Product Review

Empire Records Remix! Special Fan Edition/Singles (DBFE) (DVD)

“This music is the glue of the world,” says a clerk at Empire Records (Side A). Sixteen specially added minutes of film not seen in theatres bring extra texture to this savvy, expanded tale of a rockinglaughinggrowing-up day at the busy store. Among the stores dreamers and doers: Liv Tyler, Renee Zellweger and Anthony LaPaglia. The alterna-rock tracks include cuts by Gin Blossoms, the Cranberries, Toad the Wet Sprocket and more. Matt Dillon leads Bridget Fonda and Kyra Sedgwick in a rock-laced tale about searching for or running from love in Seattle. Cameron Crowe (Jerry Maguire, Almost Famous) directs Singles (Side B) and the caffeinated, hard-driving soundtrack includes thrashing riffs from Soundgarden, Alice in Chains, Pearl Jam and more.