since there is the matter of facing death, i'd choose the wonderful "the barbarian invasions" by denys arcand
i was pondering if this or kurosawa's "ikiru" would be best... a boring bureucrat gets diagnosed w/ stomach cancer...
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but then, just for pleasure, just to go out in a blast of glory??
then i would need much laughter...
john waters's "desperate living"
or... hm...
this, the more i watch, the more i laugh