In “The Silverlake Life”
two gay men’s relationship is explored in such a way that the viewer
does not feel like they cannot watch through the beginning. The beginning is
not biased but rather shows one of them talking about the complication. One is
left wondering whether this story will take a different turn. If this is a
story about other matters other than gay rights or health concerns like AIDS.
It was essentially that, it was about two human beings and their love for one
another. Before I treated the matter with respect. I did not interfere and
neither would the topic. I just let it be. They have their life and I have
mine. Indifference is what it was. But this documentary puts the subject in a
way people could possibly relate to in the sense that when you get to know
someone you have an appreciation for them. These men were very devoted to one
another and even though it might be manifested in a way that is not to our
preference that does not mean people have the right to judge one another. One
cannot except for God. One cannot judge whether or not these men loved each
other. They were together for many years and
such devotion proves the point. It is admirable that one of them was
able to record his battle with AIDS. It is a tough thing to let the audience
into such a personal issue in a person’s life and have to live through that
daily. The audience is definitely taken to his journey until the very end. The
scene of death was a shocking one and resembled a horrific scene that is
similar to one found during the Holocaust. A man’s life can end in the most gruesome
of ways, yet he died knowing that someone loved him for who he truly was as a
person. Anyone can only hope to have that in their lives.
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