Do you have any Tobacco?..
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Cinema_Crow — 17 years ago(April 20, 2008 10:27 PM)
Agreed. I think that was the idea behind the theme, also I personally think that having tobacco represented that one had been offered the gift, as on that has embarked on his spirit quest as blake is. I noticed just last night when watching the film again, that every character in this movie does ask either blake or another character if they have any tobacco. The only ones that do not, are Robert Mitchum and John Hurt's, and they are, incidentally smoking throughout the movie.
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Mr_Cinema8 — 17 years ago(May 06, 2008 01:29 AM)
There's a few things going on there , so alot of you are right IMO(first time I've ever used IMO). A brilliant filmmaker, which I believe Jarmusch is, will give layers to elements like that. They will function differently throughout the movie. On the surface, NOBODY kept asking him that because as someone earlier pointed out Indians use tobacco as a spiritual offering. Symbolically, I believe the tobacco did represent faith, as Johnny Depps character was in purgatory and trying to make it to "heaven"(or whatever you want to call it). And lastly, it was a great running gag. Jarmusch is the master at this layering, as you'll discover if you watch "GhostDog" which has even more of that going on.
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pathfinder616 — 10 years ago(February 03, 2016 05:52 PM)
waabus44, thanks for explaining the reason Nobody asked Blake for tobacco. several white frontiersmen asked Blake for tobacco and had no spiritual need for tobacco. they simply enjoyed chewing and smoking it.
the line "Do you have any Tobacco?" is delivered by almost every new character that appears and it would appear it has a 'tongue-in-cheek' connotation.
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antimusick — 19 years ago(June 13, 2006 01:28 PM)
All great films have some kind of catch phrase
see AFI 100 years of famous Movie Quotes list:
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JefferyHunt — 19 years ago(July 18, 2006 10:10 PM)
He's in purgatory (Hell, America, Wild West, Individualism and its decadence, freedom ironically sought in purgatory). He's there becuase he doesn't smoke. Tobacco represents faith, what it takes to get hime to the other side of that river(Jordan?). Because, at the end, this time the boat moves and he moves with it (as opposed to how the guy from the train described it). And Jarmusch probably chose tobacco for the reaseons the above poster explained. At leasts that's how I read it and it makes sense considering that the movie feels very spiritual.
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Tyler_Bateman — 19 years ago(July 20, 2006 12:48 PM)
Personally, I think this is an existentialist movie, without much meaning. It is a very good movie, very interesting, but I don't think it should be thought into incredibly hard. It is one of those movies you watch, and you take what you can from it without thinking about it too much. I think if you did, you would find essentially the movie is meaningless, with random outbursts and memorable dialouge among strange mood scenes. It's a masterpiece though, I must say.
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