Daily Dialogue — February 15, 2019

GZA: Want some tea?
RZA: Yea, splash me.
GZA: It’s all herbals, man. No caffeine.
RZA: That’s what I’m talking about. No caffeine. Caffeine is ridiculous right now, man.
GZA: Tell me about it.
RZA: Caffeine leads to depression, makes you all irritable, have your heart beating fast. Faster heart rate, you know what I mean? And worse than anything, you drink that coffee, it gives you the shits, you know what I mean? So I try to stay away from that.
GZA: I’m off that shit, anyway.
RZA: Crisp and clean. No caffeine.

— Coffee and Cigarettes (2003), written by Jim Jarmusch

The Daily Dialogue theme for the week: Coffee.

Trivia: This film was made over a 17-year period. The Roberto Benigni and Steven Wright segment was filmed in 1986. The Tom Waits and Iggy Pop segment was shot in 1995.

Dialogue On Dialogue: Bill Murray chugging caffeine and huffing cigarettes.