RENT
A brief, by no means exhaustive film review:
Finally caught the 2005 filmization of the long-running Broadway show. Director Chris Columbus frames it fairly well, while never betraying the theatrical origins. This is also one of the film's shortcomings; it's not as cinematic as I would've hoped. Chicago managed to succeed in this regard, and it seems to be the yardstick agaisnt which to measure the contemporary musical.
Rent intends to be a blistering, yet tuneful examination of NYC life, and the option of living the bohemian life. AIDS clouds the lives of many of the principal players. At times, the film works in its conveyance of the frustration and heartbreak of the lives of these characters. A little trimming would have helped this film. Exhaustion and tedium duke it out in the last passages. Still worth a look for fans of the show.
Finally caught the 2005 filmization of the long-running Broadway show. Director Chris Columbus frames it fairly well, while never betraying the theatrical origins. This is also one of the film's shortcomings; it's not as cinematic as I would've hoped. Chicago managed to succeed in this regard, and it seems to be the yardstick agaisnt which to measure the contemporary musical.
Rent intends to be a blistering, yet tuneful examination of NYC life, and the option of living the bohemian life. AIDS clouds the lives of many of the principal players. At times, the film works in its conveyance of the frustration and heartbreak of the lives of these characters. A little trimming would have helped this film. Exhaustion and tedium duke it out in the last passages. Still worth a look for fans of the show.
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