Taglines: The most precious things are lighter than the air.
Smoke movie storyline. 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.
Smoke is a 1995 American independent film by Wayne Wang and Paul Auster. The original story was written by Paul Auster, who also wrote the screenplay. The film was produced by Hisami Kuroiwa, Harvey Weinstein and Bob Weinstein and directed by Wayne Wang. Among others, it features Harvey Keitel, William Hurt, Victor Argo, Forest Whitaker, Ashley Judd, Stockard Channing and Harold Perrineau Jr.
Smoke (1995)
Directed by: Wayne Wang
Starring: William Hurt, Harvey Keitel, Stockard Channing, Harold Perrineau Jr., Forest Whitaker, Giancarlo Esposito, Deirdre O’Connell, Erica Gimpel
Screenplay by: Paul Auster
Production Design by: Kalina Ivanov
Cinematography by: Adam Holender
Film Editing by: Maysie Hoy, Christopher Tellefsen
Costume Design by: Claudia Brown, Chuck Keehne
Set Decoration by: Karin Wiesel
Art Direction by: Jeffrey D. McDonald
Music by: Rachel Portman
Distributed by: Miramax Films
Release Date: June 9, 1995
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