Smoke 1995

7.2/10

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NETFLIX Rating : 3.5

IMDB Rating : 7.4

FD Smart Rating : 7.2

Synopsis : A Brooklyn cigar store anchors a variety of vignettes that make up this lyrical Wayne Wang movie written by renowned author Paul Auster.

Regions Available ( 1 ) :
Japan

Directors:

Wayne Wang

Actors:

Harvey Keitel , William Hurt , Giancarlo Esposito , Ashley Judd , Erica Gimpel , Stockard Channing , Forest Whitaker , Victor Argo , Harold Perrineau , Clarice Taylor , Jared Harris

Languages:

English [Original]

Subtitles:

Japanese

Genres:

Comedy, Drama

Release Date:

1995

Run Time:

1h52m

Maturity Rating:

Allowed for all ages.

The plot of this movie, like smoke itself, drifts and swirls ethereally. Characters and subplots are deftly woven into a tapestry of stories and pictures which only slowly emerges to our view. This film tries to convince us that reality doesn't matter so much as aesthetic satisfaction. In Auggie's New York smoke shop, day by day passes, seemingly unchanging until he teaches us to notice the little details of life. Paul Benjamin, a disheartened and broken writer, has a brush with death that is pivotal and sets up an unlikely series of events that afford him a novel glimpse into the life on the street which he saw, but did not truly perceive, every day. Finally, it's Auggie's turn to spin a tale....