
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 caf... (Full plot summary below)
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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.
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| Killer Movie ReviewsAndrea Chasethoughtfully observes the human compulsion to connect via conversation in all its glorious absurdity |
| www.kcactive.comUri Lessing...a brilliant examination of the nature of the modern encounter. |
| Portland OregonianKaren KarboLike dark chocolate -- not semi-sweet, but the exotic, nearly black stuff -- Coffee and Cigarettes won't appeal to everyone. Jarmusch is the 70 percent cacao of contemporary filmmakers, and people who love this kind of chocolate swear by it. |
| Entertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanJust when you're certain that Jarmusch is treading water with his borderline-tedious cleverness, something happens: Coffee and Cigarettes turns into a movie FULL of talk -- rich, supple, hilarious, masterfully orchestrated talk. |
| PremiereGlenn KennyBy the end the movie has pretty much ceased taking itself at all seriously, devolving into a nonchalant giggliness of the stoned variety that's completely apropos. |
| St. Paul Pioneer PressChris Hewitt (St. Paul)The films have been exhibited over the years at festivals and museums but, viewed together, they cohere surprisingly well. |
| Flick FilosopherMaryAnn Johanson[T]here is a refreshing rough-and-tumble energy to the films, even the ones that don't fully gel. |
| Film Freak CentralWalter ChawThough Jarmusch is fond of deflecting gestalt reads of his films individually and collectively, make no mistake that there is a meticulous structure. |
| Rochester Democrat and ChronicleJack GarnerAs with any collection of shorts, some work better than others. Here, though, none is a failure and a few are fabulous. |
| ColeSmithey.comCole SmitheyIndependent filmmaking grandfather Jim Jarmusch conceives the laziest and most tiring movie of his career with a series of vignettes calculated around celebrities talking over coffee and cigarettes. |