Perfect cast and a good story

Excellent but underrated film

Fanciful, disturbing, and wildly original, it announces the arrival of a fresh, bold voice in American cinema.

The film may be flawed, but its message is not.

A companion piece to Smoke rather than a sequel, and as such it works well enough, but the fact that it's made mostly of outtakes and improvisations is easily detectable, and it feels far too disjointed, while still trying rather feebly for a coherent storyline, especially in the epilogue. However, the acting is good enough that many scenes shine through, some of the cameos feel forced but most of them are spot-on (brilliant appearances from Madonna, Roseanne and Jim Jarmusch especially) and it's enjoyable for fans of the original Smoke as well as Jarmusch fans, although all too often it feels like a Jarmusch carbon copy that doesn't have Jim's unique spark and vision.

Equivalent to a cinematic rendition of an,albeit localised(heh) version of James Joyce's 'Dubliners' insofar as it evokes what to me (a non-Brookliner, in fact a Dubliner) what it might feel like to be 'part of a community'....beautiful at every turn, this masterpiece evokes,simply,the everyday interaction of 'characters'(The evocation helped somewhat by the presence of celebrities; i.e.- individuals that carry a 'Gravitas' and pre-known persona (we imagine) that yet inhabits the space of this wonderfully intimate piece of cinema.It is nice to see players allowed to be themselves, wonderfully devoid of all the usual personal and public affectations,and constraints that inevitably surround them in the context of a mainstream $X million dollar production...and produce something that immerses the viewer in the realm of 'an area'....a locale.....(in this case Brooklyn N.Y.C.)...and allows foreigners,such as myself to indulge myself in 'something' that is both 'known and familiar' and actually unknown.Kietel,Reed,Jarmusch,Malik Yoba,Gorham excel themselves in this epic vignette of real-town life in a place within a place.This could be down-town 'anywhere'.I salute all concerned with realising this refreshing piece of brilliance. -Love David Loughran

After filming Smoke, director Wayne Wang and writer Paul Auster (along with most of the crew and cast from that movie) decided to improvise some kind of tribute to the Brooklyn district. So we find the same tobacconist's in the same street-corner, and managed by the same guy (Harvey Keitel). Surrealist reflexions, small talks, and some of the freaks/weirdos that make up the Brooklyn "fauna". Auster and Wang invited to take part in this "hobby" some of their friends, such as Jim Jarmusch, Lou Reed, Roseanne, and Madonna in person. Take it or leave it. I don't think they made this movie with any pretension in particular but to have fun, and improvise. So don't you think you'll find here sort of a masterpiece, nor the biggest script ever, 'cause you won't. It has some acid and lucid sequences, and lots of witty dialogues... and for the non-americans Blue In The Face is such a good way to know about Brooklyn's ways of life and history. That's all. My rate: 7/10

I saw this on T.v last night and it was brilliant.I was somewhat overtired and overhung and this perked me up no end.Rarely has a film left me feeling so good.I liked every single character in it and now I want to move to Brooklyn and hang out at the cigar store. I want to share a smoke with Auggie,and I dont even smoke. Watch this film,it will do you good.