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They're selling music but not selling out.
The employees of an independent music store learn about each other as they try anything to stop the store being absorbed by a large chain.
Empire Records
1995 Directed by Allan Moyle
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Sexo, Rock & Confusão, Deseos Cumplidos, Μουσικο Πανδαιμονιο, Mousiko pandaimonio
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oh to be a hot, well-dressed teen who works at a record store and gets to dance around with my friends on the rooftop whilst the best song ever recorded — this is the day by the the — plays in the background
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a time machine to 1995 when it was liv tyler’s world and we were all just living in it
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this film radiates nothing but good energy and some of you just don't like to have fun
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if i owned this record store it would be insufferable for everyone because the only albums i would ever allow in stock would be by Mitski
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oh to work at an indie record store in the 90s and sing/dance to music all day and for you & your co-workers to put aside your differences to save your store from being bought out by The Man™
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Happy Rex Manning Day!
What makes this the greatest soundtrack of all time is not the catchiness of the songs (they're very catchy), the appropriateness of them to the film (they fit perfectly), or the way they are a mix of diegetic and and not (it's beautifully woven in). It's not even because of how they feel sincere, feel like they weren't crafted entirely as a corporate tie-in or product placement, but rather as an artful attempt to evoke an era, an energy, a spirit of outsiderness, a shared experience between these misfits and losers. It's not even because they are a perfect distillation of 90s indie rock you've mostly never heard of before or after this film mixed with…
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you know that feeling when you’re watching a movie and you instantly fall in love with every elements that compose it? that’s exactly how i feel about empire records, i say that often but i GENUINELY can’t put into words how much i love this film, not only is the soundtrack the best thing i’ve heard in my 15 years of my existence, but the subjects it treated, the atmosphere, this movie was literally gifted by the angels above and gave us, in my opinion, one of the greatest films of all time
god i wish i worked in a record store and wore mini plaid skirts with cropped fuzzy tops everyday
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Might break some hearts here but that’s life. I Haven’t watched this in twenty years and for good reason... I was the target audience for this movie during its heyday and even back then I thought this was just ok—way to corporate to ever be as punk rock as it’s so desperatly trying to be and loaded with egregious gen x caricatures that made me want to dry heave even back then. It’s even worse now—I rarely say this but I HATE this movie... I can’t stand record store culture (I worked in one for about 3 years) and every character in this movie is like nails on a chalkboard for me.
I’m never going to watch this again and…