Rent: Movie Analysis

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Regarding the methodology, I chose this film to analyze because there is something deeper than just the surface problems of the characters. I first watched the movie when I was about 10-11 years old with my older brother, but I never really understood the significance behind it, until I was about 17. After that, I watched the film and listened to the soundtrack so many times that I did not need to take any notes on it, when it came to watching the film for the purpose of this essay.
The 2005 film Rent, directed by Chris Columbus, is based on Jonathan Larson’s Broadway musical of the same name. The film depicts the lives of an outcast group of friends, living in New York City in the 1990s. Rent deals with the hardships the characters must face

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