The apology of a social malaise

Rating: 8/10 (1 May 2005)

Once again, i'm flabbergasted. My favorite director struck and struck hard. Jim Jarmusch gives us, with Coffee & Cigarettes, one of the most realistic view of table corner conversations. Quite honestly, it's amazing, those dialoges are amazing, so real, so empty but so full of life at the same time.
With black & white image, Jim Jarmusch truly found a tone for his movie. Black & White image for grey conversation who last only for the time of coffee & cigarettes. Intriguing portrait of a substance who plays the role of a social tie in occident. It bounds people together and it even gives em' something to talk about.
This movie is an apology of simplicity, of the beauty of being together. Jim Jarmusch scores again with a very low profile movie who expresses things that words alone can't do. It's like backwards expressionism. Truly enthralling