Ikiru

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_mLrLHDdXHI

Kurosawa's masterpiece!  I can so relate to the protagonist right now.

Also, the universe appropriately had Dr Francis Lu (a former colleague at SF General Hospital)

Show this film to our residency education seminar @ exactly the right

moment--my father had just been diagnosed with fatal cancer, that was in

July of 1994.  He died in Sept of that year.  Francis putting that film on

for our discussion---it was like it was meant for ME PERSONALLY.  I thank him

Andre