Overwiew :Coffee and Cigarettes, is a collection of series of strange encounters Jarmusch has been capturing in short films since the mid-1980s. Jarmusch takes our attention to the normal pace of the world from an extraordinary angle, the characters in this comic series of short vignettes discuss things as diverse as caffeine popsicles, Paris in the twenties, and the use of nicotine as an insecticide all the while sitting around sipping coffee and smoking cigarettes. They babble and prattle about anything and everything, often carrying on bizarre and extended conversations even when they have little to say.
www.sfgate.com - : San Francisco Chronicle : The best that can be said for "Coffee and Cigarettes" is that it proves that Jim Jarmusch has lots of famous friends and that he's so highly regarded that good people are willing to appear in any project with his name on it. But the movie itself is flat and uninspired. more...
D+
metromix.chicagotribune.com - : Chicago Tribune : Coffee and Cigarettes is a series of 11 short black-and-white films in which performers, playing versions of themselves, meet over java and smokes. more...
C+
www.hollywoodreporter.com - : Hollywood Reporter : Featuring many of the actors and musicians who have appeared in his previous films, the anthology is assembled around a very basic foundation -- a couple of people meet in a diner/lounge/dive over a cuppa joe (or, in a couple of cases, tea), light up a smoke and let life unfold. more...
B+
query.nytimes.com - : New York Times : ''Coffee and Cigarettes,'' which Mr. Jarmusch made over 17 years, often during breaks from other projects, is an anthology of conversations, most among famous or semifamous people, who play themselves more...
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