#joseph rigano

[autolabrum]

Watched Coffee and Cigarettes

Phenomenal! Very interesting to see such a thorough exploration of a particular setting that has such a unique opportunity to explore the familiarity in the context of celebrity, so that it becomes effectively a film of demystification of that celebrity. Alfred Molina pitching the movie in a fervor of excitement while Steve Coogan looks at him like he's a maniac. The whole theater going silent, straining to hear the Mahler drifting in. Cate Blanchett making herself uncomfortable. A hundred moments like this, aesthetically aligned, all contemplative, sarcastic, comfortable, but distinct enough to make this a pretty much perfect anthological piece.

[myfilmsbox]

Coffee and Cigarettes (2003) dir. Jim Jarmusch

[mad-prophet-of-the-airwaves]

“The beauty of quitting is, now that I've quit, I can have one, 'cause I've quit.”

-Coffee and Cigarettes (2003, Jim Jarmusch, USA)

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Coffee and Cigarettes