"Send him a red cap and a speedo."
Anyways...I don't feel like going too far into the details of why I detested Coffee and Cigarettes (there were maybe three good segments in the whole film, and the one with Bill Murray, RZA and GZA wasn't one of them), so I'll just rehash some comments I made on another website:
Iggy Pop, regardless of how hard he may try, will never be an actor. Tom Waits, is a bit better, but both they and the White Stripes were there to give the movie credibility amongst hipsters.
And speaking of the White Stripes, the whole "seemingly dumb musicians who are actually brilliant" thing was done to death with Waynes World.
Finally, what's the point? I mean, I get the paper thin message of the random connectivity in all of our lives, regardless of whether or not we realize it. But it's been done better before, and Jarmusch would do well to stick with other writers.
Anyways, not to steal thunder away from the greatness of Bill Murray. I thought he was the best thing about Lost In Translation, which I think failed on a basic level because Coppola decided to leave Japan itself as a two dimensional backdrop, and resorted to tired stereotypes when dealing with the Japanese characters for the most part. The story could have easily taken place in any other non-english speaking country inhabited by mostly not-white people.
He deserved the academy award for that performance, and got hosed. A shame.
I still liked him better in Rushmore, and in most of what he's done.
