Amajorportionof"CigarettesandCoffee"waslateradapted,expandedandbasicallyre-madeintop.t.Anderson'sfirstfeaturefilm,"HardEight".Themostinterestingpartof"Cigarettes"waslaterusedasthefirstscenefor"HardEight"--inbothPhillipBakerHall'scharacterinterrogatesayoungdrifterinaroadsidedinerandexplainsafewthingsaboutlifeandtheartofconversationtohim.In"HardEight"thetwothengoontohaveafather-sontyperelationshipinafairlystraightforwardnarrative(themoststraightforwardofanyofp.t.'slaterfilms).Hereintheseminal"CigarettesandCoffee",however,BakerHall'sconversationwiththeyoungmanisonlyoneofthreehappeningsimultaneouslyinthediner.P.T.cutsbetweenthethree,andwesoonlearnthatthelivesofthethreeseemingly-unrelatedsetsofcharactersdoactuallyintersectinunexpectdways.Inthisway,theshortfilmismuchmorelikethedirector'srecentAltman-inspired"Magnolia"thanititeither"HardEight"or"BoogieNights.""CigarettesandCoffee"hasplayedonTheSundanceChannel(orwasitTheIndependentFilmChannel?)quitefrequently.