When I was working in a hospital in the 90s I had a patient with AIDS. 20 years old, gay, dying, and disowned by his family. No loved ones, friends, nobody ever visited him. He was a sweet kid and some of my fellow staff, who knew better than to be scared of this disease, didn't want to be the ones assigned to him, so I requested his room when I worked even if it wasn't in my group of patients for the day. Did that for a few weeks. Came in one morning and he was gone. Died in the night, alone, probably scared. Broke my heart.
That’s absolutely heartbreaking. I got my nursing license in 2003 and have been active on a nursing forum, and others who were nurses in the mid ‘80s told very similar stories
@@OctoKrool some film I have seen of Antonio B. before Hollywood, showed me he is familiar with closeness with a man, nude passionate closeness. The struggle of a young man wanting to be in film, I would chock it up to.
Thank you so much for reacting to this movie. I was diagnosed HIV/AIDS in 1987, six years before this movie and it was so true to life it was hard to watch and even now it is a walk down memory lane and the dark days of the pandemic. Bring diagnosed in 1987 (before any medications), the stigma against those with this disease was huge and was actively encouraged by the government. I was subjected to this stigma myself, was fired from several jobs, disowned by my family and subjected to harassment and even a beating that nearly cost me my life. I lost 267 of my friends to this disease and it is rare to find those who even remember those dark days of the HIV pandemic or who can even contemplate the way society treated those of us who had this disease. This movie is so very special to me and its always a blessing to find a reaction channel willing to tackle the movie. 35 years and counting with this illness, diagnosed on Feb 27th, 1987 and given two years to live at the age of 21....Even now, I have nightmares of those days...
I’m still here with you Brian. I didn’t know anyone who lived past 30 so I assumed I wouldn’t either. I was on my death bed when the combination therapy came out. My partner died 3 months before. Somehow I survived and he died. I’ll be 60 soon. Can you imagine! My body healed but the anger at how we were treated has not. Even now this movie is just a little too close to home.
@@fxbear it is the first movie that truly humanized us as people with an illness instead of a social pariah. I am 57 almost (september birthday), and February is a particularly hard month as it is the anniversary of my diagnosis and a month of remembering all the people, names and faces, that did not survive. How I survived while other, better people did not, is still a mystery to me and while I deal with the survivor's guilt from time to time, I figure if nothing else, I am alive so I can keep their memory alive. As long as there are those who can remember us/them, even as faint impressions and images caught on a picture kept in a dusty photo album, then they are never truly gone. Its amazing how much time has gone since those days, 35 years and yet it sometimes feels as if it were yesterday.
I was an RN in the dark days. HIV patients were treated in infectious disease wards using barrier nursing, like they had the plague. It was mostly show so that people who did not know felt protected. It just takes glasses, mask and gloves ONLY when handling body fluids. So misunderstood. It was so hard to see the boys you got to know well leave us - almost none had a bad attitude, no railing against society. They were almost always loving gentleman who often only had staff for human contact because they were disowned by family and lost too many friends and partners. Keep safe with this new scourge that will threaten your immune system Brian ♥
As a gay man, having lived through the plague while seeing friends die, refused jobs and watching their bodies thrown out like trash by hospitals (Literally in garbage bags), I can tell you both that this film was tame compared to the reality of what it was like for my people. That said, given when it was made, it was a glorious fuck you to heteronormative supremacy at a time when our lives were deemed disposable by politicians and religion. Hanks, Banderas and Washington chewed up the screen and it was glorious.
GRID definitely thinned their numbers. It was a valuable lesson in lifestyle choices and how those decisions ultimately decimated an underground culture. Though PC pushes have tried to normalize it, I always come back to movies like this and see how so much of harm from this virus was self--inflicted.
@@whatareyoulookingat908 That attitude not only killed millions of gay people who didn't deserve it, it killed millions of straight people who got AIDS (because it's transmissible through other things besides gay sex, including drug use and straight sex), got lumped in with the gays, and got disposed of and ignored by society just the same. Also I guarantee anyone who focuses on judging others' "personal choices" above all else gives themselves TONS of personal exemptions to their own rules, and are hypocrites. Being gay is not a choice, but clinging to misinformation and using it to judge others IS, and that is the choice you are making, which you deserve judgment for based on your own ideology. Checkmate.
