Rembrandt Laughing 35 years old

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.

Credits

Rembrandt Laughing Cast

Name Character
Nathaniel Dorsky He was 46, now 81 years old
Kate Dezina

Rembrandt Laughing Crew

Name Department
Jon Jost as Director of Photography. He was 45 (now 81) years old Camera
Jon Jost as Director. He was 45 (now 81) years old Directing
Jon Jost as Editor. He was 45 (now 81) years old Editing
Jon Jost as Producer. He was 45 (now 81) years old Production
Jon Jost as Original Music Composer. He was 45 (now 81) years old Sound
Jon Jost as Writer. He was 45 (now 81) years old Writing
Rembrandt Laughing poster
Rembrandt Laughing (35 years)

  • Release day: Sunday, February 12, 1989
  • Runtime: 100 minutes