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* CelebrityCameo: Most of the actors.
* DeliberatelyMonochrome: It's a Jarmusch movie.

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* EverybodySmokes: As you might expect.

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* TheStoic: Alex. ''Is'' something wrong?!

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* ''Somewhere in California'': [[Music/TheStooges Iggy Pop]] and Music/TomWaits meet and make incredibly awkward conversation over coffee and "just one" cigarette.

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* ''Somewhere in California'': [[Music/TheStooges Iggy Iggy]] [[Music/IggyPop Pop]] and Music/TomWaits meet and make incredibly awkward conversation over coffee and "just one" cigarette.
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* ''Somewhere in California'': [[Music/TheStooges Iggy Pop]] and Music/TomWaits meet and make incredibly awkward conversation over coffee and 'just one' cigarette.

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* ''Somewhere in California'': [[Music/TheStooges Iggy Pop]] and Music/TomWaits meet and make incredibly awkward conversation over coffee and 'just one' "just one" cigarette.

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* BritsLoveTea: ''Cousins?'' is the only short that doesn't feature any actual coffee...because both participants are British and therefore are drinking tea. This is lampshaded.



* SpotOfTea: ''Cousins?'' is the only short that doesn't feature any actual coffee...because both participants are British and therefore are drinking tea. This is lampshaded.
** In ''Delirium'', both GZA and RZA drink herbal tea and abstain from smoking, though they do discuss smoking a blunt. Bill Murray, on the other hand...
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* ''No Problem'': Friends Alex Descas and Isaach De Bankolé meet after having not seen each other in a while. Isaach asks if Alex called him out of the blue because something was wrong, Alex insists this is not the case. Isaach doesn't believe him.

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* ''No Problem'': Friends Alex Descas and Isaach De Bankolé Creator/IsaachDeBankole meet after having not seen each other in a while. Isaach asks if Alex called him out of the blue because something was wrong, Alex insists this is not the case. Isaach doesn't believe him.
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* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: Aside from a few tea-drinkers, the sketches all focus on people drinking coffee and smoking cigarettes.
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** In ''Delirium'', both GZA and RZA drink herbal tea and abstain from smoking, though they do discuss smoking a blunt. Bill Murray, on the other hand...
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'''''Coffee and Cigarettes''''' is a 2003 film by Creator/JimJarmusch. It consists of 11 short scenes in which characters converse over coffee and cigarettes. The first three (Strange to Meet You, Twins and Somewhere in California) were filmed in 1986, 1989 and 1993 as individual short films with Creator/{{J|imJarmusch}}armusch returning to the concept to create a feature-length collection.

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'''''Coffee ''Coffee and Cigarettes''''' Cigarettes'' is a 2003 film by Creator/JimJarmusch. It consists of 11 short scenes vignettes in which characters converse over coffee and cigarettes. The first three (Strange (''Strange to Meet You, Twins You'', ''Twins'', and Somewhere ''Somewhere in California) California'') were filmed in 1986, 1989 and 1993 as individual short films films, with Creator/{{J|imJarmusch}}armusch Jarmusch later returning to the concept to create a feature-length collection.



* '''''Strange To Meet You''''': Creator/StevenWright and Creator/RobertoBenigni meet in a coffee shop, introduce themselves, discuss the virtues of coffee and cigarettes, then part as Roberto goes to Steven's dentist appointment.
* '''''Twins''''': Joie and Cinque Lee bicker in a diner in Memphis. Their waiter (Creator/SteveBuscemi) posits a theory about Music/ElvisPresley and his EvilTwin.
* '''''Somewhere in California''''': [[Music/TheStooges Iggy Pop]] and Music/TomWaits meet and make incredibly awkward conversation over coffee and 'just one' cigarette.
* '''''Those Things'll Kill Ya''''': Joe Rigano berates Vinny Vella about his unhealthy lifestyle.
* '''''Renée''''': Renée French sits quietly enjoying her coffee and cigarettes while she reads a gun magazine, occasionally bothered by her waiter E.J Rodriguez.
* '''''No Problem''''': Friends Alex Descas and Isaach De Bankolé meet after having not seen each other in a while. Isaach asks if Alex called him out of the blue because something was wrong, Alex insists this is not the case. Isaach doesn't believe him.
* '''''Cousins''''': Cate Blanchett meets her cousin Shelly [[ActingForTwo (also played by Cate Blanchett)]] in a hotel lobby in Sydney and they come to realise how vastly different their lives are.
* '''''Jack Shows Meg His Tesla Coil''''': [[Music/TheWhiteStripes Jack and Meg White]] sit in a cafe and... well... [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Jack shows Meg his Tesla coil]]. They also discuss its inventor: UsefulNotes/NikolaTesla.
* '''''Cousins?''''': Friendly Creator/AlfredMolina meets rude and arrogant [[Series/ImAlanPartridge Steve Coogan]] in LA with an interesting about their shared family history.
* '''''Delirium''''': [[Music/WuTangClan RZA and GZA]] sit and talk in a cafe and are surprised to find that their waiter is Creator/BillMurray.
* '''''Champagne''''': Bill Rice and Taylor Mead are on their coffee break and they pretend the disgusting coffee is champagne while listening to music coming from nowhere.