@@whatareyoulookingat908 Gay marriage is legal and support for it is at an all time high. Nearly every corporation breaks out the rainbow flags and gear every June now. HIV medication has advanced so much that people with HIV/AIDS can live an average lifetime (or more) and even prevent them from passing on the virus to their sexual partners. PREP prevents HIV negative people from contracting the virus. And here you are. This is where you are in this short life. I'm not angry at you. I pity you.
@@whatareyoulookingat908 Excuse me, WHAT? "Life-style choices"? "Self-inflicted"? You understand heterosexuals caught it from each other through ordinary vanilla sex? That eventually it crossed the barrier into utero & babies were born with it? That people got it from blood donations given during medical procedures? It was a disease that was caused by a virus. And at first people didn't know what caused it, just like Andy in "Philadelphia". By the time people figured it out, it was everywhere. "Life-style choices"? No one "chooses" to be gay, who to love. Go patronize someone big enough & near enough to teach you the lesson you need.
@What are you looking at? Well, that's the fucking dumbest take I've seen in a long time. Congrats.
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Tom Hanks established himself in the '80s but it wasn't until the '90s his Oscars' streak start to form up. _Philadelphia_ was his first Oscar. Like Will Smith, nobody thought at first Tom Hanks could jump from comedy to serious drama acting.
Same with Bruce Willis, until he had his opportunity in Die Hard. For me that casting was wear because I knew him from comedies like Monlighting, and Blind Date
The court scene when they ask the women how she contracted AIDS, and she had to admit that it was through a blood transfusion, and the look she gives Andy, as to say I'm so sorry they made me testify. It was a thing, that people had some small sympathy for people who got AIDS "through no fault of their own", and condemnation for gay men who "got what they deserved". It still makes my stomach churn and my blood boil today.
Do you remember that show “Designing Women?” If not it was an ensemble sitcom from I think later ‘80s through early ‘90s? about a team of interior designers that had some occasional serious storylines. One of which was HIV/AIDS. A guest character was this very self-righteous Christian woman who spouted the “this is God’s punishment on the Ho-no-sexxxual” …. Delta Burke’s character jumped up and yelled “THEN HOW COME LESBIANS GET IT LESS!??” Meaning of course that if it WAS God’s punishment, he would punish women for the same “sinful lifestyle” that the men were living- and therefore illogical.
Geesh, I just love you guys. I was in elementary school when this came out, but the hospital bed screen has always stayed with me. Tom Hanks & Denzel Washington are freaking Beasts. But no one movie makes me cry more than The Elephant Man. I cried so much seeing that movie as a kid my Mama thought I was losing it. I cried even more when I found out later that it was a true story.
My dad passed from complication of AIDS in 2001. He just got to see my first born. I'm so glad with today's science and information much less people are affected and when they are they can lead much longer and healthier lives 💛💛💛
The moment where he can't even get a hustler lawyer to take his case is one of the most powerful Hanks has ever filmed. When he walks outside after being denied by Washington's character, you can see his world crumbling. I was a kid when I saw this movie, and it made me cry. The attitudes towards AIDS and gay people in general by people in power caused a lot of death and suffering. Harder for younger people today to understand, but you guys got it.
I was just coming here to comment on that moment, as well. The look of despair in his face, not knowing what to do next, was so incredibly powerful. I recall seeing that in the theater, leaning over to my friend and telling her to remember that moment. When the movie ended, we both agreed Hanks was going to be nominated (and probably win) for an Oscar.
The title of the movie is the key to what this film is all about. 'Philadelphia' literally means 'city of brotherly love'. The case was basically about homophobia, which was worse back then. Losing the case file was a cover for AIDS fear which in turn was a cover for discrimination against homosexuals. And that moment in the library when Denzel's character receives that long slow disapproving judgey look from the guy walking by: that was (racial) discrimination, which Denzel's character then recognized in Andy being pushed to segregate himself in a research room. Discrimination may be rationalized, but it has a distinct stink that anybody can perceive. I have to commend you fellows for your humanity. It appears to be a cultural shift I am heartened to see, because your reaction to the medical side of AIDS was a balanced nonchalant 'They didn't know that much about AIDS back then'. Yes, there was a lot of fear and stupidity...and this was the first instance I've seen of people 'getting it', of understanding the medical reality of the facts. THANK YOU! But the law firm's partners weren't upset that Andy had AIDS so much as he had hid the fact he was gay. And if he had told them, absolutely he would have been dropped from their employ. I lived through that time. One friend died of AIDS on my birthday. I helped raise money for AIDS research by participating in walkathons. I remember the AIDS Quilt. I remember Ryan White, a child who got AIDS from a blood transfusion for his hemophilia; his family was run out of their nice suburban neighborhood by bigots before being welcomed by a better neighborhood. It was a time when you had to closet to survive or you'd lose employment, have trouble getting credit, or simply being accepted in general society. It was an awful time. I recall a lot of deaths of good people, creative and kind people. And the hatred. Pres Reagan wouldn't address the issue, wouldn't even say the word 'AIDS', much less do anything to help the matter. It was a different time. Yes; a great movie, well-done by talented people. And now reviewed by a great pair of men; thank you. For what it's worth, you got me to subscribe because of this.
