A five-year gap followed the release of '' Ghost Dog '' , which the director has attributed to a creative crisis he experienced in the aftermath of the September 11 attacks in New York City . 2004 saw the eventual release of '' Coffee and Cigarettes '' , a collection of eleven short films of characters sitting around drinking coffee and smoking cigarettes that had been filmed by Jarmusch over the course of the previous two decades . The first vignette , " Strange to Meet You " , had been shot for and aired on '' Saturday Night Live '' in 1986 , and paired Roberto Benigni with comedian Steven Wright . This had been followed three years later by " Twins " , a segment featuring actors Steve Buscemi and Joie and Cinqué Lee , and then in 1993 with the Short Film Palme d'Or-winning " Somewhere in California " , starring musicians Tom Waits and Iggy Pop
September 11 attacks
September 11 attacks
Jim Jarmusch