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* '''''Strange To ''Strange to Meet You''''': You'': Creator/StevenWright and Creator/RobertoBenigni meet in a coffee shop, introduce themselves, discuss the virtues of coffee and cigarettes, then part as Roberto goes to Steven's dentist appointment.
* '''''Twins''''': ''Twins'': Joie and Cinque Lee bicker in a diner in Memphis. Their waiter (Creator/SteveBuscemi) posits a theory about Music/ElvisPresley and his EvilTwin.
* '''''Somewhere ''Somewhere in California''''': California'': [[Music/TheStooges Iggy Pop]] and Music/TomWaits meet and make incredibly awkward conversation over coffee and 'just one' cigarette.
* '''''Those ''Those Things'll Kill Ya''''': Ya'': Joe Rigano berates Vinny Vella about his unhealthy lifestyle.
* '''''Renée''''': ''Renée'': Renée French sits quietly enjoying her coffee and cigarettes while she reads a gun magazine, occasionally bothered by her waiter E.J Rodriguez.
* '''''No Problem''''': ''No Problem'': Friends Alex Descas and Isaach De Bankolé meet after having not seen each other in a while. Isaach asks if Alex called him out of the blue because something was wrong, Alex insists this is not the case. Isaach doesn't believe him.
* '''''Cousins''''': Cate Blanchett ''Cousins'': Creator/CateBlanchett meets her cousin Shelly [[ActingForTwo (also played by Cate Blanchett)]] in a hotel lobby in Sydney and they come to realise how vastly different their lives are.
* '''''Jack ''Jack Shows Meg His Tesla Coil''''': Coil'': [[Music/TheWhiteStripes Jack and Meg White]] sit in a cafe and... well... [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Jack shows Meg his Tesla coil]]. They also discuss its inventor: UsefulNotes/NikolaTesla.
* '''''Cousins?''''': ''Cousins?'': Friendly Creator/AlfredMolina meets rude and arrogant [[Series/ImAlanPartridge Steve Coogan]] in LA L.A. with an interesting discussion about their shared family history.
* '''''Delirium''''': ''Delirium'': [[Music/WuTangClan RZA and GZA]] sit and talk in a cafe and are surprised to find that their waiter is Creator/BillMurray.
* '''''Champagne''''': ''Champagne'': Bill Rice and Taylor Mead are on their coffee break and they pretend the disgusting coffee is champagne while listening to music coming from nowhere.
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* DisproportionateRetribution: Tom blows up at Iggy for pointing out that the jukebox doesn't have any of Tom's songs on it. When Iggy leaves Tom checks to make sure none of ''his'' songs are on the jukebox either.
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* ActingForTwo: Creator/CateBlanchett as... [[AsHimself Cate Blanchett]]. And her [[UncannyFamilyResemblance cousin]] [[InexplicablyIdenticalIndividuals Shelly]].
* AllStarCast: As mentioned in the description above, the film features many recognisable faces from mainstream and independent film with a few comedians and musicians thrown in too.
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* SpotOfTea: ''Cousins?'' is the only short that doesn't feature any actual coffee...because both participants are British and therefore are drinking tea. This is lampshaded.

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'''''Coffee and Cigarettes''''' is a 2003 film by Creator/JimJarmusch. It consists of 11 short scenes in which characters converse over coffee and cigarettes. The first three (Strange to Meet You, Twins and Somewhere in California) were filmed in 1986, 1989 and 1993 as individual short films with [[Creator/JimJarmusch Jarmusch]] returning to the concept to create a feature-length collection.

