As a juicy David vs Goliath fable, "Percy" moves at a snail's pace, generating it's lure through the perseverance and dogged determination of a man not necessarily pushing back, but standing defiantly in the way
This mixture of improvisation and formal patterning justifies Jarmuschs description of Coffee and Cigarettes as series of short films disguised as a feature (or maybe vice versa), as well as his formally pitched remark that the film is photographed in black (coffee) and white (cigarettes). People who object to the in-jokes should consider that they might be just part of a dialectic with what could be termed the out-jokesthe more populist and obvious bits of humor
However, chewing tobacco and dipping does pose life-long health and mortality risks
Jumping off the pages of her teenage yearbook, Doris finds meaning in a seemingly unhealthy infatuation with the new office boy toy
Starting from the first chapter of the first book, he smokes 60-70 cigarettes a day, though he'll occasionally cut down during serious missions
