I have seen Rent on the stage 3 times, saw the movie 3 times the first weekend, and saw this screen performance 2 times. I thought that this was an amazing way to view it. I loved the close ups and the details it allowed you to see that may be missed when seeing it on stage. I sincerely hope this is released on dvd since it can no longer be seen any other way. This by far beat the hollywood version... hands down. As others have stated, I do wish that theywould have filmed the whole stage more but it was still an amazing production.