The contest is now closed. Thanks everyone for sharing your coffee and movie picks. Congrats to the five lucky winners: #13 vera wilson, #8 bonny sallee, #17 shawn, #10 johannah b, and #18 ann b. (Please email me your contact details so we can send your coffee asap).
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I recently watched Coffee and Cigarettes by Jim Jarmusch again and and since coffee and Valentine’s Day are on my mind, I thought I would share three less traditional ways to enjoy the holiday: lots of coffee, a good comedy, and that someone special (friend or otherwise).
Jarmusch’s film came out in 2003 and is a comic homage to life’s obsessions, as the title suggests, and brings the directors unique cast of actors and musicians together over the course of eleven story vignettes. Two of my favorites include the scene with Cate Blanchett who plays both an uptight celebrity and her no-name down and out rocker cousin and the scene with Tom Waits and Iggy Pop.
I’m a Jarmusch fan, and love that he shot the film over a number of years beginning in 1986, but I have to admit–the film may not be for everyone. It does, however, capture many a meandering conversation many have shared or overheard over a hot cup of coffee and possibly, cigarettes.
Now onto the coffee (no smokes) giveaway.
To celebrate Valentine’s Day, Seattle’s Best Coffee is offering five readers the chance to try their new line of Iced Canned Lattes (regular, vanilla, and mocha) along with a sample pack of their new Levels coffee (five blends labeled “1” through “5” in order of the strength of the roast).
For a chance to win, leave a comment about coffee or film or coffee and film or whatever romantic notions you choose by Wednesday, February 16 at 12 am EST and I’ll draw five winners at random Thursday morning.
p.s. If Coffee and Cigarettes isn’t your style of film, here’s fourteen of my favorite romantic comedies to inspire your Valentine’s Day.
1. Amelie (2001) Jean-Pierre Jeunet
2. Annie Hall (1977) Woody Allen
3. Chocolat (2000) Lasse Hallstrom
4. Harold and Maude (1971) Hal Ashby
5. It Happened One Night (1934) Frank Capra
6. Lost in Translation (2003) Sophia Coppola
7. Manhattan (1979) Woody Allen
8. Monsoon Wedding (2002) Mira Nair
9. Ninotchka (1939) Ersnt Lubitsch
10. Roman Holiday (1954) William Wyler
11. Rushmore (1998) Wes Anderson
12. Sabrina (1954) Billy Wilder
13. Say Anything (1989) Cameron Crowe
14. The Apartment (1960) Billy Wilder
Chocolate is one of my favorite movies. And I love coffee. A lot.
I love coffee – and I love movies! My list of romantic comedies would include many from your list and a few more, like Sixteen Candles and Love Actually.
Thanks for the giveaway!
Favorite Coffee/Romantic movie: You’ve Got Mail. I have seen almost all of the movies on your list…but I see some that I should put on my list and checkout at the public library to see if they have them.
I love vanilla lattes!
Amelie, hands down. Great movie. It makes me want to move to France, and you have to drink cafe au lait in France!
An Affair to Remember is definitely high on my list of romantic movies! And coffee is a must, though I’ve become just a one-cup-per-day drinker… quite a change from my college days!
I adore coffee.
I love Coffee and movies!
I am a coffee junkie, I could drink it all day ,anytime a day. If I pass a Starbuck I have to stop.
A newer movie I love to watch on Valentines day is The Notebook.
I guess I am just not a movie lover — seems like I have not most of your list (ug). Of course my husband usually rules the movie list with more things like Independance Day and The Hunt for Red October – gosh he watches those on video over and over. Lately he’s been watching Kung Fu Panda — and it really surprizes me. But Chick Flicks as he would call them… not so much. I truly enjoyed Richard Gere in Pretty Woman, and just saw it for the first time last year when somehow I got to the set first!
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I love coffee, especially flavored coffee. If I run out of specialty flavored coffee, I add my own flavorings to regular coffee. I can’t start my day without two cups of coffee!
My day starts with coffee. If I miss that quiet first cup savored before anyone else stumbles out of bed … it’s not going to be a good day. I’d love to try the level series of coffee blends.
Thanks for sharing your list; no memory of The Apartment at all … so I’m off to see if Netflix has it available.
Coffee is a great way to start the day!!!
One of my favorite romantic comedies is Moonstruck, with my favorite line from a movie, ever: “Snap out of it!”
I’m one of those who has to have her coffee in the morning!
Or it could get a bit nasty.
Thank you.
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I really enjoy the movie Chocolat. Not so much because of Johnny Depp. Thanks!
One of my favorite movies of all time is Love Actually. My day isn’t complete without starting it out with coffee first thing in the morning.
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I recently learned that I cannot survive without my morning coffee. We ran out of the regular so I dug up some Decaf that had been in the house….you can forget that, I couldn’t wake up….no way no how!
I like all different kinds of coffee and love to try new blends! No Decaf for me, we’ll save that for company!
I love coffee and I love movies and I would love to try the new Seattle’s Best Coffee Iced Canned Latte. I haven’t seen most of the movies on your list so I better get busy watching.
Your list of movies brought some smiles to my face. I’ve seen Coffee and Cigarettes and enjoyed it, but you’re right, it’s not for everyone. I don’t remember all the segments, but I know I recall Bill Murray in one of them and remember really enjoying the segment with Alfred Molina.
Amelie is one of my all time favorites and we watch it again every now and then. Another of my favorites is Love Actually which I also watch pretty regularly. We’ve got a fairly large eclectic collection of movies in my house which covers quite a variety of movie types.
And coffee? Neither my husband nor I can function without lots of it…the stronger the better!
Not sure how I was to contact you. Sent my info through the contact link at top of page. If this isn’t correct please let me know. Thanks so much!
shawn113(at)hotmail(dot)com
Congratulations to the lucky winners!