《香烟与咖啡》剧情：
Amajorportionof"CigarettesandCoffee"waslateradapted,expandedandbasicallyre-madeintop.t.Andersonsfirstfeaturefilm,"HardEight".Themostinterestingpartof"Cigarettes"waslaterusedasthefirstscenefor"HardEight"--inbothPhillipBakerHallscharacterinterrogatesayoungdrifterinaroadsidedinerandexplainsafewthingsaboutlifeandtheartofconversationtohim.In"HardEight"thetwothengoontohaveafather-sontyperelationshipinafairlystraightforwardnarrative(themoststraightforwardofanyofp.t.slaterfilms).Hereintheseminal"CigarettesandCoffee",however,BakerHallsconversationwiththeyoungmanisonlyoneofthreehappeningsimultaneouslyinthediner.P.T.cutsbetweenthethree,andwesoonlearnthatthelivesofthethreeseemingly-unrelatedsetsofcharactersdoactuallyintersectinunexpectdways.Inthisway,theshortfilmismuchmorelikethedirectorsrecentAltman-inspired"Magnolia"thanititeither"HardEight"or"BoogieNights.""CigarettesandCoffee"hasplayedonTheSundanceChannel(orwasitTheIndependentFilmChannel?)quitefrequently.