At the cafe tables, Iggy Pop, Tom Waits, Roberto Benigni, Steve Buscemi, Cate Blanchett, and other friends of Jarmusch sit. They drink coffee, smoke, and chat in that specific way when people just feel great together and it's not that important what they talk about. The movie promotes an unhealthy lifestyle, contains smoking scenes, and catchy phrases like "Cigarettes and coffee, man, that's a combination!"
Jarmusch shot this film without hurrying. Scene by scene. And so for 17 years.