In October 2021, I watched Coffee and Cigarettes on Criterion, Jim Jarmusch’s 2003 compilation movie of short films from the 1980s to the early 2000s set around pairs or trios having coffee and cigarettes in restaurants. It was pretty good, though I did skip a couple that I got bored by. I didn’t like the first one with Roberto Begnini and Steven Wright, and the White Stripes one just felt too dated in a weird way to me. My favorites were the Tom Waits/Iggy Pop one of them ”quitting” smoking but having a smoke; Alfred Molina and Steve Coogan as heightened versions of themselves talking about fame and industry crap, and the RZA, GZA, and Bill Murray one about the RZA and GZA being off of caffeine and only drinking tea as being health conscious. The ending one with the two quiet old men was a nice closer, and the others were fine but didn’t stand out to me as much.
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