Silverlake Life: The View from Here (1993)

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Silverlake Life: The View from Here

ORIGINAL TITLE

Silverlake Life: The View from Here

YEAR

1993

RUNNING TIME

99 min.

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COUNTRY

DIRECTOR

Peter Friedman, Tom Joslin

SCREENWRITER

COMPOSER

Lucia Hwong

CINEMATOGRAPHER

CAST

Documentary

STUDIO/PRODUCER

Channel 4 / Zeitgeist

AWARDS

1993: Sundance: Grand Jury Prize, Freedom of Expression Award
1993: Berlin International Film Festival: Teddy Award
1993: Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards: Independent/Experimental Film and Video Award

GENRE

Documentary | AIDS

SYNOPSIS/PLOT

After he was diagnosed with AIDS, film director and one-time UCLA film professor Tom Joslin decided to closely document his and his lover Mark Massi's experiences. The film follows his day to day life as he struggles to cope with the disease and its ravages. One particularly difficult section covers the lovers' journey to New Hampshire for what turns out to have been a final Christmas celebration with Joslin's family, which has kept Massi at arms-length for the twenty two years he has been Joslin's lover. As the film progresses, it becomes clear that the only factor which has made the experience at all bearable is the love between the two men. When Joslin dies, the filming continues, showing how his corpse is handled. His friend Peter Friedman continues the documentary to include the ironic aftermath of Joslin's death, in which Massi is welcomed into his lover's family. There are no overt political statements in this documentary; it is a virtually pure record of the two men's experiences as one of them is dying.

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