Film

Rembrandt Laughing

1989 · 1h 40m · Comedy · Drama

IMDb

7.2

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.

Jon A. English

Martin

Barbara Hammes

Claire

Jennifer Johanson

Jennifer

Ed Green

the framemaker

Nathaniel Dorsky

Daniel

Janet McKinley

Janet

Roger Ruffin

Roger #1

John Powers

Roger #2

Henry S. Rosenthal

Stephen

Kate Dezina

June Brandt

Jerry Barrish

Mr. Bondsman

John Bassett

Stacy

Peter Machel

Crazy Tony

Marshall Gaddis

Jim Nisbet

Jim

Kathleen Dezina

• Jon JostDirector · Writer · Director of Photography · Producer · Editor
• Jon A. EnglishOriginal Music Composer

Release date

February 12, 1989

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

1h 40m

Genres

Comedy, Drama