RENT Movie, set in 1985? — Page 3

Points taken Marquise, but keep in mind that it finally made it to Broadway in 1996....Larson didn't write it in 1996.

I agree about the sort of amalgamation of time frames, but there are still certain elements from the 90s which are ONLY 90s, even though the tone of the neighborhood wasn't really that way anymore by the time the show came out.

grownupgroupie, you have just opened my eyes. that's so true! i completely forgot that Larson started writing this years before it was even workshopped!

Please PM me with a link to the script?

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There's so much acrimony on this board and I don't want to make it any worse!....just wanted to be sure!

I agree though--it's hard to think of RENT outside of the mid-90s b/c it's SO much of that time....but when you think about Larson's time in writing it (92-3) it frames the setting in such a different way.

Hi all --

Just to address something that's often talked about quite a bit around these parts, by people who did not know the man and who were not around when we was alive and working on this piece: you do *not* know what Jonathan intended, and to claim that you do is a little bit disingenuous.

To put something straight: Julie Larson (Jonathan's sister) has talked to Tim Weil and Chris about the timeframe of the story of the show, based on notes Jonathan had taken, conversations he'd had, etc, and the consensus is that the film will be taking place from 1987-1989, at least as it stands now. That, as with everything else involved in the film, *MAY CHANGE.* A film is not finished until it is shot and edited and put in front of an audience, and sometimes even then it changes when it's released on dvd. Jonathan started writing this piece years before it was ever onstage, as someone else here pointed out, and believe me, AIDS was already becoming a very big issue in NYC by the mid-to-late-80's.

For whatever it's worth...

Anthony

Thanks for the update and the input, Anthony!

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Er, no I haven't even started doing the research. And I haven't started prepping for the LSAT yet. Please don't hit me.

And that's the lovely, groomed Nick Nolte in my avatar.

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Could someone please send the script to me? I really want to read it! Please!