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Smoke
1995
A collection of unrelated characters somehow come together and change each others lives... A cigar store manager takes a daily photograph of his store... A writer recently widowed is unable to write... A man who accidentally killed his wife runs away from his past... Read more
| Starring | William Hurt, Harvey Keitel, Stockard Channing, Forest Whitaker |
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| Director | Wayne Wang |
| Genres | Drama |
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Smoke
A collection of unrelated characters somehow come together and change each others lives... A cigar store manager takes a daily photograph of his store... A writer recently widowed is unable to write... A man who accidentally killed his wife runs away from his past...
| Starring | William Hurt, Harvey Keitel, Stockard Channing, Forest Whitaker |
|---|---|
| Director | Wayne Wang |
| Studio | WALT DISNEY STUDIOS HOME ENTERTAINMENT |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 48 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Genres | Drama |
| Language | DVD: English |
| Released | DVD: 07 Mar 2005 Production year: 1995 |
| Format | DVD |
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Novelist Paul Auster's first original screenplay is clearly the product of a literary mind, as the dialogue hangs on the air like the aroma of a good cigar. But without director Wayne Wang's insouciant control and nuanced performances from the likes of William Hurt, Stockard Channing and Forest Whitaker, this episodic roundelay about the inevitability of chance and coincidence would have seemed stiff and unconvincing. Instead, it's a vibrant portrait of the small community that congregates around Harvey Keitel's Brooklyn cigar shop, whose customers meet fortune and tragedy alike with enviable equanimity.
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Wang's full atonement for the melodramatic excesses of The Joy Luck Club is a collaboration with the novelist Paul... read more on Time Out
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11 out of 12 people found this review helpful
A film apart
This film resembles 'coffee and cigarettes', the last Jarmush in date. Very american, but not in the mainstream/blockbuster sense.
A decidedly very independent film, full of odd but very interesting characters with strange hobbies.
The whole film revolves about a man and his cigar shop, who've always been there. This makes the film very grounded.
From there, a procession of famous actors, appearing as the regulars of the shop, friends.
They have very funny conversations, sometimes more serious but always interesting.
This is a very entertaining film, not for those who like action of course....
If you like it, Try to get Brooklyn Boogie, the next film, still related with this friendly cigar seller and his shop.
Also If you like america and americans that way, watch Pecker, another intelligent and funny comedy in a similar style. -
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3 out of 3 people found this review helpful
Paul Auster never disappoints me
I'm a huge Paul Auster fan, so I was quite surprised to hear he'd written two screenplays that I hadn't heard of.
Very touching, I interpret it as a quiet study on human nature, covering loss, empathy, regret, solitude and friendship.
The main characters aren't heroes, the bad guys aren't, when examined, perhaps so bad as they seem.
With possibly one of the most beautiful endings (it made me a little tearful) I've seen, Smoke is a must-see film. -
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