Coffee and Cigarettes
Roberto Benigni, Cate Blanchett, Steve Buscemi, Iggy Pop, Alfred Molina, Bill Murray, Tom Waits, Isaach De Bankolé, Jack White, Meg White, Steve Coogan, The GZA, RZA, Joie Lee, Cinqué Lee, Alex Descas, Steven Wright, Joseph Rigano, Vinny Vella Jr., Renee French, E.J. Rodriguez, Katy Hansz, Michael Hogan, William Rice, Vinny Vella, Taylor Mead
Since 1986, Jim Jarmusch has been making short black-and-white films with a simple plot: two or more characters drink coffee, smoke and debate various topics. They are played by well-known, mostly American actors and musicians who are clearly having fun and improvising in front of the camera. The most famous of the films, starring Iggy Pop and Tom Waits, even won the Palme d'Or at the 1993 Cannes IFF. In 2003, the director decided to complement them with six new feature films. Thanks to Jarmusch, viewers can see actor Bill Murray talking to hip-hoppers GZA and RZA, or Jack and Meg from the White Stripes debating Nikola Tesla's inventions.