I just sat through an iTunes "rented" movie version of Rent. Having lived through the time and the place that Larson wrote about I pretty much boycotted seeing the play. However, when I bought my first used Ipod off of Ebay the previous owner generously left a number of pop songs included a dozen from Rent. I liked the songs, I thought they captured the time pretty well.
However, the film is pretty much my worse fears. Really, the only thing that was wrong was the... film. It should have been shot in 16mm and used real squats... not those fake open spaces. The beauty of NYC comes in spurts and in unexpected places and times. I would have loved to have seen it directed by Kyle Kibbe and shot by Maryse Alberti.
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