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US Mall 1 - Silverlake Life - The View From Here
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List Price: $19.95
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Manufacturer: New Video Group
Starring: Mark Massi
Directed By: Peter Friedman (II)
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Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9781565012417
Format: Color
ISBN: 1565012410
Label: New Video Group
Manufacturer: New Video Group
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: New Video Group
Release Date: 2002-04-11
Running Time: 99
Studio: New Video Group
Theatrical Release Date: 1993
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Customer Rating:
Summary: Never been more moved
Comment: This movie is the astoundingly real story of one couple's life and death with AIDS. It is a raw, painful and heartbreakingly touching love story that everyone needs to see.
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Summary: Life with AIDS
Comment: "Silverlake Life: The View from Here"
Life with AIDS
Amos Lassen and Cinema Pride
AIDS has been part of the subjects of gay movies for many years now. We cannot forget how the disease devastated our numbers and took beautiful people from us. There is no question that AIDS has influenced the way we act and think and even though it may no longer be a death sentence, we must not forget that there s still no cure and that we must live cautiously. Looking at "Silverlake Life" we see a period of time that was so very different than the way that we live today. It is a documentary about two men who live and die with the disease. As a film it will break your heart, it will make you laugh and it will move you.
Plain and straightforward, it is like watching a home movie. We see two men who love each other and how AIDS affects the quality of everyday lives.
Imagine, if you can, a film that has no frills, no extras, and no trained actors. This allows the film to be completely sincere. The integrity of the two men s incredible and as they are reduced to the most basic parts of their beings, we get to enter their lives and feel as if we belong there. These two men made this move so we could understand what the disease was doing.
As you meet Mark and Tom in the beginning of the film, you do so with humor. As the two begin to tell their story they touch you and you find that you are falling in love with them. Seeing the pain that these men carry is hard and it is even harder to see their death.
The documentary deals with more than AIDS---it shows many things about gay life. As it shows the love that the Tom and Mark shared for over 20 years, we see pain and pleasure and joy and empathy.
The most important thing that comes out of this movie is the impact of AIDS on the gay community. So much has happened medically and psychologically since 1993 when the film was released, that perhaps you might find it to be dated. We are not finished with AIDS yet and I d not know if we ever will be.
Looking at the relationship between Tom and Mark, we see love in what appears to be its purest form. Watching a movie about AIDS is not easy and here it is especially hard as we know the outcome before it happens. But "Silverlake" also teaches us how to care for each other in hard times and it shows life at any time reminding us that just a few steps away, there is a disease that could dispose of all of us.
The scene in which Tom sings "You Are My Sunshine" to Mark as he tells him goodbye is one that I will carry with me for the rest of my life.
I have one final thought---I realized how great it is to be alive in a world where all of us could be dead at the drop of a pin.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Sad, beautiful, damn near overwhelming...
Comment: Being your basic "guy", I can remember the documentaries I've seen that have made me cry - there are maybe half a dozen.
This one made me bawl. There's very little in the history of the moving image that can touch this treatment of love.
There's a simple, terrible trajectory here as these two men take us through the last days of their lives. They are bright and funny, charming company - they are also two of the strongest men I've ever seen on film.
I kept wondering: "What would I do? If I was them... If they were my loved ones..."
Sit down, hold someone close and watch. It just may re-shape how you see love, liberation and loss.
Customer Rating:
Summary: What Does It All Mean?
Comment: I stumbled upon this documentary not too long ago on DVD and watched it this past weekend. It is a deeply moving story of Tom and Mark, two gay men who have been together for 22 years and are slowly dying of AIDS. Their lives are shown raw and uncensored. We see them for who they--two deeply caring and loving human beings just trying to cope, understand, and triumph in this mystery called Life. We also see how a horrible disease, such as AIDS, slowly ravages one's mind and body. But I think the most one can take from this documentary is the simple truth of Love, and, living the most of each day. You can not help but cry and realize how foolish we really all are with our materialistic obsessions of money, vainity, celebrities, and other nonsense. Interwoven with the lives of these two special men, we also see glimpses of such simple things--a walk in a garden, the inspiring beauty of a blooming flower, the sight of a humming bird in flight, the comfort found in their pet cat as Tom's mother seeks solace after seeing her son die. It is the simple and pure things in life, like Love and the beauty of Life, that matter. Thank you Tom and Mark for reminding us.
Customer Rating:
Summary: A TRUE life lesson
Comment: One night I was up late flipping through stations when I found this playing on the Sundance channel. Like many of the reviewers before me, I was just going to watch a little until something better came on. However, after 5 minutes I couldn't take my eyes off the screen and my heart and emotions were 100% into this couple dealing with AIDS. At the end of this movie I cried as though these people were friends of mine. It touched me so much I have spent months trying to find its name. If you haven't seen it- BUY NOW! This documentary is a true life lesson for everyone- teaching the importance of living your life to the fullest, telling your loved ones how much you care for them every moment you can and for those who STILL do not believe there is such thing as true love in a ... relationship- this couple will show you a love that few people (straight or otherwise) will ever have.