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'''''Coffee and Cigarettes''''' is a 2003 film by Creator/JimJarmusch. It consists of 11 short scenes in which characters converse over coffee and cigarettes. The first three (Strange to Meet You, Twins and Somewhere in California) were filmed in 1986, 1989 and 1993 as individual short films with [[Creator/JimJarmusch Jarmusch]] Creator/{{J|imJarmusch}}armusch returning to the concept to create a feature-length collection.



* '''''Jack Shows Meg His Tesla Coil''''': [[Music/TheWhiteStripes Jack and Meg White]] sit in a cafe and... well... [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Jack shows Meg his Tesla coil.]] They also discuss its inventor: UsefulNotes/NikolaTesla.

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* '''''Jack Shows Meg His Tesla Coil''''': [[Music/TheWhiteStripes Jack and Meg White]] sit in a cafe and... well... [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Jack shows Meg his Tesla coil.]] coil]]. They also discuss its inventor: UsefulNotes/NikolaTesla.



* ArcWords: A few phrases keep popping up. Most notably "Nikola Tesla perceived the Earth as a conductor of acoustical resonance", "I like to drink coffee before I go to sleep, it makes me dream faster, like the Indy 500" and words to the effect of "[[TitleDrop Coffee and Cigarettes]]? That's what you're having for lunch?"

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* ArcWords: A few phrases keep popping up. Most notably "Nikola Tesla perceived the Earth as a conductor of acoustical resonance", "I like to drink coffee before I go to sleep, it makes me dream faster, like the Indy 500" and words to the effect of "[[TitleDrop Coffee and Cigarettes]]? Cigarettes?]] That's what you're having for lunch?"lunch?"
* AsHimself: Most characters are versions of the actors playing them with the exception of Steve Buscemi as a waiter with a conspiracy theory about Elvis' evil twin.



* DeliberatelyMonochrome: It's a Jarmusch movie.
* DistractedByTheSexy: Renée proves extremely distracting for her waiter. Steve Coogan also seems very distracted by a female fan asking for an autograph.



* AsHimself: Most characters are versions of the actors playing them with the exception of Steve Buscemi as a waiter with a conspiracy theory about Elvis' evil twin.
* DeliberatelyMonochrome: It's a Jarmusch movie.
* DistractedByTheSexy: Renée proves extremely distracting for her waiter. Steve Coogan also seems very distracted by a female fan asking for an autograph.
* ItaliansTalkWithHands: Joe Rigano and Vinny Vella certainly do. Vinny Jr as a SilentBob does nothing but this.

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* AsHimself: Most characters are versions of the actors playing them with the exception of Steve Buscemi as a waiter with a conspiracy theory about Elvis' evil twin.
* DeliberatelyMonochrome: It's a Jarmusch movie.
* DistractedByTheSexy: Renée proves extremely distracting for her waiter. Steve Coogan also seems very distracted by a female fan asking for an autograph.
* ItaliansTalkWithHands: Joe Rigano and Vinny Vella certainly do. Vinny Jr Jr. as a SilentBob TheSilentBob does nothing but this.

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* '''''Strange To Meet You''''': Creator/StevenWright and Roberto Benigni meet in a coffee shop, introduce themselves, discuss the virtues of coffee and cigarettes, then part as Roberto goes to Steven's dentist appointment.

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* '''''Strange To Meet You''''': Creator/StevenWright and Roberto Benigni Creator/RobertoBenigni meet in a coffee shop, introduce themselves, discuss the virtues of coffee and cigarettes, then part as Roberto goes to Steven's dentist appointment.



* '''''Jack Shows Meg His Tesla Coil''''': [[Music/TheWhiteStripes Jack and Meg White]] sit in a cafe and... well... [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Jack shows Meg his Tesla coil.]] They also discuss its inventor: Nikola Tesla.
* '''''Cousins?''''': Friendly Creator/AlfredMolina meets rude and arrogant [[ImAlanPartridge Steve Coogan]] in LA with an interesting about their shared family history.

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* '''''Jack Shows Meg His Tesla Coil''''': [[Music/TheWhiteStripes Jack and Meg White]] sit in a cafe and... well... [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Jack shows Meg his Tesla coil.]] They also discuss its inventor: Nikola Tesla.
UsefulNotes/NikolaTesla.
* '''''Cousins?''''': Friendly Creator/AlfredMolina meets rude and arrogant [[ImAlanPartridge [[Series/ImAlanPartridge Steve Coogan]] in LA with an interesting about their shared family history.



