Coffee and Cigarettes
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Directed by	Jim Jarmusch
Produced by	Jason Kliot Rudd Simmons Jim Stark Birgit Staudt Joana Vicente
Written by	Jim Jarmusch
Starring	Roberto Benigni Steven Wright Joie Lee Cinqué Lee Steve Buscemi Iggy Pop Tom Waits Joseph Rigano Vinny Vella Vinny Vella Jr. Renée French E.J. Rodriguez Alex Descas Isaach De Bankolé Cate Blanchett Mike Hogan Jack White Meg White Alfred Molina Steve Coogan Katy Hansz GZA RZA Bill Murray William Rice Taylor Mead
Distributed by	United Artists
Release date(s)	2003
Running time	95 min.
Language	English French
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Plot summary

The film is composed of a comic series of short vignettes shot in black and white built on one another to create a cumulative effect, as the characters discuss things as diverse as caffeine popsicles, Paris in the 1920s and the use of nicotine as an insecticide — all the while sitting around drinking coffee and smoking cigarettes. As the film delves into the normal pace of our world from an extraordinary angle, it attempts to demonstrate how absorbing the obsessions, joys, and addictions of life can be, if truly observed.^{[original research?]} There are also many common threads between vignettes like the Tesla coil, medical knowledge, the suggestion that coffee and cigarettes don't make for a healthy meal (generally lunch), cousins, and even the idea of drinking coffee before sleeping in order to have fast dreams. It is interesting to note that in each of the segments of the film, the common theme of alternating black and white tiles can be seen in some fashion. Comics (or, less commonly, sequential art) is a form of visual art consisting of images which are commonly combined with text, often in the form of speech balloons or image captions. ... Black-and-white or black and white) can refer to a general term used in photography, film, and other media (see black-and-white). ... Caffeine is a xanthine alkaloid compound that acts as a stimulant in humans. ... This article is about the capital of France. ... The 1920s is sometimes referred to as the Jazz Age or the Roaring Twenties, usually applied to America. ... This article is about the chemical compound. ... It has been suggested that ovicide be merged into this article or section. ... Tesla Coil at Questacon, the Australian National Science Centre museum A Tesla coil (also teslacoil) is a type of resonant transformer, named after its inventor, Nikola Tesla. ...

Segments

The eleven segments that make up the film are as follows:

Strange to Meet You

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Twins

Originally the 1989 short Coffee and Cigarettes, Memphis Version, this segment features Joie Lee and Cinqué Lee as the titular twins and Steve Buscemi as the waiter who expounds on his theory on Elvis Presley's evil twin. Year 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar). ... Coffee and Cigarettes, Memphis Version (also known as Coffee and Cigarettes II) is a 1989 black-and-white short film by writer/director Jim Jarmusch. ... Joie Lee (born Joie Susannah Lee on June 22, 1963 in Brooklyn, New York, USA) is an American screenwriter, film producer, film director and actress. ... Steven Vincent Buscemi (born December 13, 1957) is an Emmy- and Golden Globe-nominated American actor and film director. ... “Elvis” redirects here. ...

Somewhere in California

Filmed in 1993 as the short Coffee and Cigarettes - Somewhere in California. In this segment musicians Iggy Pop and Tom Waits (played by themselves) smoke cigarettes to celebrate that they quit smoking, drink some coffee and have an awkward conversation. Iggy tells Tom that he knows of an industrial-style drummer with a "hard, banging" sound that Tom should check out. Waits gets a little aggravated and asks Iggy if he thinks his record sucks. Year 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar). ... Coffee and Cigarettes: Somewhere in California (also known as Coffee and Cigarettes III) is a 1993 black-and-white short film directed by writer/director Jim Jarmusch. ... James Newell Osterberg, Jr. ... Thomas Alan Waits (born December 7, 1949) is an American singer-songwriter, composer, and actor. ...

Those Things'll Kill Ya

Joseph Rigano and Vinny Vella have a conversation over coffee about the dangers of smoking. The silent Vinny Vella Jr. also appears to beg his father for money. Joseph Rigano (born 1933 in New York City) is an Italian-American character actor. ... Vinny Vella (born Vincent Franco Vellacerra on October 3, 1950 in New York, New York) is an actor and part time comedian. ...

Renée

Renée French (played by herself) drinks coffee while looking through a gun magazine. E.J. Rodríguez plays the waiter anxious to be of service. This article is about the actress. ...

No Problem

Alex Descas and Isaach De Bankolé are a couple of friends who meet and talk over some coffee and cigarettes. Alex has no problems, or so he states repeatedly. Giulia Boschi as Aimée and Isaach De Bankolé as Protée in Chocolat. ...

