ALWAYS (BUT NOT FOREVER)
Dir. Henry Jaglom, 1985
USA, 105 mins
Part of EMOTIONAL TIME: The Films of Henry Jaglom

Shot almost entirely in the house that Jaglom and Patrice Townsend once shared and featuring actual home-video footage from their wedding, Always (But Not Forever) tells the story of Judy (Townsend) who drops by her soon-to-be ex-husband David (Jaglom) to celebrate their divorce over a home-cooked meal while they finalize their divorce papers. The film unravels over the course of a July 4th weekend which re-stages their emotionally devastating breakup just a couple years after Jaglom's and Townsend's actual real-life split. Co-Starring Melissa Leo (In her very first on-screen role) and featuring incredible cameos by Bob Rafelson, Andre Gregory, and Michael Emil, Always is autobiographical filmmaking of a high order and is as emotionally complex as it is laugh out loud funny.