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Thank you for this film and your perspective. It‘s very moving. Best regards from zurich 💜

wonderfull film. thanks for making it accesible here🫶

Love this! Roy was a total musical entertainer. Light hearted, virtuosic and supremely confident. Then he topped off his career by being a great teacher. Truly a life well lived!

Rip Tom and Mark😢you guys didn't deserve this at all

Were they not monogamous? How did HIV enter their lives?

Wow This man was a fighter.

Any chance of a restauration in HD (or even 4K)?

This disease literally sucked the life right out of its victims & for those who wanted to keep their sexuality & status a secret, the outward/visible symptoms (ks/wasting/etc) of aids pretty much made that impossible. There obviously isn't/wasn't anything about this disease that's good,but if you had to find at least one thing that could be seen as such,it was the fact that symptoms didn't appear for 10 years in a large percentage of its victims,which could be seen as both fortunate or unfortunate. Fortunate = you didn't have any symptoms to make your life miserable Unfortunate = you weren't even aware you were carrying a deadly disease around so you were infecting others unintentionally. 1:08:40 😮 1:08:40

I watched this in the early days of a relationship with a beautiful woman who I’m still with and still love. I hope we can go out to heaven the way these two souls have.

Is Blackstar available to watch anywhere?

I guess the lesson here is to date women and stay away from any sort of homosexuality because this is what it leads to.

He was such a sweet man, with a great sense of humour. RIP Mark.

Looks worse than Holocaust, what an awful disease. Heartbreaking

Had to revisit this film. Hope everyone’s doing well these days!

Thank you mr Friedman for giving us the opportunity to see this naked and raw documentary again.

Thank you Tom, Mark and Peter. ❤

Their love is so heart warming. Currently balling at the clips from when they were in love pre-aids 😭

thank you for sharing. I can see that Mark tried to stay mostly positive through the whole disease...the image of him dancing to Johnny Clegg sticks with me

How brave of Mark and Tom to do this ❤

I always wondered who helped take care of Mark?!? :(

Very hard watch. Rip to both. Is Blackstar available to watch?

Are chrysler Slant 6 engines really as reliable as they say?

Kinda ironic how Mark said "I don't think so dear,not when the msg comes before the chicken".He was weeks/days away from dying,yet he was still worried about the things he was eating.

Bless Tom and Mark - I am glad Mark tried to keep optimistic in his last months. Two beautiful souls and I hope whatever happens after this life they are still together somewhere. ⚘️

Despite the horrible disease, and their declining health Tom and Mark continued to love and support each other. RIP to two wonderful men, and all those who died of Aids. Also sending strength to those living with HIV. ⚘️

Even for people that wanted to keep their sexuality a secret during the early days of aids,this disease wouldn't allow that.Kaposi and the excessive weight loss this community got stricken with was a physical marker that victims couldn't avoid.Except for one video I've seen where one guys face and neck were covered completely by one massive KS lesion,Mark is the next worse case of KS I've seen. These two guys were brave to have allowed all of us outsiders into their lives to watch them from the very beginning of this part of their lives to the end of it.Their upbeat spirit (especially Mark) said alot about their character,strength & bravery that they remained high spirited up to the end regardless of their pain & suffering & the stigma from the outside world that was judgemental,prejudice and at times down right cruel.May a day soon come where the medical community finds a cure for the millions that have to live with this every single day. May Tom and Mark RIP.

Cool upload!!

That must’ve been so shocking, scary and sad to witness in a store?! I’ve never seen a person with AIDS or AIDS related symptoms and infections, such as KS, what Mark had here. But in the 80’s and 90’s it was probably not uncommon to see gay men with AIDS presenting those symptoms. Still it must’ve been shocking to see, very, very sad…

This man is great at string instruments. 🙂

I would exchange every bug chaser and giver to have had these men survive long enough to have benefitted from the meds we have today for it. R.I.P Chaps ❤️

So brave We miss these great souls

Amazing. He was the pioneer of guitar in America. He was doing it before all my guitar heroes in the 40's, 50's, 60's, and 70's. He paved the way and was so talented.

