Blue in the Face

"Welcome to the planet Brooklyn."

Oct 13 1995 R 1h 23m
Comedy

Auggie runs a small tobacco shop in Brooklyn, New York. The whole neighborhood comes to visit him to buy cigarettes and have some small talk. During the movie Lou Reed tries to explain why he has to have a cut on his health insurance bill if he keeps smoking and Madonna acts as a Singing Telegram.

Plot

Wayne Wang's follow-up movie to Smoke (1995) presents a series of improvisational situations strung together to form a pastiche of Brooklyn's diverse ethnicity, offbeat humor, and essential humanity. Many of the same characters inhabiting Auggie Wren's Brooklyn Cigar Store in Smoke (1995) return here to expound on their philosophy of smoking, relationships, baseball, New York City, and Belgian Waffles. Most of all, this is a movie about living life, off-the-cuff.

Written by

Paul Auster, Wayne Wang

Directed by

Paul Auster, Wayne Wang, Harvey Wang

Cast

Harvey Keitel, Lou Reed, Michael J. Fox

Crew

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Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

Miramax, InterAL

Languages

English

Awards

2 nominations total

Trailers
Blue in the Face (1995) Official Trailer 1 - Harvey Keitel Movie
Scores
# of Votes
10,576
Average Rating
6.6 out of 10
Metascore
56
Popularity
NA