* ActingForTwo: CateBlanchett as... [[AsHimself Cate Blanchett]]. And her [[UncannyFamilyResemblance cousin]] [[InexplicablyIdenticalIndividuals Shelly]].

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* ActingForTwo: CateBlanchett Creator/CateBlanchett as... [[AsHimself Cate Blanchett]]. And her [[UncannyFamilyResemblance cousin]] [[InexplicablyIdenticalIndividuals Shelly]].


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* CelebrityCameo: Most of the actors.


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* MundaneMadeAwesome: A movie about people in a bar, smoking and drinking coffee, chatting... and it's fascinating.


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* UnusuallyUninterestingSight: Jack and his Tesla coil. Nobody, not even the waiter finds it strange that Jack would bring such a thing to a bar.
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* '''''Delirium''''': [[TheWuTangClan RZA and GZA]] sit and talk in a cafe and are surprised to find that their waiter is Creator/BillMurray.

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* '''''Delirium''''': [[TheWuTangClan [[Music/WuTangClan RZA and GZA]] sit and talk in a cafe and are surprised to find that their waiter is Creator/BillMurray.
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* DeliberatelyMonochrome: It's a Jarmusch movie.

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'''''Coffee and Cigarettes''''' is a 2003 film by JimJarmusch. It consists of 11 short scenes in which characters converse over coffee and cigarettes. The first three (Strange to Meet You, Twins and Somewhere in California) were filmed in 1986, 1989 and 1993 as individual short films with Jarmusch returning to the concept to create a feature-length collection.

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'''''Coffee and Cigarettes''''' is a 2003 film by JimJarmusch.Creator/JimJarmusch. It consists of 11 short scenes in which characters converse over coffee and cigarettes. The first three (Strange to Meet You, Twins and Somewhere in California) were filmed in 1986, 1989 and 1993 as individual short films with Jarmusch [[Creator/JimJarmusch Jarmusch]] returning to the concept to create a feature-length collection.

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The AllStarCast includes (among others) Creator/CateBlanchett, SteveBuscemi, StevenWright, TheWhiteStripes and Creator/BillMurray.

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The AllStarCast includes (among others) Creator/CateBlanchett, SteveBuscemi, StevenWright, TheWhiteStripes Creator/SteveBuscemi, Creator/StevenWright, Music/TheWhiteStripes and Creator/BillMurray.



* '''''Strange To Meet You''''': StevenWright and Roberto Benigni meet in a coffee shop, introduce themselves, discuss the virtues of coffee and cigarettes, then part as Roberto goes to Steven's dentist appointment.
* '''''Twins''''': Joie and Cinque Lee bicker in a diner in Memphis. Their waiter (SteveBuscemi) posits a theory about Music/ElvisPresley and his EvilTwin.

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* '''''Strange To Meet You''''': StevenWright Creator/StevenWright and Roberto Benigni meet in a coffee shop, introduce themselves, discuss the virtues of coffee and cigarettes, then part as Roberto goes to Steven's dentist appointment.
* '''''Twins''''': Joie and Cinque Lee bicker in a diner in Memphis. Their waiter (SteveBuscemi) (Creator/SteveBuscemi) posits a theory about Music/ElvisPresley and his EvilTwin.



* '''''Jack Shows Meg His Tesla Coil''''': [[TheWhiteStripes Jack and Meg White]] sit in a cafe and... well... [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Jack shows Meg his Tesla coil.]] They also discuss its inventor: Nikola Tesla.

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* '''''Jack Shows Meg His Tesla Coil''''': [[TheWhiteStripes [[Music/TheWhiteStripes Jack and Meg White]] sit in a cafe and... well... [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Jack shows Meg his Tesla coil.]] They also discuss its inventor: Nikola Tesla.




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Cigarettes'':



* MistakenForGay: Steve Coogan asks Alfred Molina if he's gay due to Molina being perhaps overly friendly.



* MistakenForGay: Steve Coogan asks Alfred Molina if he's gay due to Molina being perhaps overly friendly.
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* MistakenForGay: Steve Coogan asks Alfred Molina if he's gay due to Molina being perhaps overly friendly.
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The AllStarCast includes (among others) Creator/CateBlanchett, SteveBuscemi, StevenWright, TheWhiteStripes and BillMurray.

