Coffee and Cigarettes is a comic series of short vignettes that build on one another to create a cumulative effect as the characters 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. As Jarmusch delves into the normal pace of our world from an extraordinary angle, he shows just how absorbing the obsessions, joys, and addictions of life can be.
Filmed in black and white, Coffee and Cigarettes made its world premiere at the Venice International Film Festival then screened to a sold-out crowd at the Toronto International Film Festival.
Release Date: May 14, 2004
MPAA Rating: R
Rating Comment: Rated R for language.
Starring: Roberto Benigni Steven Wright Joie Lee Steve Buscemi Iggy Pop Tom Waits Joe Rigano Vinny Vella Vinny Vella, Jr. Renee French E.J. Rodriguez Alex Descas Isaach De Bankole Cate Blanchett Meg White Jack White Alfred Molina Steve Coogan GZA RZA Bill Murray Bill Rice Taylor Mead
Director: Jim Jarmusch