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Smoke

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Germany, Japan, United States · 1995
Rated R · 1h 52m
Director Paul Auster
Starring Harvey Keitel, William Hurt, Giancarlo Esposito, José Zúñiga
Genre Comedy, Drama

Writer Paul Benjamin is nearly hit by a bus when he leaves Auggie Wren's Brooklyn smoke shop, and is saved by Rashid Cole, a young black man whom he invites to stay in his apartment. Several disconnected stories converge through the smoke shop, depicting tender tales of the neighbourhood and its people.

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30

Chicago Reader by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Despite a certain grace in the dialogue and casual plot construction, this is positively reeking of a desire to be cheerful in the face of adversity.

75

Entertainment Weekly by Lisa Schwarzbaum

The best vignette, at the very end of the film, is the story Auster originally wrote for a newspaper as a Christmas piece, the one that inspired Wang to make Smoke in the first place. It's the one you'll want to inhale.

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