All the Vermeers in New York

5.7 / 10

(20 votes)

A parable of the missteps of life enacted in the hothouse world of late 1980’s New York, in which the art market and the stock market each boomed, and in process spawned a smorgasbord of “yuppie” delusions which still persist. Anna, a French actress studying in New York, crosses paths with a successful stock-broker, Mark, standing before a Vermeer portrait at the Metropolitan, thence ensues a peculiar romance of missed meanings and connections, with tangential asides to the steaming arts world and stock market, loft-mate conflicts, and, perhaps, love. Wrapped up in their blindered worlds, Anna and Mark deflect away from their chances, leaving at the conclusion the wistful face of Vermeer’s portrait enigmatically asking questions. All the Vermeers in New York is a comedy of manners which, as gently as a Vermeer, looks beneath the skin of this time and place, and of these characters.

Country:

United States of America

Genre:

Comedy,

Drama,

Romance

Duration:

87 minutes

Year:

1992

Director:

Jon Jost

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Company:

Complex Corporation,

American Playhouse

Cast:
Emmanuelle Chaulet

Anna

Stephen Lack

Mark

Katie Garner

Nicole (as Katherine Bean)

Grace Phillips

Felicity

Laurel Lee Kiefer

Ariel Ainsworth (as Laurel Kiefer)

Crew:
Jon Jost

Director

Jon Jost

Writer

Jon A. English

Original Music Composer

Lindsay Law

Executive Producer

Henry S. Rosenthal

Producer