A major portion of "Cigarettes and Coffee" was later adapted, expanded and basically re-made into p.t. Anderson's first feature film, "Hard Eight". The most interesting part of "Cigarettes" was later used as the first scene for "Hard Eight"--in both Phillip Baker Hall's character interrogates a young drifter in a roadside diner and explains a few things about life and the art of conversation to him. In "Hard Eight" the two then go on to have a father-son type relationship in a fairly straightforward narrative (the most straightforward of any of p.t.'s later films). Here in the seminal "Cigarettes and Coffee", however, Baker Hall's conversation with the young man is only one of three happening simultaneously in the diner. P.T. cuts between the three, and we soon learn that the lives of the three seemingly-unrelated sets of characters do actually intersect in unexpectd ways. In this way, the short film is much more like the director's recent Altman-inspired "Magnolia" than it it either "Hard Eight" or "Boogie Nights." "Cigarettes and Coffee" has played on The Sundance Channel (or was it The Independent Film Channel?) quite frequently.

A major portion of "Cigarettes and Coffee" was later adapted, expanded and basically re-made into p.t. Anderson's first feature film, "Hard Eight". The most interesting part of "Cigarettes" was later used as the first scene for "Hard Eight"--in both Phillip Baker Hall's character interrogates a young drifter in a roadside diner and explains a few things about life and the art of conversation to him. In "Hard Eight" the two then go on to have a father-son type relationship in a fairly straightforward narrative (the most straightforward of any of p.t.'s later films). Here in the seminal "Cigarettes and Coffee", however, Baker Hall's conversation with the young man is only one of three happening simultaneously in the diner. P.T. cuts between the three, and we soon learn that the lives of the three seemingly-unrelated sets of characters do actually intersect in unexpectd ways. In this way, the short film is much more like the director's recent Altman-inspired "Magnolia" than it it either "Hard Eight" or "Boogie Nights." "Cigarettes and Coffee" has played on The Sundance Channel (or was it The Independent Film Channel?) quite frequently.

Golden Bear for Best Short Film (win) - - 2004 Berlin International Film Festival

Golden Bear for Best Short Film (win) - - 2004 Berlin International Film Festival

菲利普（凯文·斯派塔斯 Kevin Spirtas 饰）和盖伊（Justin Ross 饰）因为一件绿格子衬衫而相识相知，很快就坠入情网的他们搬到了一起，开始了充满了幸福和快乐的同居生活。然而，随着时间的推移，两个人都渐渐暴露出了自己的真实性格，碰撞和摩擦日益增加，最终，盖伊无法抵挡外面花花世界的诱惑，他出轨背叛了菲利普，并且无情的抛弃了他。 　　之后，菲利普一直过着形单影只的生活，当盖伊再度回到菲利普身边时，发现他身患重病命不久矣。良心发现的盖伊决定好好的照顾菲利普，他们的感情在朝夕相处之中再度升温。这场疾病终于让盖伊明白了自己内心里对于菲利普的感情。

菲利普（凯文·斯派塔斯 Kevin Spirtas 饰）和盖伊（Justin Ross 饰）因为一件绿格子衬衫而相识相知，很快就坠入情网的他们搬到了一起，开始了充满了幸福和快乐的同居生活。然而，随着时间的推移，两个人都渐渐暴露出了自己的真实性格，碰撞和摩擦日益增加，最终，盖伊无法抵挡外面花花世界的诱惑，他出轨背叛了菲利普，并且无情的抛弃了他。 　　之后，菲利普一直过着形单影只的生活，当盖伊再度回到菲利普身边时，发现他身患重病命不久矣。良心发现的盖伊决定好好的照顾菲利普，他们的感情在朝夕相处之中再度升温。这场疾病终于让盖伊明白了自己内心里对于菲利普的感情。

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本片是由11个黑白短片综合而成的短篇集，每个短片都围绕咖啡与香烟展开。 　　一。罗伯托·贝尼尼（罗伯托·贝尼尼 Roberto Benigni 饰）坐在一家咖啡馆喝着咖啡，史蒂夫·赖特（史蒂夫·赖特 Steven Wright 饰）过来与他攀谈，然而两人似乎没有什么共同语言 ，只在重复表达对咖啡与香烟的热爱…… 　　二。一家咖啡厅里坐着一对黑人双胞胎兄妹，咖啡厅服务员突然对他们很感兴趣，即坐下与之热情交谈，然而兄妹俩似乎对这个不知所云的人毫无兴趣，只在继续抽烟喝咖啡…… 　　三。加利福尼亚某处的一家咖啡馆，流行歌手伊基·波普（伊基·波普 Iggy Pop 饰）与汤姆·威兹（汤姆·威兹 Tom Waits 饰）正在以抽烟的方式庆祝他们戒烟成功。该短片曾获1993年戛纳电影节短片单元金棕榈奖。 　　…… 　　十一。这天夜里，喝着速溶咖啡、抽着卷烟的两个老人William Rice（William Rice 饰）与Taylor Mead（Taylor Mead 饰）谈论起过去的音乐。在这个有些忧伤的话题进行到一半时，Taylor像孩子般熟睡过去了……