Coffee and Cigarettes is a bizarre and slightly odd film; it’s comprised of thirteen shorts of usually two – maybe three people – involved in conversation over…well, coffee and cigarettes. The segment ‘Somewhere in California’, featuring Iggy Pop and Tom Waits, is really strong and is perhaps the most sincere of the lot. I know Iggy Pop is a massive sell-out, but I liked him a lot. Two other stand outs both have the name Cousins in the title; the one that features Steve Coogan and Alfred Molina (‘Cousins?’) is gripping in its awkward and stilted dialogue and the same can be said about the one featuring Cate Blanchet (‘Cousins’), which sees her playing two roles.
The rest of it is fairly hit and miss but it made for a good ‘Monday film’.
