarettes in common.

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IMDb RATING

7.0/10

69K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 2 wins & 9 nominations total

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Trivia
This film was made over a 17-year period. The Roberto Benigni and Steven Wright segment was filmed in 1986. The Tom Waits and Iggy Pop segment was shot in 1995.

Goofs
The page showing in Renee French's weapon magazine varies between shots, even when she isn't turning the pages.

Quotes
Iggy: Cigarettes and coffee, man, that's a combination.

Crazy credits
The credits end with a list of the historical, scientific, musical, and cinema-related figures that are mentioned or referenced throughout the film: "RESPECT TO: Nikola Tesla, Otis Blackwell, Junior Parker, Elvis Presley, Jesse Garon Presley, Lee Marvin, Henry Silva, Giant Robo, Heckle & Jeckle, Abbott & Costello, Vivienne Westwood, Spike Jonze, Spike Lee, Sam Mendes, PT Anderson, Michael Winterbottom, Harold Ramis, Gary Goldberg, Ghostface Killa, Old Dirty Bastard and the rock band Tesla...in a way..." After this list it closes with the memorial: "LONG LIVE JOE STRUMMER!"

Connections
Edited from Coffee and Cigarettes (1986)

Soundtracks
Louie Louie
Written by Richard Berry
Performed by Richard Berry & The Pharoahs
(c) 1957 Renewed EMI Longitude Music Co.
Courtesy of Ace Records Ltd. c/o Original Sound Entertainment

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Featured review

8/10

No tea and biscuits

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.