Roy was always stopping to make sure and point out to all the other listeners in the room, to listen to the instrument being played at it's very highest level..........Which he's playing at the time.....while in the middle of the piece....AND without creating a single flaw in the melody, or rhythm.

Tom, Mark je vous aime❤

6:40 1926 .... $1250 ... That's nearly $20,000 in todays dollars... WOW...

Very, very difficult to watch...... 😢

Just found the epilogue for the first time. So grateful to have some sense of closure for Mark. Though he never knew me, I’ve had the pleasure of knowing him.

Thank you for creating this. That’s all I have to say. Shocking and heartbreaking for sure but extremely important

He died a year after Tom died...if you know silver lake life.

You really have to think that if Aids was killing straight people it would have been cured in a few years. The insane amount of time it took to just create medication to make it a chronic disease is disgraceful.

Im from Romania tanks you Peter !! RIP Tom & Mark ❤😪😪

Especially loved the part where Mark spoke of being visited by Tom after he had passed over. Reminds me that this life is only temporary, and that energy is never destroyed, it just changes form. Tom stayed with him and right next to him, but minus the physical pain and suffering. A harrowing documentary, but also heartwarming as it captures the resiliance of the human spirit, and its determination to survive and embrace all things, against the odds.

Roy was my Guitar Teacher in the nineteen sixties. He was a kind Man and gave me a True Love for music, I then followed his suggestion that if I applied myself to reading music that my knowledge would give me the ability to play anything I wanted not only on the guitar but all instruments I would eventually play. Roy and wife were very kind people to me. What a Great gift in my Life to know them.

Ive watched SilverLake Life so many times.....to see Mark .....is just as heartbreaking! This is the most moving documentary Ive ever seen ❤ They have to be extremely proud of how the film turned out!

Thank you so much for sharing this. I have watched the profoundly moving documentary a few times over the years and never have forgotten Tom and Mark. The film was so personal, so incredible in many ways and it really touches you the love and commitment these two beautiful men had for each other. Mark seemed so strong and still showed his sense of humour in dark moments. What amazing men they were, you felt like they were dear old friends. I wish I had known them personally. There is an amazing comfort in knowing they had such amazing people/friends who helped them to complete their work/story. Sad to hear that Paul also died. Everyone who was involved in putting this film together were some of the best people you could ask for in this world. Such kindness, respect and love shone through. I think this is one of the most beautiful and important pieces of film ever to have been made and has certainly made a difference in my life not only as an education about the horrendous journey of AIDS but it really opened my eyes and heart to know that such beauty and kindness amongst the darkness existed then as it does now. My heart goes out to anyone who has battled this dreadful disease and also to those who have lost a loved one. To the people who supported anyone fighting AIDS, you are heroes and you deserve the world. Love to you all & thank you again Peter for sharing this with us x

Thank you, Tom and Mark, for a deeply informative and heartfelt look into your lives. I was diagnosed in 1996 at 25 and 28 years later still kicking, although I could stand to lose several pounds and my only real health problems are congenital or age related. Knock on wood, I'm doing pretty well at 52 years old.

I have see the movie docu .was so sad but beautiful Rip ❤️🙏🏼

This is realy a masterpiece! Many thanks for this great documentary!!

Hi Peter! First off, excellent work!! *Chefs kiss* ❤ there's something I've been wondering...Tom stated he got tested first and came out positive and then Mark did too, did they know who Infected who? Maybe this was something that wouldn't make a difference given the love they had for each other but that's something that I've been wondering, do u happen to know? Ty, blessings!! ☺️ xoxo,

I think about this documentary at least once a month since it was uploaded. I want you to know that this documentary has profoundly impacted the way I view my life and how I choose to continue living it. I don't think I realized how much I wanted to live until I also saw how much I had to lose. I wish Tom and Mark were here, even if it meant never knowing their story in the first place. Thank you for finishing this piece.