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The AllStarCast includes (among others) Creator/CateBlanchett, SteveBuscemi, StevenWright, TheWhiteStripes and BillMurray.
Creator/BillMurray.



* '''''Delirium''''': [[TheWuTangClan RZA and GZA]] sit and talk in a cafe and are surprised to find that their waiter is BillMurray.

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* '''''Delirium''''': [[TheWuTangClan RZA and GZA]] sit and talk in a cafe and are surprised to find that their waiter is BillMurray.Creator/BillMurray.
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* '''''Twins''''': Joie and Cinque Lee bicker in a diner in Memphis. Their waiter (SteveBuscemi) posits a theory about ElvisPresley and his EvilTwin.

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* '''''Twins''''': Joie and Cinque Lee bicker in a diner in Memphis. Their waiter (SteveBuscemi) posits a theory about ElvisPresley Music/ElvisPresley and his EvilTwin.
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The AllStarCast includes (among others) CateBlanchett, SteveBuscemi, StevenWright, TheWhiteStripes and BillMurray.

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The AllStarCast includes (among others) CateBlanchett, Creator/CateBlanchett, SteveBuscemi, StevenWright, TheWhiteStripes and BillMurray.
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* '''''Cousins?''''': Friendly AlfredMolina meets rude and arrogant [[ImAlanPartridge Steve Coogan]] in LA with an interesting about their shared family history.

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* '''''Cousins?''''': Friendly AlfredMolina Creator/AlfredMolina meets rude and arrogant [[ImAlanPartridge Steve Coogan]] in LA with an interesting about their shared family history.
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* HeyItsThatGuy: In-universe. "Hey, are you BillMurray?"
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* '''''Somewhere in California''''': IggyPop and TomWaits meet and make incredibly awkward conversation over coffee and 'just one' cigarette.

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* '''''Somewhere in California''''': IggyPop [[Music/TheStooges Iggy Pop]] and TomWaits Music/TomWaits meet and make incredibly awkward conversation over coffee and 'just one' cigarette.
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* ArcWords: A few phrases keep popping up. Most notably "Nikola Tesla saw the Earth as a conductor of acoustical energy", "I like to drink coffee before I go to sleep, it makes me dream faster, like the Indy 500" and words to the effect of "[[TitleDrop Coffee and Cigarettes]]? That's what you're having for lunch?"

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* ArcWords: A few phrases keep popping up. Most notably "Nikola Tesla saw perceived the Earth as a conductor of acoustical energy", resonance", "I like to drink coffee before I go to sleep, it makes me dream faster, like the Indy 500" and words to the effect of "[[TitleDrop Coffee and Cigarettes]]? That's what you're having for lunch?"



* MistakenForGay: Steve Coogan asks Alfred Molina this, after Molina gets a bit friendly.

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* MistakenForGay: Steve Coogan asks Alfred Molina this, after if he's gay due to Molina gets a bit being perhaps overly friendly.

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* ActingForTwo: CateBlanchett as... [[AsHimself Cate Blanchett]]. And Shelly.

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* ActingForTwo: CateBlanchett as... [[AsHimself Cate Blanchett]]. And Shelly.her [[UncannyFamilyResemblance cousin]] [[InexplicablyIdenticalIndividuals Shelly]].


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* ArcWords: A few phrases keep popping up. Most notably "Nikola Tesla saw the Earth as a conductor of acoustical energy", "I like to drink coffee before I go to sleep, it makes me dream faster, like the Indy 500" and words to the effect of "[[TitleDrop Coffee and Cigarettes]]? That's what you're having for lunch?"


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* MistakenForGay: Steve Coogan asks Alfred Molina this, after Molina gets a bit friendly.

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* ActingForTwo: CateBlanchett as... [[AsHimself Cate Blanchett]]. And Shelly.




