Coffee and Cigarettes (2003)

Jim Jarmusch must be pretty hip with the cool kids. Upon directing and co-writing the original segment Coffee and Cigarettes back in 1986, it must have struck audiences well enough to make two "sequels" so to speak, involving the same idea. Then, apparently people still couldn't get enough, so he made many, many more shorts of various people enjoying the usual caffenited beverage and cancer sticks, turning it into a full-length film much later in 2003.

With Jarmusch's updated take, he includes more than just a couple new actors, but musicians as well, which include Iggy Pop, Tom Waits, The White Stripes and the Wu-Tang Clan (who do a hilarious segment with Bill Murray). There are some laughs, however, some segments can easily bore and have no appeal whatsoever. It's not that Coffee and Cigarettes is bad, it just doesn't really have a point.

And why should it? The greatness of the two tentalizing habbits the title is composed of are better enjoyed in a lose, careless environment with no real motive other than relaxation. Jarmusch's compilation achieves it's point more as a collection of his original shorts that have achieved at least some fame, as well as some newer ones including famous actors and musicians to highlight the fact that he must have some great people skills.