Rembrandt Laughing

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.

Cast

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

Crew

Jon Jost

Director

Jon Jost

Writer

Jon Jost

Director of Photography

Jon Jost

Producer

Jon Jost

Editor

Alenka Pavlin

Sound Recordist

Henry S. Rosenthal

Sound Recordist

Jon A. English

Sound

Jon A. English

Sound Recordist

Jon Jost

Sound Recordist

Clips & Videos

Rembrandt Laughing (Trailer)