Coffee & Cigarettes is a 2003 film directed by Jim Jarmusch that features 11 short vignettes with the thread of coffee and cigarettes tying them together. The first short features Steven Wright and Roberto Benini conversing on all matters coffee and cigarettes. Joie Lee and Cinqu' Lee star in the second short as twins to whom Steve Buscemi, portraying a waiter, speaks about Elvis Presley. The third features rock stars Iggy Pop and Tom Waits smoking cigarettes and drinking coffee together while speaking about their recent quitting of smoking. Another short features rock band The White Stripes speaking of inventor Nikola Tesla and using a Tesla Coil. In another, RZA and GZA of the Wu-Tang Clan speak to Bill Murray about caffeine while he is working a secret life as a waiter. After watching the film as a whole, the themes become apparent and the seemingly unrelated vignettes tie together as a cohesive whole.moreless