Blue in the Face movie storyline. Wayne Wang’s follow-up movie to Smoke 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 return here to expound on their philosophy of smoking, relationships, baseball, New York, and Belgian Waffles. Most of all, this is a movie about living life, off-the-cuff.
Blue in the Face is a 1995 American comedy film directed by Wayne Wang and Paul Auster. It stars Victor Argo, Giancarlo Esposito, Michael J. Fox, Mel Gorham, Jim Jarmusch, Harvey Keitel, Lou Reed, Mira Sorvino, Lily Tomlin, Malik Yoba, Madonna and Eileen Galindo.
Blue in the Face was filmed over a five-day period as a follow-up to Wang’s 1995 movie Smoke. During production of Smoke, Keitel and the others ad-libbed scenes in-character between takes and a sequel was made using this improvised material.
Lily Tomlin was nominated for an American Comedy Award as “Funniest Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture” for her performance in this picture. Blue in the Face features songs by singer Selena. The bilingual duet with David Byrne, “God’s Child (Baila Conmigo)” is used as sound track.
Blue in the Face (1995)
Directed by: Paul Auster, Wayne Wang
Starring: Victor Argo, Giancarlo Esposito, Michael J. Fox, Mel Gorham, Jim Jarmusch, Harvey Keitel, Lou Reed, Mira Sorvino, Lily Tomlin, Malik Yoba, Madonna, Eileen Galindo
Screenplay by: Paul Auster, Wayne Wang
Production Design by: Kalina Ivanov
Cinematography by: Adam Holender, Harvey Wang
Film Editing by: Maysie Hoy, Christopher Tellefsen
Costume Design by: Claudia Brown
Set Decoration by: Diane Lederman, Karin Wiesel
Music by: John Lurie
MPAA Rating: R for language and a scene of nudity.
Distributed by: Miramax Films
Release Date: October 13, 1995
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