White Stripes - New movie
11/07/2003
White Stripes set for Jarmusch pic
The White Stripes are to play themselves in 'Coffee and Cigarettes', the ne=
w
movie from indie film director Jim Jarmusch.
Also set to appear in the movie as themselves are Iggy Pop, Tom Waits, Stev=
e
Buscemi and Steve Coogan.
The White Stripes' Jack White will soon be seen onscreen in the new Anthony=

Minghella film, 'Cold Mountain'.
Jack White is also working on tracks for an album by country legend Loretta=

Lynn.

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ALL-STARS AND STRIPES!!

THE WHITE STRIPES are teaming up with STEVE COOGAN, IGGY POP,
TOM WAITS, STEVE BUSCEMI and ALFRED MOLINA in an all-star film
project for veteran NEW YORK indie director JIM JARMUSCH, NME.COM can
reveal.

With Jack White's big screen role in Anthony Minghella's `Cold Mountain' du=
e
for release later this year, both Jack and Meg will now play themselves in =
a
feature-length collection of self-contained scenes entitled `Coffee And
Cigarettes'.

"It's very naturalistic, semi-improvised dialogue," Steve Coogan told
NME.COM. "All the people play themselves in it and I play Steve Coogan, thi=
s
British comedian who's in New York and wants to try and break into America.=
"

Although Coogan does not appear on screen with theThe White Stripes, he is =

a fan of the band and caught their live show in Berlin recently.

Beginning in 1986, Jarmusch has already shot three short films in the `Coff=
ee
and Cigarettes' series. He has a long history of hiring musicians as actors=
,
working with Waits, Pop and the late Joe Strummer, among others.

In other White Stripes news, Jack White is to produce tracks for "the best =

singer-songwriter of the 20th century", Loretta Lynn.

The collaboration comes following Lynn's performance at a recent White
Stripes concert in New York, where he joined her onstage for two of her hit=
s.
The band's 2001 LP 'White Blood Cells' is also dedicated to her.

"I wanted to cry when I heard these (new) songs," he said. "She's still wri=
ting
amazing songs." He added that the album "will be getting away from this
horrible production of modern country music that I can't stand and getting =

down to something raw like she really is".

"We really hit it off," he continued. "There's some kind of connection with=
us. I
feel really comfortable with her, and I think she feels really comfortable =
with
me, which I'm really glad for, because I could see someone like me - the wa=
y I
look or whatever - not being appealing or her thinking that maybe I wasn't =

down with the kind of music she does. She could tell that we had the same
love for the same things about music."

Published: 09-07-2003-16-01
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