Four Rational People (2025)
The Emerson String Quartet embarks on the final season of a fifty-year history that includes 9 GRAMMYs and thousands of concerts. Interweaving vivid memories with delicate observations of life on the road, the film explores the difficult decision to walk away from the things they cherish: the music they play and the friends they hold dear. At once a frank examination of the tyranny of aging and a cri de cœur to pass the torch to a new generation, the film culminates with one final performance, leaving all to ponder what happens to us after the final curtain.
Director: Tristan Cook
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Eugene Drucker as Self |
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Lawrence Dutton as Self |
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David Finckel as Self |
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Philip Setzer as Self |
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Paul Watkins as Self |
| Directing | Tristan Cook | Director |
| Production | Birgit Gernböck | Producer |
| Production | Carolyn Moriarty | Executive Producer |
| Production | Donald Moriarty | Executive Producer |
| Camera | Zac Nicholson | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Tamara Mattos | Editor |
| Production | Michael Maida | Production Executive |
| Sound | Max Aharon | Sound Editor |
| Sound | Dennis Haggerty | Sound Mixer |
| Sound | Sam Kashefi | Production Sound Mixer |
| Sound | Andrew Kay | Sound Mixer |
| Sound | Andrew Kay | Sound Supervisor |
| Sound | Andrew Kay | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Sound | Eugene Kim | Sound Mixer |
| Sound | Ondřej Šmejkal | Sound Mixer |
| Lighting | Joshua Benghiat | Lighting Technician |
| Camera | Jonah Zorn Koplin | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Henrik A. Meyer | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Gustavo Nasr | Additional Director of Photography |
| Crew | Jason Dunkel | Post Production Supervisor |
| Editing | Raysa Lima | Assistant Editor |
| Editing | Patrick DeVine | Colorist |
| Crew | Laverne Berry | Legal Services |
| Crew | Cathie Saadeh | Legal Services |
| Production | Nancy Adams | Production Accountant |
| Crew | Mathieu Amalric | Thanks |
| Crew | Barbara Hannigan | Thanks |
| Writing | Tristan Cook | Writer |