All the Vermeers in New York
All the Vermeers in New York (1991)

Starring Emmanuelle Chaulet, Stephen Lack, Katherine Bean
Directed by Jon Jost
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.

Runtime: 87 min.     Rating: 6.7     DVD
Languages: English,French
Countries: United States of America
Genres: Comedy,Drama,Romance
Cast
   Mark
   Nicole
   Felicity
   Ariel (as Laurel Kiefer)
   Gallery Owner
   Max