RENT bloopers- Page 5

Posted: 11/30/05 at 11:11pm

Not really a blooper, but I find it ironic that in "Out Tonight" as Mimi sings "we don't need any money" she is having money thrown on her by gentleman. So, apparently she needs that cash!

[angelrock25222]

Posted: 11/30/05 at 11:49pm

Angelofmusicerik:

we saw them gettign ready for the scene in their trailers, only the four of them were theer that day. i actualyl have a picture of adam's ass, as he is bending over to fix his boot or soemthing; it wasnt meant to be an ass shot, but ill take it.
during the shot, we were, depending on whcih take they actually used, behind the stairs that they are walking down or on the opposite platform. the part they filmed there was only from the lines "new york city center of the... pleasure cruise." i dont think i have ever heard that line in all my days combined than when we were there haha...

[Jovie24]

Posted: 11/30/05 at 11:50pm

Yes, well I accturally did notice that in some way. I saw the film five times and what happen was, if you look closely you can see that those shots were taken from the other side of the train. So the shots you see are with her and then they are with out her, because the shots were taken at two different sides of the train and she was only on one side sitting down. Hope that makes sense...

DrTheatre

[angelrock25222]

Posted: 11/30/05 at 11:53pm

thats what i thought too DrTheatre or Jovie24, which ever you prefer :). but when collins points to each of them for "gain, gain gain" she is in fact missing from the shot, and the camera is facing the side she was supposed to be sitting on.

[greenifyed]

Posted: 12/1/05 at 12:34am

Angel's wig moving during ICY bugs the crap out of me. One shot it'll be flying everywhere, the next it's perfect. ANNOYING.

Um, the Mute poster thing actually bugs me because Roger's band is called the Well Hungarians. Oops

[Jilani]

Posted: 12/1/05 at 12:43am

I only noticed this one the second time I saw the movie: when Mark is going into the building to the first Life Support meeting, and walking through the hall toward the front, he doesn't appear to have his camera bag with him, but then a few shots later, he disrupts the meeting by clattering the bag onto a chair and taking out his camera.

[Wanderingchild5]

Posted: 12/4/05 at 3:08pm

I dont know if anyone mentioned this but In you'll see the poster of Maureen that benny tossed on the car keeps moving

[circusliz]

Posted: 12/4/05 at 5:25pm

There's a little bit of a continuity problem in "La Vie Boheme." As all of the gang are walking around the table , and Mark sings " to hating mom and dad", you can see Mimi coming to the end of the table, taking a sip of wine, and then sticking her tounge out and turning the corner of the table. The camera then cuts to a side shot of Mark dropping down to his hands and wheelbarrowing forward during "to riding your bike..." When he does this Mimi can be seen walking along the table again, as if she never turned the corner.

The same sort of problem occurs when Collins does his spin at the end of the table. The cut comes a bad place so it looks like he spins twice.

I know it's only a little problem, but I actually noticed it the fist time I saw the movie.

[bwaykaykrazy]

Posted: 12/4/05 at 6:04pm

yeah i noticed that. i also noticed that angel in "ill cover you" looses a strap to his bookbag. he tries to slide it backup on his shoulder but then gives up and leaves it there.

[oxdreaminxo]

Posted: 12/4/05 at 6:05pm

Also, not a blooper, but just something I noticed. Now, this might only be me, but in Roger and Mark's apartment, did anyone see that...lamp thing? It look like a white circle. Ugh, I have no idea what they're called. I only noticed it because last Saturday some friends and I went to the City to see the show and then the movie. And during the show, the same lamp...thing is there. Just thought I'd mention it...make sure I'm not crazy. =P

[Madame X]

Posted: 12/4/05 at 8:29pm

Seems like they chose the year after they shot the rest of the movie, or Chris Columbus is too lazy to do period research. The latter is more likely.
I have no idea why he chose a year at all. It didn't really provide anything more to the story but caused a whole bunch of anachronisms.

One that hasn't been mentioned yet (in this thread at least)...the MetLife building was still the PanAm building in 1989/1990.

[NJRae]

Posted: 12/9/05 at 10:28pm

Okay, just saw the movie for the third time and I think I finally noticed something that no one else has mentioned. During "I Should Tell You" when Roger and Mimi are walking through the snow away from the Life Cafe you see their footprints in the "snow" . . . they turn to walk back and suddenly they are walking through a fresh blanket of "snow". And somehow I don't think it was "snowing" hard enough for all of those prints to have been covered that quickly!

[N0tThatGirl213]

Posted: 12/9/05 at 10:53pm

~In the opening shots of "Rent," Mark's messenger pack switches shoulders between shots.

~During TMOLM, as Maureen and Joanne go up the stairs, the others run into the room several separate times as the shots change.

~Does anybody know why "rhythm, feeling, power" is always "rhythm, power, feeling" now? Is it wrong on the OBCR?

~I can't prove this, but sometimes it looks like there's more than one different set for the loft. In some shots doors and other rooms can very clearly be seen, but in others it looks like it's all one space with absolutely no dividing walls. Maybe one of our experts can clear this up if they dare touch this thread?

I just have to say, I nitpick because I love. I would never ever spend this much time on something that wasn't one of my favorite movies.

