Rembrandt Laughing
1989 · Movie · 100 min. · United States
This film is a portrait of the passage of one year in the lives of some San Francisco friends, circa 1988 (before the dot.coming of the city), a slow marijuana hazed story which drifts like the fabled fog, encompassing the quirks and habits of a generation that made the city theirs, if only for a while. Very obliquely Rembrandt Laughing sketches the time and place, encompassing the AIDS epidemic, the casual sexual revolution, the debris of '68 lingering in the air. A quiet, very San Francisco comedy of life among a small group of friends. Rembrandt Laughing was improvised over the period of about a month by Jost and his friends, mostly acting non-professionals.
Direction Jon Jost
Cast Jerry Barrish · Kate Dezina · Nathaniel Dorsky · Jon A. English · Barbara Hammes · Roger Ruffin
Soundtrack Jon A. English
Screenplay Jon Jost
Cinematography Jon Jost
Original title Rembrandt Laughing
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Not rated (FilmAffinity)
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