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COFFEE AND CIGARETTES is a playful, complex film and so is its maker, Jim Jarmusch. And, fittingly, so was the conversation we had about that film, which opened the San Francisco International Film Festival after playing to sold-out crowds at the Toronto Film Festival. Tesla, metaphysics, and the putative collective consciousness of pigeons all had their moments mixed in with discussions of the precise technical details that make Jarmusch's films the type of cinematic experience that demands more than one viewing. More than two, actually, now that I think about it.

I spoke to Jarmusch on April 16, 2004.

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