Blue in the Face

"Blue in the Face" was a fastly produced follow-up of director Wayne Wang's and writer Paul Auster's 1994 art house hit "Smoke". While "Smoke" was produced in the usual way with script, casts, etc., this movie was a quickly shot within... Full review

Blue in the face is a follow up to 'Smoke' a film which I saw recently and very much enjoyed. I thought I'd give this one a try as well. Like the first film (even more so) this is a collection... Full review

I wish I could make a movie this funny and so easily. Five days, improvisations, not a definite storyline and a great and funny movie is born. I loved it, it still makes me laugh and will keep on making me... Full review

Indeed, "Blue in the Face" is above all a Valentine to Brooklyn, a salute to a glorious past epitomized by the Brooklyn Dodgers and Ebbets Field and a resilient, though edgy, present. This time Wang and Auster co-directed, and they "created situations" in collaboration with the actors, which sounds mighty like improvisation. ... Full Review

Film-class instructors trying to explain why a movie needs a strong script have the perfect example in the new (sort-of) sequel, "Blue in the Face. Blue in the Face" is rated R for some violence, a fair amount of profanity and vulgarity and some female nudity. ... Full Review

Blue in the Face" has all the merits of a talented film student's excellent first project. An almost perfect home movie Lack of script stymies the cast of "Blue in the Face' ... Full Review

The dialogue sounds fresh and plausible, if a little rough around the edges (unlike so many over- worked scripts). The cast are plainly enjoying themselves ... Full Review

In many films the lack of a real direction would leave you wondering what the point was, but Blue in the Face feels a bit like a great compilation album - not everything seems to belong at first glance, but it all segues perfectly together. Starting with a rough scenario, each scene was played out, with simple directions ("get to the point", "boring! ... Full Review

Director Wayne Wang and writer Paul Auster revisit the Brooklyn stogie store where some of their "Smoke" cast improvised during a six-day shoot until they were "Blue in the Face." ... Full Article

Some four years down the road, the result is an evocative anthology about a Brooklyn neighborhood and the motley assortment of characters who congregate around their favorite corner cigar store. ... Full Article

U.S. Distributor: Miramax Films While filming Smoke , writer Paul Auster and director Wayne Wang became aware that there was a wealth of untapped potential in the secondary characters. ... Full Article

The story goes that when director Wayne Wang and writer Paul Auster were making " Smoke ," a story about the regulars in a Brooklyn cigar store, they felt such a richness in the characters that they were reluctant to... ... Full Article

Film Threat checks out the backdoor and Arch Danielson does some ghostbusting. Summer movies take a shit - "The Pirate Movie," "Howard the Duck," "Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan" and more. ... Full Article

Drie dagen nadat de filmopnamen voor Smoke beindigd waren begonnen dezelfde technici en hoofdrolspeler Harvey Keitel aan het filmen van Blue in the Face . De film kwam al improviserend tot stand, waardoor het plezier op gezette tijden van het... ... Full Article