All of this. I just want to add that President Reagan also refused to write a letter for Rock Hudson, a man who had been a close friend until he found out he was gay and had AIDS, to help him get into test trials for an experimental treatment in France (he needed the letter because he wasn’t French).
Thank you fellow Chris, I commend you on doing what you could to raise money for AIDS and I respect it a ton. It's a shame what being uneducated and not willing to learn can lead to such unnecessary hatred amongst people.
@@OctoKrool Chris the next movie you and Curtis should watch is a HBO movie called AND THE BAND PLAYED ON came out in 1993. Its a good follow up film to watch after watching Philadelphia.
I think the whole thing with the mother is her being heartbroken that her child is sick. In the beginning with the phone call you can see her being choked up when he asked her how she was because it's a kick in the heart to have someone you know is terminally sick want to make sure you're okay. In the home movie she was watching him going around being in high spirits and happy with everyone but he's still sick, and now he's got this lawsuit and people saying awful things about him. Cause she did say, "go out there and fight for your rights, I didn't raise my kids to sit in the back of the bus". She's a parent and that's her baby, even if he is a full grown man.
Caring for someone you love and day by day seeing their deterioration is difficult, you take your 10min to cry, but then you go right back with a smile to assure them they are not alone.
The early days of AIDS were dark and full of death and ignorance and most of us gen Xers know people who died of it. A friend of mine from high school died of it when she was only 22, having gotten it from the first guy she slept with. So tragic. And your comments about being with someone who is dying are spot on. I took intimate care of my bf before he died almost a year ago now. Watching the hospital scene broke me this time. I'm glad you watched this movie rather than Boondock Saints (which I voted for), although I'm still hoping to see your reaction to it. Peace, guys!
I'm sorry to hear about your bf and your friend from high school, that intimate care is something incredibly tough and I commend anyone who has the strength to do it. I really liked this movie and I can say that Boondock Saints will definitely be coming at some point, I want to do that movie so badly lol. Thank you for being a supporting us and voting; we appreciate it. :)
Great choice. It was an excellent movie. It was 13 years after AIDS first appeared in the US. We have come along way. Now it is considered a chronic illness with normal lifespan if caught early and given meds. Life span was six months in the 80’s before meds became available. Also what people didn’t realize, we were more of a danger to people with AIDS then they were to other people. They were more susceptible to getting sick from other people. Also, Andy already knew he had HIV when they movie started. That is what he was talking to his mother about his blood work.
The director Jonathan Demme his trademark was actors looking directly into the camera. It's called "subjective camera,” a technique in which a film shows exactly what is in the actor's point of view, often followed or prefaced by the actor looking directly into the lens. He also directed The Silence of The Lambs.
"You feel worse, you cry less"... what a quote and feels so true so far. I just lost my dad on January 26th. He was everything. I'm sorry for your loss too.
The opera scene, where Joe finally sees Andy as a fellow human and not one of "them." And Denzel Washington does it all with his eyes and his face. Hanks, Washington, and Banderas were superb. I still can't hear Springsteen sing "Streets of Philadelphia" without dissolving into tears.
You guys realize that Tom Hanks is boyfriend Miguel is the great Zorro opposite Anthony Hopkins and if you'll take a close look most of the actors in Silence of the Lambs are playing Parts in this movie including the judge
Tom Hanks deserved the Oscar for this. Denzel was just as good. It's a beautiful movie that asks a lot of soul-searching questions about humanity. It's stayed with me since I saw it in '93.
Having lost the most important person in my life, my beloved grandmother, who raised me as her son, I understand the pain and persistent grief that you feel. After one year, I can say that though the pain never truly vanishes, those waves of grief that used to crash over me now just wash over me every so often. It does get better over time. But, you will never fully get over the loss of the ones you truly love and who loved you.
