All the Vermeers in New York
All the Vermeers in New York | |
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Directed by | Jon Jost |
Written by | Jon Jost |
Produced by | Henry S. Rosenthal |
Starring | Emmanuelle Chaulet Katherine Bean Gordon Joseph Weiss Stephen Lack |
Cinematography | Jon Jost |
Edited by | Jon Jost |
Music by | Jon A. English |
Distributed by | American Playhouse Theatrical Films |
Release date | 1990 |
Running time | 87 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
All the Vermeers in New York is a 1990 American film written and directed by Jon Jost. It won the Caligari Film Award in the 1991 Berlin International Film Festival and the Best Experimental Film in the Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards.[1]
Plot
Mark, a Wall Street financial broker, falls in love with a French actress
Production
The film was created with Jon Jost's love of Vermeer paintings as a central organizing theme. This is one of his first films produced in 35mm.
Reception
The film premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival on 11 September 2990.[5] At the Berlin International Film Festival in 1991, the film won the Caligari Film Award[6] for "thematic or stylistic innovation in film in the Forum of New Cinema section of the festival". Roger Ebert reviewed the film, saying "All the Vermeers in New York is the kind of film you have to think and think about, and then finally you realize you admire it.... If All the Vermeers in New York had been in French with subtitles, I would have known right away what to expect. It's unusual to find a film this brainy in English."[7] Emanuel Levy praises the film, saying that "All the Vermeers in New York, Jon Jost’s most accessible work to date, deservedly winning the L.A. Film Critics Association Award for Best Experimental Film.... The deceptively simple story conceals deeper, more intriguing themes. It’s a meditation on the inner and outer worlds of two mismatched characters who represent the cultural bankruptcy of America’s upper-middle class."[8]
References
- ^ All the Vermeers in New York (1990) - Awards - IMDb. Retrieved 2024-04-17 – via www.imdb.com.
- ^ a b Marjorie Baumgarten (June 19, 1992). "All the Vermeers in New York". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved May 23, 2012.
- ^ Vincent Canby (1 May 1992). "All the Vermeers in New York". The New York Times. Retrieved May 23, 2012.
- ISBN 9780814751244. Retrieved May 23, 2012.
- ^ All the Vermeers in New York (1990) - Release info - IMDb. Retrieved 2024-04-17 – via www.imdb.com.
- ^ Matthew Tobey. "All the Vermeers in New York (1990)". Allmovie. Retrieved May 23, 2012.
- ^ Ebert, Roger. "All the Vermeers in New York movie review (1992) | Roger Ebert". www.rogerebert.com/. Retrieved 2024-04-17.
- ^ EmanuelLevy (2006-01-11). "All the Vermeers in New York (1992): Jon Jost Most Accessible Movie - Emanuel Levy". Retrieved 2024-04-17.
External links
- All the Vermeers in New York at IMDb
- 1991 Sundance Film Festival description
- Vermeer and Jost on YouTube. Artventure TV introduces the film and interviews Jon Jost.