Coffee and Cigarettes Page #5

Synopsis: 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.
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Director(s): Jim Jarmusch
Production: MGM
  2 wins & 9 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.1
Metacritic:
65
Rotten Tomatoes:
64%
R
Year:
2003
95 min
$1,971,135
Website
7,526 Views


How you doing, Junior?

- He don't talk much, does he?

- Not lately.

Lately he's been the silent type.

I gave you $10 last night.

So what did you do with it?

I just gave you $5.

Listen, I'll give you $1 more. That's it.

Can I at least get a hug?

For $6, can I get a freaking hug?

$10 for a hug?

You gotta be out of your freaking mind.

All right, come here. I'll give you.

You better go get yourself something to eat,

and something good.

Yeah, just like him.

Get some coffee and cigarettes.

Oh, brother!

What the f*** are you talking about?

Look how much coffee you're drinking.

You got the whole f***ing pot

over there with you.

So what? They always bring me a whole pot.

I like coffee. Keeps me going.

It keeps you going, all right.

You're a f***ing maniac. A caffeine maniac.

- You're drinking coffee, ain't you?

- Yeah.

- So?

- So maybe you should try to quit.

- I ain't no f***ing quitter.

- I'll drink to that.

F***ing moron.

Sh*t, here comes my kid again.

How much did you spend?

And that's all you got for $4?

Peas and something to drink for $4?

- What the heck is in that bag?

- It's those Chinese peas.

They're not?

They're Japanese?

Chinese, Japanese. Same thing.

Try one.

Jesus Christ! Tastes like black pepper.

Give me those.

Little bastard. Did you see that?

He tried to f***ing poison me.

No, he didn't, Joe. Listen to me.

Those things are very expensive.

They're like a delicacy. A refined taste.

Refined taste, my ass.

Jesus Christ, not again.

I can't even light a f***ing cigarette

around here without getting busted.

You know something?

You really are a f***ing moron.

I'm gonna get to those

big tobacco companies...

and I'm gonna thank them

when they put you in the f***ing ground.

And did I ever tell that you're like

a f***ing wife that I don't need?

Can't f***ing enjoy a cigarette.

Excuse me, miss.

Can I get you some more coffee?

I really wish you hadn't done that.

I had it the right color,

the right temperature. It was just right.

Sorry.

Hi.

Sorry. Sorry about the coffee.

- Does your name happen to be Gloria?

- No.

'Cause I thought maybe you...

You're not friends with...

Sorry.

So can I get you something else?

A sandwich? Something to eat

along with your coffee?

It's not a very healthy lunch,

just the coffee and cigarettes.

It's not my lunch, okay?

Sorry.

Alex.

You startled me.

How are you, Isaach?

Okay?

Very well.

I'm happy to see you.

I was so sick of being in Paris.

You can't imagine.

Sit down.

So, I was happy to get your call.

So long time we didn't see each other.

- I ordered you some coffee, okay?

- Yeah, sure. Thanks.

So, everything is okay?

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Jim Jarmusch

James Robert Jarmusch (born January 22, 1953) is an American film director, screenwriter, actor, producer, editor, and composer. He has been a major proponent of independent cinema since the 1980s, directing such films as Stranger Than Paradise (1984), Down by Law (1986), Mystery Train (1989), Dead Man (1995), Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai (1999), Coffee and Cigarettes (2003), Broken Flowers (2005), Only Lovers Left Alive (2013), and Paterson (2016). Stranger Than Paradise was added to the National Film Registry in December 2002. As a musician, Jarmusch has composed music for his films and released two albums with Jozef van Wissem. more…

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