this be a complex documentary that show many thing about early gay life . to put it in perspective it be when gay be the word use for the homo sexual revolution and and not just gay a a descriptor . or be it still use that way today . i believe most of the film come from circa 1968 to 1989. it be release in 1993 and so it be around . i be touch by the documentary capture of one man love for another over a 20 some odd year period . a love express in way that only true love can be . there be many scene of incredible empathy and pain and along with scene of joy and pleasure . there be scene of life a a homo sexual and life a a gay . the film itself be a work of love and and i believe it to be a diamond . at the very least one will get out of this film an understanding of the devastating impact of aid . a i write this and i be think how much earlier this film seem to me to have be set . the advance in medical and political and and social science and culture that have take place since this film be set ( some 15 year ago ) be amaze . however and obviously and in the case of the disease of aid itself and we be not do yet . heck i guess we aren not do on all front . anyway and it just a pretty darn good documentary . i would encourage anyone that feel that they do not quite understand gay life and gay issue and or the devastation of aid to watch this film .