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Coffee And Cigarettes (DVD)

Description: Genre: Television / Theatrical Release: 2003 / Director: Jim Jarmusch / Actors: Roberto Benigni, Steven Wright ... / ... more

Coffee And Cigarettes (DVD) ... DVD released 28 February, 2005 at Tartan Video / Features of the DVD: Anamorphic, Black & White, PAL, Widescreen / A comic series of short vignettes built on one another to create a cumulative effect, as the characters discuss things as diverse as caffeine popsicles, Paris in the '20s, and the use of nicotine as an insecticide - all the while sitting around sipping coffee and smoking cigarettes. Directed by Jim Jarmusch and with cameos by Bill Murray, Steve Buscemi, and Tom Waits amongst others.

Newest Review: ... started constructing Coffee And Cigarettes eighteen years ago, filming the first section in 1986, the second 1989 and the ... more

... third in 1993. These segments make up the first three of the film, followed by the eight newly shot additions to round out the feature. That these first three segments blend with the new ones perfectly, to the point that you couldn't tell they were shot earlier, is a testament to the skill of Jarmush. The problem with the film mostly lies in the way that the majority of the segments just aren't particularly interesting. Most of them, as they are quite clearly improvised, lack any sense of clear direction, and end ...more

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Coffee And Cigarettes (DVD): Coffee And Cigarettes (681 words)
by eddie7sf - written on 11/10/05 (Very useful, 60 readings)
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I really wanted to like Coffee And Cigarettes. The initial signs were good too. From the three initial shorts (which I'll discuss shortly), two were good, and the other at least had a quirky charm. The cast assembled was one of the strangest that I had seen, which led to an increased interest. It seemed like Coffee And Cigarettes was shaping it up to be one of the hip new indie films of recent times. I was rather saddened to discover that this wasn't the case. The premise of the film is simple. Eleven short vignettes that feature discussions between various people, some famous, others not, all based around both coffee and cigarettes. This of course means that ...

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