You could not have said it better and it's the same for me man, we both had a very good relationship with our grandmother and lived with her for many years; even though it's been 6 years there are those days where it just hits you that you miss them. R.I.P to your grandmother, with how how much love you put into how you talk about her I can tell she was amazing.
This was Antonio Banderas' first American film role, and he barely spoke a word of English. He learned his lines phonetically, and really didn't know what he was saying.
Those of us who lived through the era that AIDS was called "the gay cancer" by politicians and the media, and comedians joked about the deaths... in at least one way, the world has become a little more accepting...
This was an amazing movie and your reaction was so heartfelt. Seeing Curtis breakdown got me... Tom Hanks and Denzel Washington were on top of their game!
PPPPAAAALEASE - denzel did a real stinker with carbon copy - the forgettable Power the even more forgettable Ricochet - the incredible stupid Virtuosity / Tom Hanks has made plenty of bad movies starting with Bachelor Party, The Man With One Red Shoe, Volunteers, The Money Pit, Dragnet, Joe Versus the Volcano and the Bonfire of the vanities ---- although good they are not perfect
A very powerful reaction. Thank you for sharing this. The thing that I find most interesting, was the homosexuality aspect. When this movie came out in 1993, this was long before there was so much LGBTQIA+ representation in media (though it's still not enough even now), I remember going to the theater to see it, and I can't tell you how many people in the theater at the time, got up and walked out, not when they realized that it was a movie about a character with AIDs, but when they realized it was a story about a gay man. I am not kidding, there were even people (men) I overheard saying things to the effect of, 'I'm not watching a movie about gays'. I even invited a male friend to come and see it, because I felt the story was so important, and he refused to stay and watch it. When we spoke about it afterwards, it was very much that homophobic reaction/trope 'People will think I'm gay, because I'm watching this 'gay movie'.' Not at all enlightened times. And incredibly disheartening.
I am so glad you reacted to this film. Philadelphia was one of my favorite movies. People can be so narrow minded and prejudice it makes me sick. Andy was treated horribly for no good reason. He was a kind man and an excellent lawyer. He did not deserve to be sabatoged and fired. Or to be treated the way he was.
Tak Fujimoto was the cinematographer on this one, he also did cinematography for Silence of the Lambs; another Jonathan Demme film. In fact, he and Demme worked together for nearly 30 years. They made a great team
Been their with my Mom 6 yrs ago and I can relate to every hospital scene where loved ones have to say good bye. This movie is in my top 10 of all times and the Neil Young song "Philadelphia" played at the end and Bruce Springsteen song "Streets Of Philadelphia" from the sound tract are amazing.
Tom Hanks delivered a powerful performance in Philadelphia. At the time Tom Hanks had only made comedy movies. So this was Tom Hanks first dramatic role. His performance in Philadelphia was a game changer. He won his first Oscar for Best Actor for his role. And then he won his second Best Actor Oscar the next year too for his performance in Forrest Gump. These 2 films changed Tom Hanks life as an actor.
Thank you for reacting to this. Definitely react to some more Denzel Washington films. Malcom X, Remember The Titans, Mo' Better Blues, Antwone Fisher, The Hurricane, American Gangster and John Q, I'd recommend the most 👌
This movie ❤️ 😢 when I was young I cried, but I cried... It was the first time I cried watching a movie, Tom Hanks + Denzel Washington = very touching duo👌 I love this actors 🙌 🙌 ❤️ they can play everything 👏👏👏
This movie gets to me every single time. I have had 3 uncles die from AIDS, 2 within a week from each other. I still carry it with me until this day because seeing them in the end was extremely hard.
When this movie came out, I was in college in Gorham, Maine. I hadn’t come out to anyone. It was shown in the campus theater, and I avoided showing others how much I loved the film. That was because I was in the closet. I knew that if I showed much emotion toward it, I would be showing that I was gay. This movie helped me through my entire coming out experience. It’s a masterpiece.
The normal heart was way sadder than this. Also, my mother passed from cancer the weekend after Thanksgiving in 2008 so I can relate to what Curtis and Chris r saying.
You guys are the first reactors I’ve seen do this film; I hope more reactors follow suit. An absolute powerhouse of a film. IMO Tom Hanks’ best performance.
