Rembrandt Laughing (1989)

1h 40m · 12 Feb 1989

Comedy Drama

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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.

Movie ID	72760
Genre	Comedy, Drama
Director	Jon Jost
Main cast	Jon A. English, Barbara Hammes, Jennifer Johanson, Ed Green, Nathaniel Dorsky, Janet McKinley, Roger Ruffin, John Powers
Release date	12 February 1989
Release year	1989
Language	English
Duration	100 min (1h 40m)
Rating	5.0 / 10 (TMDB)
Production house	Jon Jost Productions