The entire documentary is shot on a handheld video camera, and it is considered a seminal depiction of the early aids crisis. At the very least one will get out of this film an understanding of the devastating impact of aids. The view from here en francais, streaming gratuit, soustitres et audio dorigine. The winner of the sundance grand jury prize for documentary as well as a peabody award, peter friedman and. Originally named ivanhoe in the 1900s by a resident from scotland, it was built around what was then a city reservoir which gives the district its name. I didnt want to represent the disease too much in bpm beats per minute, because i thought it was so real in silverlake life. This landmark film documents, with guts and humor, the love and dedication of longtime companions tom.
If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see lists of open tasks and regional and topical task forces. Another friend of tom joslin and mark massi, elaine mayes recorded footage of marks decline after toms death, which is where the original version ends. At the end of the day, we want you to be 100% confident in. The view from here in the comfort of your own home. The view from here 1993 01011993 us 1h 39m user score. To improve this article, please refer to the guidelines. Silverlake life is about a couple, and one of the guys is filming his boyfriend, who is ill and dying. We collaborate with local businesses and nonprofits to create logos, websites, and graphics that help them change the world. Silverlake is a design studio rooted in the heart of downtown conway arkansas. Fine art our fine art videos are available to license. The silver lake and adjacent edendale and echo park areas were home to many early motion picture studios. The film itself was a work of love, and i believe it to be a diamond. There is a prequel to this film, made in 1976 long before they were ill, called blackstar at s. The view from here is a devastatingly raw documentation of one gay couples slow deterioration from aids in the early 1990s.
It combines a tender love story with an uncompromising look at the brutality of the disease. A searing, firstperson look at the aids crisis told through the. Moves gracefully across the last year of tom joslins life with his lover mark massi, both of whom were living with aids throughout filming. As i write this, i am thinking how much earlier this film seems to me to have been set. The film won the grand jury prize at the 1993 sundance film festival. The view from here is a profoundly moving video diary of a couple living with aids. The view from here is a 1993 documentary film by director peter friedman not the actor of the same name and tom joslin. The mack sennett studios, tom mix, disney, monogram which is now kcet talmadge abc, were located here and drew creative people to the area. Silvlake life death sehgal 1 nishant sehgal professor.
Watch our promotional video, which features our luxury lifestyle holiday cottages, with home spa treatments in this luxury private estate in dorset. Jul 20, 2017 queer porto 3 this is me program director. True lives is a new programming initiative from the producers of pov. Au man sentenced to life in prison for rape of 7yo abc news. Watch oscar, emmy, peabody and dupont awardwinning pbs documentaries on tv and online. Hamid naficy is professor of radiotelevisionfilm and the hamad bin khalifa althani professor in communication at northwestern university. The film documents, with guts and humor, the love and dedication of longtime companions tom joslin and mark massi. Too much of silverlake life, though it is a vivid display of the ravages of the disease and ends with a touching scene of the. The view from here 1993 toutes les infos sur le film complet silverlake life. This article is within the scope of wikiproject film. Silverlake life, the view from here, is an absolutely stunning movie about aids as well as about a gay love relationship. An extraordinary video diary about living with aids documenting, with guts and.
The continuing political significance of silverlake life is brought into clearer focus. I didnt want to make the same thing because you cant do more than this film, because it was real and its a very, very moving film. Winner of over 10 international awards including the prix italia and the sundance grand jury prize, silverlake life. True lives silverlake life by tom joslin and peter friedman. Tom joslin, peter friedman usa, 1993, 99 documentary a video diary of life with aids. Silver lake studios is focused on commercial productions, fine art video, features, shorts, and music and fashion videos. The view from here airs on public television stations as part of true lives, a series presented by american documentary, inc. A deeply moving portrait of two men living with and dying from aids, tom joslin and mark massis video diary was finished after their deaths by joslins former student and friend peter friedman. Its fitting that marks own life, death, and the loss of his lover are here given the sort of attention afforded toms experiences. The film documents, with guts and humor, the love and dedication of. A wonderful, underappreciated documentary about the lives of two homosexual men with aids. The view from here 1993 both having been diagnosed with aids, ucla film teacher tom joslin and his partner, mark massi, resolve to document the most intimate details of their.
Sliding across the screens we dreamt wed make our different dreams live on, i pause and feel the depth of the. Then, in 1993, i was on the sundance documentary jury and we screened silverlake life. But ive read her story so many stories now and you taught me fairy tales are forced to be tragedies to keep us from wanting to be fairies. There are scenes of life as a homosexual and life as a gay. Silverlake film featuring spa lifestyle and luxury cottages. Words and pictures, smoke and scotch, me and you, here and there, then and now, how i want to be with you still, frame by frame, hand over hand, word by word. Discovering a streaming service to buy, rent, download, or view the tom joslindirected movie via subscription. Winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film. A documentary about two gay men as they live through their last months of. The view from here is an extraordinary video diary about living with aids.
Season 6 27s winner of over 10 international awards including the prix italia and the sundance grand jury prize, silverlake life is an extraordinary video diary. Tvs longestrunning showcase of independent nonfiction film. To use this banner, please refer to the documentation. Winner of over 10 international awards, including the grand jury prize at the sundance film festival, silverlake life. She outlined their history with various circuses and her life with melvin silverlake, who was also from a circus family.
Silverlake interview conducted by tanya ducker finchum and juliana m. The view from here is the extraordinary video diary of living with aids. Msn new zealand latest news, hotmail, outlook, photos and. Sehgal 1 nishant sehgal professor mchugh english m50 section 1h karrmen crey 15 may 2012 word count. Mark massi, both of whom were living with aids throughout filming. The view from here is an autographical film which breaks many of the social taboos placed upon the depiction of dying in film by showing it as a slow, gradual death rather than the spontaneous, often violent death shown. Silverlake was born in 1946 to emma and raymond duke, a circus family. Some images are indeed really hard to take, especially when one is gay or fears about aids, and probably for any sensitive person watching it. This landmark film documents, with guts and humor, the love and dedication of longtime companions tom joslin and mark massi. Overall, silverlake life the view from here is a musthave for anyone in the lgbtq community.
Winner of the grand jury prize and the freedom of expression award at the 1993 sundance film festival, silverlake life had its national broadcast premiere on pbss pov series on june 15, 1993, and was broadcast the same night in france and germany. Joslin evidently wanted the viewer to be fully confronted with the way a life ends as a result of aids, and to watch it happen is agonising. But while exceedingly sweet in lighter moments, silverlake life also wields a gentle brutality. Shot with a handheld video camera, the film documents the final months of a relationship between two gay men tom joslin november 29, 1946 july 1, 1990 and his partner, mark massi july 21, 1948 august 6, 1991 as they both struggle to deal. The view from here pictures and movie photo gallery check out just released silverlake life. Generally speaking there are differences in demographics, price, and lifestyle to some degree.
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