Cousins

Cate Blanchett plays herself and a fictional and non-famous cousin named Shelly who she meets over some coffee in the lounge of a hotel. There is no smoking in the lounge as the waiter, played by Mike Hogan, informs Shelly. But not, however, until Cate is gone. Shelley tells Cate about her boyfriend, Lee, who is in a band. She describes the music style as hard industrial, similar to the band Iggy describes. Catherine Élise Blanchett (born May 14, 1969), better known as Cate Blanchett, is an Academy Award- and Golden Globe Award-winning Australian actress. ... Mike Hogan may refer to: Mike Hogan, member of Irish alternative rock band The Cranberries Mike Hogan, Irish publisher Category: ...

Jack Shows Meg His Tesla Coil

Features Jack and Meg White of the band The White Stripes having some coffee and cigarettes. They play themselves, although the scene seems to perpetuate the band's former pretense that they are indeed siblings. Jack shows Meg his Tesla coil that he says he built himself and waxes intellectual on the achievements of Nikola Tesla. In the beginning, Jack seems upset that Meg doesn't share his excitement, and it takes Meg some coaxing to get Jack to agree to show Meg his Tesla Coil. He introduces the line "Nikola Tesla perceived the earth to be a conductor of acoustical resonance." Intrigued by this concept, Meg repeats the phrase and clinks her coffee cup at the end of the segment to produce a ringing noise and she looks pensively out into the distance before a cut to black. Cinqué Lee plays a waiter in this segment. In the end, the coil breaks, and Meg and the Waiter offer suggestion to why it might be broken. Finally Meg says something that Jack seems to agree to, and he leaves to "go home and check it out". This particular vignette is full of White Stripes motifs such as childhood innocence, Nikola Tesla, their 'sibling relationship', and a little red wagon. kicks ass --clayton kicks ass hard! ... Megan Martha White (born December 10, 1974 in Grosse Pointe Farms, Michigan) is best known as the drummer and backing vocalist of Detroit rock duo The White Stripes. ... This article is about the American duo. ... Tesla Coil at Questacon, the Australian National Science Centre museum A Tesla coil (also teslacoil) is a type of resonant transformer, named after its inventor, Nikola Tesla. ... Nikola Tesla (1856-1943)[1] was a world-renowned Serbian inventor, physicist, mechanical engineer and electrical engineer. ... Tesla Coil at Questacon, the Australian National Science Centre museum A Tesla coil (also teslacoil) is a type of resonant transformer, named after its inventor, Nikola Tesla. ...

Cousins?

British actors Alfred Molina and Steve Coogan have a conversation over some tea, where Alfred claims that the two are distant cousins. Katy Hansz asks Steve Coogan for an autograph. Steve Coogan rebuffs Alfred Molina until he overhears that Alfred Molina is a friend of Spike Jonze. Although they say they are in LA, the segment was shot in Brooklyn at Galapagos, Williamsburg. Alfred Molina (born May 24, 1953) is an English actor of both the stage and screen. ... Stephen John Steve Coogan (born 14 October 1965) is an English actor, impressionist, and comedian. ... For the musician and bandleader, see Spike Jones. ...

Delirium

Hip hop artists (and cousins) GZA and RZA of the Wu-Tang Clan drink naturally caffeine-free herbal tea and have a conversation with the waiter, Bill Murray about the dangers of caffeine and nicotine. Murray requests that GZA and RZA keep his identity secret while GZA and RZA inform Murray about nontraditional methods to relieve his smokers hack. GZA (IPA pronunciation: ), aka The Genius, (born Gary Grice August 22, 1966 in Brooklyn, New York City) is an American hip hop artist. ... RZA (IPA pronunciation: ) (born Robert Diggs, July 5, 1969 in Brownsville, Brooklyn, New York, U.S.) is an American hip hop producer, rapper and actor. ... Wu-Tang redirects here. ... Herbal tea An herbal tea, tisane, or ptisan is an herbal infusion not made from the leaves of the tea bush (Camellia sinensis). ... William James Bill Murray (born September 21, 1950) is an Academy Award-nominated, Emmy-winning and Golden Globe-winning American comedian and actor. ...

Champagne

William Rice and Taylor Mead spend their coffee break having a nostalgic conversation, whilst Janet Baker singing "Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen" from Mahler's Rückert-Lieder appeares from nowhere. William Rice repeats Jack White's line, "Nikola Tesla perceived the earth to be a conductor of acoustical resonance." It is possible to interpret the relevance of this line to the constant recurrent themes throughout the seemingly unconnected segments. Promotional poster for Excavating Taylor Mead (2005) Taylor Mead (born December 31, 1924 in Grosse Pointe, Michigan) is a writer and performer who starred as Tarzan in Andy Warhols Tarzan, and in Ron Rices beat classic The Flower Thief, in which he traipses with an elfin glee through... Janet Baker as Mary Stuart The British mezzo-soprano Janet Baker (born August 21, 1933) is a well-known opera, concert, and lieder singer. ... “Mahler” redirects here. ... Mahlers Rückert-Lieder are 5 songs, based on poems written by Friedrich Rückert. ...

External links

• Official site
• Coffee and Cigarettes at the Internet Movie Database