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* DistractedByTheSexy: Renée proves extremely distracting for her waiter. Steve Coogan also seems very distracted by a female fan asking for an autograph.
* ItaliansTalkWithHands: Joe Rigano and Vinny Vella certainly do. Vinny Jr as a SilentBob does nothing but this.
* HeyItsThatGuy: In-universe. "Hey, are you BillMurray?"
* TheStoic: Alex. ''Is'' something wrong?!
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* '''''Strange To Meet You''''': StevenWright and RobertoBenigni meet in a coffee shop, introduce themselves, discuss the virtues of coffee and cigarettes, then part as Roberto goes to Steven's dentist appointment.
* '''''Twins''''':
* '''''Somewhere in California''''':
* '''''Those Things'll Kill Ya''''':
* '''''Renée''''':
* '''''No Problem''''':
* '''''Cousins''''':
* '''''Jack Shows Meg His Tesla Coil''''':
* '''''Cousins?''''':
* '''''Delirium''''':
* '''''Champagne''''':

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* '''''Strange To Meet You''''': StevenWright and RobertoBenigni Roberto Benigni meet in a coffee shop, introduce themselves, discuss the virtues of coffee and cigarettes, then part as Roberto goes to Steven's dentist appointment.
* '''''Twins''''':
'''''Twins''''': Joie and Cinque Lee bicker in a diner in Memphis. Their waiter (SteveBuscemi) posits a theory about ElvisPresley and his EvilTwin.
* '''''Somewhere in California''''':
California''''': IggyPop and TomWaits meet and make incredibly awkward conversation over coffee and 'just one' cigarette.
* '''''Those Things'll Kill Ya''''':
Ya''''': Joe Rigano berates Vinny Vella about his unhealthy lifestyle.
* '''''Renée''''':
'''''Renée''''': Renée French sits quietly enjoying her coffee and cigarettes while she reads a gun magazine, occasionally bothered by her waiter E.J Rodriguez.
* '''''No Problem''''':
Problem''''': Friends Alex Descas and Isaach De Bankolé meet after having not seen each other in a while. Isaach asks if Alex called him out of the blue because something was wrong, Alex insists this is not the case. Isaach doesn't believe him.
* '''''Cousins''''':
'''''Cousins''''': Cate Blanchett meets her cousin Shelly [[ActingForTwo (also played by Cate Blanchett)]] in a hotel lobby in Sydney and they come to realise how vastly different their lives are.
* '''''Jack Shows Meg His Tesla Coil''''':
Coil''''': [[TheWhiteStripes Jack and Meg White]] sit in a cafe and... well... [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Jack shows Meg his Tesla coil.]] They also discuss its inventor: Nikola Tesla.
* '''''Cousins?''''':
'''''Cousins?''''': Friendly AlfredMolina meets rude and arrogant [[ImAlanPartridge Steve Coogan]] in LA with an interesting about their shared family history.
* '''''Delirium''''':
'''''Delirium''''': [[TheWuTangClan RZA and GZA]] sit and talk in a cafe and are surprised to find that their waiter is BillMurray.
* '''''Champagne''''':
'''''Champagne''''': Bill Rice and Taylor Mead are on their coffee break and they pretend the disgusting coffee is champagne while listening to music coming from nowhere.
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'''''Coffee and Cigarettes''''' is a 2003 film by JimJarmusch. It consists of 11 short scenes in which characters converse over coffee and cigarettes. The first three (Strange to Meet You, Twins and Somewhere in California) were filmed in 1986, 1989 and 1993 as individual short films with Jarmusch returning to the concept to create a feature-length collection.

The AllStarCast includes (among others) CateBlanchett, SteveBuscemi, StevenWright, TheWhiteStripes and BillMurray.

The 11 segments are:

* '''''Strange To Meet You''''': StevenWright and RobertoBenigni meet in a coffee shop, introduce themselves, discuss the virtues of coffee and cigarettes, then part as Roberto goes to Steven's dentist appointment.
* '''''Twins''''':
* '''''Somewhere in California''''':
* '''''Those Things'll Kill Ya''''':
* '''''Renée''''':
* '''''No Problem''''':
* '''''Cousins''''':
* '''''Jack Shows Meg His Tesla Coil''''':
* '''''Cousins?''''':
* '''''Delirium''''':
* '''''Champagne''''':

[[folder:Tropes appearing in Coffee and Cigarettes]]

*AllStarCast: As mentioned in the description above, the film features many recognisable faces from mainstream and independent film with a few comedians and musicians thrown in too.
*EverybodySmokes: As you might expect.
*AsHimself: Most characters are versions of the actors playing them with the exception of Steve Buscemi as a waiter with a conspiracy theory about Elvis' evil twin.

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