Coffee and Cigarettes II (1989)

User Rating:

7.0/10   

Director:

Jim Jarmusch

Writer:

Jim Jarmusch (writer)

Release Date:

1989 (USA)

Genre:

Short

Plot:

A brother and sister, sitting in a coffee bar, bicker mildly about whose idea it was to come to Memphis and which kind of cigarette is fresher...

Plot Keywords:

Waiter | Memphis Tennessee | Sequel | Customer | Second Part

Cast

Joie Lee	...	Good Twin
Cinqué Lee	...	Evil Twin
Steve Buscemi	...	Waiter

Also Known As:

Coffee and Cigarettes: Memphis Version (USA)

Runtime:

8 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Company:

Black Snake

Movie Connections:

References "The Heckle and Jeckle Show" (1956)

The second 'Coffee and Cigarettes'

This is the second short film from what director Jim Jarmusch started in 1986 and finished in 2003: 'Coffee and Cigarettes'. This one stars Joie Lee and Cinqué Lee sitting in a coffee-shop in Memphis, drinking coffee, smoking cigarettes, argue about nothing. Then a waiter appears to ask if they want more coffee. After he has spilled some he joins their table, asks if they are twins and tells them a theory about Elvis Presley and his twin brother.

I liked this short film in black and white. One the main reasons is Steve Buscemi who plays the waiter since I like him in everything I does. He knows how to bring a story in a way you just have to listen. I mean, the biggest nonsense passes his lips but you are intrigued anyway. There are a lot of smiles, most of them created by Buscemi, and I was not bored for a single second. The final moments seem to try too hard for a laugh though.