There's a line Denzel Washington says I still use today "Explain it to me like I'm a two year old." Works really well.. I've been there as well, taking care of someone who is slowly dying.....you have to be there, no matter what. My mom was passing and it was an honor to be with her. We all were with her as she left this world to join my dad and brother, so it was almost a happy thing, but not really. You're right, it was so awful back then with all the NIMB attitudes, and hate crimes. A small boy Ryan White got AIDS from a blood transfusion, I think, and his family was practically run out of his neighborhood with their hate and fear. A horrible time. Thank you for reacting to this, not many, if any reactors have done it. Amazing film.
The reason why you're seeing the camera angles the way they are with shots of people's faces is because this guy directed Silence of the Lambs can't you tell it's Jonathan Demi
This is one of those movies that's hard to watch but necessary. I suggest this movie all the time to movie buffs who haven't seen it. This was an amazing and stellar performance by Tom Hanks and Denzel Washington and even Antonio Banderas. Great reaction guys!🙏🏾❤️
Another Powerful Drama Movie Based in The City I Was Born in 2 Years Before This Movie Came Out in 1993 and Tom Hanks is Fantastic Along With Denzel Washington in This Movie!
There is a movie called "The Normal Heart" that is about the AIDS epidemic from the 80s. No one knew much about it back then, so it covers the stigma that it was mainly a disease spread by homosexuals. It has Mark Ruffalo, Jim Parsons, Julia Roberts and was really good the way it covered it .. RT gave it 94 critic / 88 audience score. A lot of nominations and worth a watch.
I lost both grandparents last year (and 2 other family members).. they were my everything. You guys hit hard. And I feel you on the tears. Just cant cry anymore.
As a Mom, his mother deeply loved him, & was just trying to keep it together. Like her worry during the phone call about his blood counts. She was often trying to hold in her tears... And yes, the way things were during the 80's, it was a NIGHTMARE for AIDS patients. There were inpatients who had their meal trays left outside their doors because workers refused to go into the rooms. Some of the discrimination was horrible. There were people thrown out of their apartments, etc. And the loss was enormous. My beloved friend died in '94. The current drug cocktails that are keeping people alive now weren't available back then. This is a favorite movie of mine. I recommend you watch "The Normal Heart" with Julia Roberts & Mark Ruffalo.....that movie pretty accurately shows the state of things at that time. It's EXCELLENT!!
Living with HIV since 2007 but the fact that seeing 2 grown men still in this year don’t know how HIV a is transmitted bothers me especially having nearly died from it … and you have no idea how hard it is for parents to look at their kid as they waste away.thank you for covering this
100% the best reaction to this movie is have watched you talked openly about what you felt and showed the respect to those who are and have been dealing with HIV/AIDS deserve and for that I Thank You Both and for those who have lost family and friends I wish you peace and love and may your loved ones RIP
The camera work with the close-ups is a signature of the director Jonathan Demme, most famous for Silence of the Lambs. For a completely different change of pace from him, check out Married to the Mob.
I totally feel you guys about the difficulty of watching this film. I have had two uncles and my grandmother die of cancer and this movie definitely hits close to home, even though it revolves around a different disease.
My mother worked in a hospital pathology lab as a transcription secretary (she typed up the verbal recordings of cases from doctors) in the early '80s, and they knew NOTHING about "the plague" yet. Not even the doctors knew. Whenever they had a plague body come in, everyone refused to even go _near_ it because they literally _did not know_ how it was spreading, so they had no idea how to protect themselves. It was a scary time all around.
Thanks guys for watching this one. Your hearts are beautiful to watch. It’s such a emotional one for sure. Homophobia sucks. I experienced that to much myself back in my younger days. Times are much better.
Mind you: director Johnatan Demme did Silence of the Lambs and Philadelphia back to back, and Tom Hanks did this and Forrest Gump also back to back, all of which deserved Oscars. Good decade for movies from the USA.
The hardest day for me was being in the hospital room with my partner when my mom slipped away. That day I remember seeing the color just leave her. And it's a day that will never leave me.
My brother's partner died in 1991 and his family totally abandoned him, but the nurses thought our dad was his dad. Our dad was holding his hand when he died. My brother worked for Southwestern Bell and even in the 80s his partner was on his insurance, but my sister and her husband paid for his medication which was a couple a thousand dollars a month. BJ and my brother did drag to help raise money for a clinic in Houston because the Reagan administration was ignoring it all.
Both Hanks and Washington give some fantastic performances (This is my second favorite Washington performance behind Malcolm X and im sad he didnt get as many nods as Hanks). The way it tackled the subjects (AIDS & discrimation) still holds up to this day.