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Editorial Reviews:
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Customer Rating:
Summary: Never been more moved
Comment: This movie is the astoundingly real story of one couple's life and death with AIDS. It is a raw, painful and heartbreakingly touching love story that everyone needs to see.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Life with AIDS
Comment: "Silverlake Life: The View from Here"
Life with AIDS
Amos Lassen and Cinema Pride
AIDS has been part of the subjects of gay movies for many years now. We cannot forget how the disease devastated our numbers and took beautiful people from us. There is no question that AIDS has influenced the way we act and think and even though it may no longer be a death sentence, we must not forget that there s still no cure and that we must live cautiously. Looking at "Silverlake Life" we see a period of time that was so very different than the way that we live today. It is a documentary about two men who live and die with the disease. As a film it will break your heart, it will make you laugh and it will move you.
Plain and straightforward, it is like watching a home movie. We see two men who love each other and how AIDS affects the quality of everyday lives.
Imagine, if you can, a film that has no frills, no extras, and no trained actors. This allows the film to be completely sincere. The integrity of the two men s incredible and as they are reduced to the most basic parts of their beings, we get to enter their lives and feel as if we belong there. These two men made this move so we could understand what the disease was doing.
As you meet Mark and Tom in the beginning of the film, you do so with humor. As the two begin to tell their story they touch you and you find that you are falling in love with them. Seeing the pain that these men carry is hard and it is even harder to see their death.
The documentary deals with more than AIDS---it shows many things about gay life. As it shows the love that the Tom and Mark shared for over 20 years, we see pain and pleasure and joy and empathy.
The most important thing that comes out of this movie is the impact of AIDS on the gay community. So much has happened medically and psychologically since 1993 when the film was released, that perhaps you might find it to be dated. We are not finished with AIDS yet and I d not know if we ever will be.
Looking at the relationship between Tom and Mark, we see love in what appears to be its purest form. Watching a movie about AIDS is not easy and here it is especially hard as we know the outcome before it happens. But "Silverlake" also teaches us how to care for each other in hard times and it shows life at any time reminding us that just a few steps away, there is a disease that could dispose of all of us.
The scene in which Tom sings "You Are My Sunshine" to Mark as he tells him goodbye is one that I will carry with me for the rest of my life.
I have one final thought---I realized how great it is to be alive in a world where all of us could be dead at the drop of a pin.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Sad, beautiful, damn near overwhelming...
Comment: Being your basic "guy", I can remember the documentaries I've seen that have made me cry - there are maybe half a dozen.
This one made me bawl. There's very little in the history of the moving image that can touch this treatment of love.
There's a simple, terrible trajectory here as these two men take us through the last days of their lives. They are bright and funny, charming company - they are also two of the strongest men I've ever seen on film.
I kept wondering: "What would I do? If I was them... If they were my loved ones..."
Sit down, hold someone close and watch. It just may re-shape how you see love, liberation and loss.
Customer Rating:
Summary: What Does It All Mean?
Comment: I stumbled upon this documentary not too long ago on DVD and watched it this past weekend. It is a deeply moving story of Tom and Mark, two gay men who have been together for 22 years and are slowly dying of AIDS. Their lives are shown raw and uncensored. We see them for who they--two deeply caring and loving human beings just trying to cope, understand, and triumph in this mystery called Life. We also see how a horrible disease, such as AIDS, slowly ravages one's mind and body. But I think the most one can take from this documentary is the simple truth of Love, and, living the most of each day. You can not help but cry and realize how foolish we really all are with our materialistic obsessions of money, vainity, celebrities, and other nonsense. Interwoven with the lives of these two special men, we also see glimpses of such simple things--a walk in a garden, the inspiring beauty of a blooming flower, the sight of a humming bird in flight, the comfort found in their pet cat as Tom's mother seeks solace after seeing her son die. It is the simple and pure things in life, like Love and the beauty of Life, that matter. Thank you Tom and Mark for reminding us.
Customer Rating:
Summary: A TRUE life lesson
Comment: One night I was up late flipping through stations when I found this playing on the Sundance channel. Like many of the reviewers before me, I was just going to watch a little until something better came on. However, after 5 minutes I couldn't take my eyes off the screen and my heart and emotions were 100% into this couple dealing with AIDS. At the end of this movie I cried as though these people were friends of mine. It touched me so much I have spent months trying to find its name. If you haven't seen it- BUY NOW! This documentary is a true life lesson for everyone- teaching the importance of living your life to the fullest, telling your loved ones how much you care for them every moment you can and for those who STILL do not believe there is such thing as true love in a ... relationship- this couple will show you a love that few people (straight or otherwise) will ever have.
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