Wednesday, August 04, 2004
Coffee and Cigarettes
USA 2003
Dir: Jim Jarmusch
Stars: Many
In one word: Awkward
Coffee and Cigarettes is a film of vignettes where the main links are Coffee and Cigarettes and awkward conversations. Starting with the over caffinated Roberto Benigni and Steven Wright the film dived into an awkward boringness that did not pick up until an ironic talk between Alfred Molina and Steve Coogan ('24 Hour Party People'). Where Alfred is the less successful actor seeking the attention of the 'in' Steve. Watching this after seeing 'Sipderman 2' added to the amusement. Jim Jarmusch has a knack for getting famous people to play 'themselves'. The trouble with this film is the dialogye is barely interesting and sitting for 1 1/2 hours watching unrelated awkward conversations does not make for a great film. When compared with the excellent work Jarmusch did in 'Dead Man' and 'Ghost Dog', this film is very lacking.
Why see it? Your a fan of Jim Jarmusch or you like dialogue based short character pieces.
Dir: Jim Jarmusch
Stars: Many
In one word: Awkward
Coffee and Cigarettes is a film of vignettes where the main links are Coffee and Cigarettes and awkward conversations. Starting with the over caffinated Roberto Benigni and Steven Wright the film dived into an awkward boringness that did not pick up until an ironic talk between Alfred Molina and Steve Coogan ('24 Hour Party People'). Where Alfred is the less successful actor seeking the attention of the 'in' Steve. Watching this after seeing 'Sipderman 2' added to the amusement. Jim Jarmusch has a knack for getting famous people to play 'themselves'. The trouble with this film is the dialogye is barely interesting and sitting for 1 1/2 hours watching unrelated awkward conversations does not make for a great film. When compared with the excellent work Jarmusch did in 'Dead Man' and 'Ghost Dog', this film is very lacking.
Why see it? Your a fan of Jim Jarmusch or you like dialogue based short character pieces.
# posted by Dave @ 15:11 
