Amajorportionof"CigarettesandCoffee"waslateradapted,expandedandbasicallyremadeintoptAnderson'sfirstfeaturefilm,"HardEight"Themostinterestingpartof"Cigarettes"waslaterusedasthefirstscenefor"HardEight"inbothPhillipBakerHall'scharacterinterrogatesayoungdrifterinaroadsidedinerandexplainsafewthingsaboutlifeandtheartofconversationtohimIn"HardEight"thetwothengoontohaveafathersontyperelationshipinafairlystraightforwardnarrativethemoststraightforwardofanyofpt'slaterfilmsHereintheseminal"CigarettesandCoffee",however,BakerHall'sconversationwiththeyoungmanisonlyoneofthreehappeningsimultaneouslyinthedinerPTcutsbetweenthethree,andwesoonlearnthatthelivesofthethreeseeminglyunrelatedsetsofcharactersdoactuallyintersectinunexpectdwaysInthisway,theshortfilmismuchmorelikethedirector'srecentAltmaninspired"Magnolia"thanititeither"HardEight"or"BoogieNights""CigarettesandCoffee"hasplayedonTheSundanceChannelorwasitTheIndependentFilmChannelquitefrequently