Coffee and Cigarettes

Lust for Life by rachelsherman

          Coffee and Cigarettes is a film by Jim Jarmusch which features 11 short vignettes, all shot in black and white with a common thread of consuming coffee and smoking cigarettes. Jarmusch cast an ammmmmmazing set of people to each vignette. The likes of Iggy pop, Tom Waits, Jack and Meg White, Renée French, Cate Blanchett, GZA and RZA of Wu-Tang Clan, Steve Coogan, Alfred Molina, Steve Buscemi, Roberto Benigni, and Joie Lee among others are all featured in scenes centered around good conversation over coffee and cigarettes. Jim Jarmusch ties each vignette together so well, you don't even notice it at first. Each separate story is so interesting and funny. This is often my go-to film when I'm looking for something to watch. I just love how the people in each scene just totally don't agree about anything, yet manage to share a table or hang-around with each other.

          Jim Jarmusch always seems to make the most off-beat and interesting movies that really just have a special place in my heart. Some of his other films include Mystery Train, Stranger than Paradise, Permanent Vacation, Night on Earth, Down by Law, Broken Flowers, Dead Man, and  The Limits of Control (I've pretty much loved everything he has put out). Definitely look into his films, and more into Jim Jarmusch. I promise it will be worth your time.

          

The Royal Tenenbaums: Featuring Margot Tenenbaum

Tenenbaum by rachelsherman featuring a chain necklace

          This collage was inspired by the Wes Anderson film, The Royal Tenenbaums. More specifically, the character Margot Tenenbaum, portrayed by the lovely Gwyneth Paltrow. If you have not seen the film it is a fantastic story about this eccentric family of geniuses, and their abusrdist father (or in Margot's case, step-father). The film also stars Luke Wilson and Ben Stiller as the two other gifted siblings, along with Owen Wilson, Gene Hackman, Bill Murray, and Angelica Huston. Wes Anderson truly has the most interesting and captivating way of putting films together and portraying his stories (not to mention the always pleasant associated soundtrack and the enjoyable cast). I highly suggest viewing this film as soon as you possibly can, and of course any other Wes Anderson films you can get your desirous little hands on (i.e., Bottle Rocket, Rushmore, Fantastic Mr. Fox, The Life Aquatic, The Darjeeling Limited).

          Back to Margot... she dons a honey-colored fur coat, black eyeliner, and a red barrette throughout the film  as she secretly sneaks cigarettes any chance she gets. The entire atmosphere that this film produces makes me so envious; I so much want to live in that insanely decorated house with an eccentric family like the Tenenbaums.