Longtime Companion

[fuzzygruf]

One of the reasons I love LJ is that someone will mention something that reminds you of something you haven't thought of in awhile. I often go from LJ to iTunes to download a song, or go on over to Amazon. Today bearbrat mention Allo! Allo!, one of my favorite Britcoms. I was pleased to find that it's now out on DVD.

The other day, bearringsd mentioned that he had watched Longtime Companion for the first time. I haven't seen this movie in at least 5 years.

I dug it out tonight. My VHS copy was still in the original shrinkwrap. The previous copy I had was taped from HBO. I ordered this copy at least 5 years ago.

This movie still brings me to tears. This time, I started crying halfway through it. Especially as the dates flashed on the screen. I made note of one date, and it was before I acquired HIV. The next date was after the fact. The scene at the end always makes me cry. This time I was sobbing. It's for that reason that I prefer to see this movie alone.

One message of the film is to live life to the fullest. That's something that has been on my mind a lot lately. One I need to hear often.

Comments

[blt4success66.livejournal.com]

I think "living life to the fullest" is a lesson we all must learn and constantly be reminded of when the "things" of the world get us down. Bills, commitments, relationships, and even ourselves get in the way of taking this life for everything its worth.

Thanks for reminding us all.

[sfmini.livejournal.com]

I love that movie, and have an old VHS copy of it as well. I agree, it's a movie to watch alone, because I too am usually sobbing by the end of it.

Another movie that gets me is the HBO film "And the Band Played On", that one gets me because it was released on HBO the same week my second partner died. Even though this movie isn't nearly as much of a tear jerker as the first, I am even more wet eyed by the end of this one for that reason.

[squalidbear.livejournal.com]

Do you have a Y chromosome, sweetie? Sounds like my mother, settling in for the afternoon with some weepie movie, a "nice pot of tea" and a box of kleenex.

Love you anyway.

[excessor.livejournal.com]

I've never seen Longtime Companion because I know I'll end up a big ol' mess. I didn't even make it twenty minutes into Philadelphia and that was awful.

You don't live life to the fullest? Geez, what more could you do?

[ozdachs.livejournal.com]

What excessor said re: living life.

Reading about the different things you do exhausts me.

[orange-groves.livejournal.com]

Forgive me, I just can't watch that movie.

But an actor in it used to be on ALL MY CHILDREN.

[spaceybear.livejournal.com]

Yes, live life to its fullest. As Auntie Mame would say ... Live, live, live, and oh yes, life is a banquet.

Longtime Companion

[hardybear.livejournal.com]

It is a wonderful movie.

Some things are too powerful to face all the time. Still, it's good to bring them out once in a while and be reminded.

Better to cry over real grief than to pretend it isn't there. Facing what's real makes it possible to enjoy what's left--which is a lot.

I should watch that movie again myself...