I don't know what it's like to loose someone in a hospital. But, I know the relief of not loosing someone. When I was 11, my mom got a call that my dad had been in a motorcycle accident. That day we drove several hours to the hospital where he was, and the whole time I was either crying, or I was so scared that he'd die before we got there. Luckily, he and the driver that hit him were both only going 25 mph cause it was on a windy highway, so it wasn't as bad as it could have been. I cried more when I saw him, both because of how beat up he was, and out of relief that he would be fine (for the most part).
I knew people, dear friends of mine die from this nightmare back in the 1980's. I was equally angry and heartbroken seeing this movie. Everyone was so very afraid. The treatment of people who had HIV/AIDS was and is a very tragic and shameful period in world history.
Cinematherapy commented that this movie is like vegetables. Everyone like sweets, but you have to eat your vegetables too. This movie is a must watch for the time in American history that it documents.
9:06 - If you guys want to react to something and experience frustration and anger, (because that's always a good time), find the movie, "And the Band Played On." It's a docudrama about the AIDS outbreak. 20:17 - As accepting as many have become of homosexuals today, they weren't seen as "people" back then. They were a health hazard, the punchline to a joke, the living embodiment of a slur, and quite often all of the above. This scene, performed brilliantly by two heterosexual men, humanizes a homosexual relationship, and quite a few people were forced to examine their views on what constitutes love. ("Quite a few" in not close to a majority. Gays were still mostly a blight on society.) Hanks won a Best Actor from the Academy and Bruce Springsteen for Best Original Song. But from all of the incredible performances in this movie, I feel like it was shorted.
Lol....after this movie and the acceptance speech at the awards this guys film career went "to infinity and beyond" with an unprecedented string of box office hits. Forests gump,Private Ryan Green mile, and a host of other successful movies. Just an amazing run of success for an actor. He had success before but after this movie his career went insane. I remember when he was doing TV shows.
Great movie, but boy does it touch upon some upsetting matters. It’s hard to see Hanks’ character treated so poorly sad truth that occurs in our world.
Honestly as a gay man I really appreciate the emotion you both showed to these characters regardless of their sexuality. I would love for you guys to react to "It's My Party" starring Eric Robert's (Julia's brother) and "Broken Hearts Club " for pride month when it comes around.
I totally agree with you 💯. I'm a gay man as well like everyone else who has gone through the hard times in the 80s and 90s especially losing those you loved, family as well as friends. I loss some that means so much in my life. Gone to the Aids memorial as well which I am sure you been there as well. Yet here we are years later in our lives, still living and surviving. Never forget those we lost that still means alot we carry within us to keep us strong 💪🏾 brother
Excellent movie, drama, cast and characters. If your eyes are not leaking by the end I will be surprised. My condolences to you guys for your own personal losses. Aids was identified in 1981 and then President Reagan never even spoke that word til 1985, and not mention it publicly again til 1987. Some other movies I think you would like that deal with homosexual characters in good way are Torch Song Trilogy (1988), The Wedding Banquet (1993), The Adventures of Pricilla Queen of the Desert (1994), The Boys in The Band (1970).
Great heartfelt reaction, you guys. There had been indie films about AIDS prior to this one, but I commend Hanks for taking on the role and bringing it mainstream. For fans of his comedy work in "Bachelor Party" and "Splash" and basically most of his early career, it was like watching a friend slowly pass away. I can't think of any other actor that could have that kind of effect in a similar role, since most actors don't want to die in their movies nowadays.
Thank you guys ❤️❤️ I was just 26 years old and living in LA when AIDS hit. I lost a lot of friends to this thing and this movie always stirs my heart because I miss my friends so much 👍👍
That "come down from heaven and make earth a heaven" Opera scene is the single best acting scene in movie history. Tom's speech at the Oscars is the best speech in Oscar history.
Talk about a harsh reality this movie showed. When AIDS was a death sentence. I also think they found out he was homosexual too that caused them to want to fire him.
Thanks for reacting to this beautiful film! Jonathan Demme is tied for 9th place for directors who have directed the most Oscar winning performances. This movie was his first feature film after Silence of the Lambs and he really knocked it out of the park with these two. The AIDS activist and writer/performance artist Karen Finley played Dr. Gillmore and it's funny seeing her in such a "normal" performance if you've heard her stuff like "Tales of Taboo" ("drop that ghetto blaster"). Also, thanks for your reaction videos! This is one of the few channels with such a wide range of films.
Everytime I listen to Opera think of that quote from Pretty Woman when people hear Opera for the first time they either love it or they hate it I love it
