Am I the only one who sometimes anxiously anticipates the opportunity to cry? Maybe it has to do with the Prozac; I take so much that sometimes even when I feel sad, I can’t get sad enough to really get it out and get over it quickly. Does this make any sense? I get this overall feeling of undefined sadness; I want to just cry and “cleanse” it, but I can’t. Strange, but true. Welcome to me.
For the last few months I’ve been quietly obsessed by the forthcoming film version of Rent. I love Rent, and have been hooked since the first time I saw it. There’s something about it that resonates with me, that sense of being outside and looking for love and acceptance and somehow feeling unworthy. It’s so powerful on stage, and I wasn’t sure if they could pull off a screen version. Then again, I didn’t think Lord of the Rings trilogy would translate well to film, and look at how wrong I was.
I’ve been watching the cast’s progress on the Rent web site for a while now, and I think they might have done it. The fact that many of the original cast members star in it helps enormously, (including the amazing Idina Menzel, who I could watch for hours) and I find that from what I’ve seen of Tracie Thoms, I like her better than the original Joanne. They seem to all have a great chemistry, and the smallness of the cast makes it more like a stage musical than an actual film.
I have been watching the trailer for a while now, at least once a day. This is largely due to the fact that it is wrapped up in one of my favorite Rent tunes, Seasons of Love. Which is now available on iTunes. YAY! Now I can burn it onto a CD and drive around with my obsession like the freak that I am.
Currently, there are only 130,548.38 minutes until Rent appears onscreen. And baby, I’m counting every one.
Posted by kath at August 12, 2005 09:14 AM