[luvtheEmcee]

Posted: 12/9/05 at 10:55pm

It was originally "rhythm, power, feeling," but Wilson always used to reverse it by accident. If you see the show on stage now, you'll hear "rhythm, power, feeling," not "rhythm, feeling, power."

[FabalaYero85]

Posted: 12/9/05 at 11:28pm

Exterior of the Life Cafe is really the Horseshoe Bar on 7th and Avenue B.

[Mimi Imfurst]

Posted: 12/10/05 at 3:32am

Because theREAL life cafe looks far to fabulous now adays to be some trendy bohemian hang out as rent portrays it to be. I remember when they were filming that scene. That faux snow they used was annoying it got all over ur shoes- and stayed there for days as this gummy black residue. They used the intorior as holding where the actors were keeping warm. They even had extra's inside acting behind the windows. It was genious. They were having a blast, but never even appeared as a shadow. Sad. It was VERY cold that night and i was glad to escape into the warmth!

[lovepuppy]

Posted: 12/10/05 at 4:48pm

>>I have no idea why he chose a year at all. It didn't really provide anything more to the story but caused a whole bunch of anachronisms.

I read somewhere that they back-dated the movie a couple years (though it premiered in '96 I believe the show was originally set in the early 90's) to drive the point home to today's younger/teen viewers that AIDS, in the 'early days' of the disease, was in fact a serious death sentence type of illness. A 15 year old today doesn't necessarily have the perspective of the seriousness--I suppose is the reasoning--because it's sort of become just part of the woodwork of our culture with all the good drugs for it now. So they were trying to create a perspective of "way back when" when the disease was less manageable and therefore more deadly, and put the film in the late 80's. I don't necessarily agree with the way they tried to create this perspective, but it is worth dealing with, I suppose.

[lovepuppy]

Posted: 12/10/05 at 4:55pm

Oh and another non-blooper but observation...After Roger rescues Mimi from the drug dealer as they're walking to the protest, she says "so you're a tough guy, huh?" It's as if they were directed to just improvise on their way through the door into the crowd, into the scene. Yet the part that bugs me is Rosario, as she's speaking, sounds like "Rosario talking to her buddy Adam," and not the gaspy, dramatic Mimi in character. Yet they left it in. I mean, couldn't she have said *anything* else? Roger is *not* a tough guy and certainly doesn't feel like one. Couldn't she have said any other mundane thing like "thanks for inviting me, what's your friend's performance about" or something...I dunno..and let it quietly fade into the crowd scene. Anyone else bothered by this?

[today4u:proofpositiv]

Posted: 12/10/05 at 5:27pm

Yeah Rosario's line bothered me too...actually Rosario bothers me in general, but that's another story.

[luvtheEmcee]

Posted: 12/10/05 at 5:32pm

I liked it; now he was showing interest in her, so she couldn't put up that sex-kitten, hot-dancer farce with him. It wasn't so in-your-face and forcefully sexy, but it was a lot more real and innocent, which I believe Mimi, underneath all of her screwed-up-ness, to be. She was just trying to strike up a conversation with the guy, or make him laugh, or something, since now they weren't just two people who might as well go have sex -- they were actually starting something -- and since he's so introverted, it was awkward. I thought it was sweet.

[lovepuppy]

Posted: 12/10/05 at 6:06pm

I suppose. Maybe it's just her inflection that bugs me. It seems that she flipped her personna on him a little too abruptly I guess. Maybe if it was to be a small, subtle transition, her speaking should have reflected that...just a hair better.

[broadway_baby4]

Posted: 12/10/05 at 6:36pm

I personally found it kind of cute. It was a little random, but for some reason I actually liked their little discussion about his toughness.

[dragon8fly2005]

Posted: 12/10/05 at 7:48pm

Observation:

In the opening scene when they're throwing the fire-y stuff out the windows, some random guy on a fire escape has a sheet of paper slide down his jacket. Oh yeah, it's on fire...

Okay, I really don't make any sense..

keep smiling,
bika

[starletta8]

Posted: 12/11/05 at 2:47am

With the subway... the F train was marked both Jamaica, Queens and Coney Island. The trains show the two ends of the line. If they were going uptown from Brooklyn, they'd be heading to Jamaica.

Also, they were supposed to be getting out at the 1st Ave exit of the 2nd Ave stop of the F.

And another thing that jumped out at me- check out the MTA buses in the far background a few times. They appear to be the current buses!

[overthemoon419]

Posted: 12/11/05 at 5:47am

broadwaygirl, I saw the movie twice, and both times during "LMC" Adam says "fingers...I figured." But he kind of mumbles the "I figured" so it sort of sounds like he's saying "fingers...um, fingers." =)

AFAIK, the movie was backdated to set it in a time when an AIDS diagnosis was almost assuredly a death sentence (like when April gets her notice, we suddenly don't see her anymore, they both knew she was going to die). Also because mercurochrome (sp?) was no longer used in the 90s as it had a few less than helpful side effects. The overall decision was to give the AIDS diagnosis a sense of urgency that seems to have faded today.

And I'm surprised no one else noticed this: near the end of "I'll Cover You", there's a shot from the end of the car where Collins swings around the pole, facing where Roger and Mark are sitting, and Angel runs to Collins. Cut to a shot from the Roger-Mark end of the car of Collins and the pole, and we see Angel run to him once again.