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> > Some chose their happiest moments (the moment a woman first saw her fiancee after believing he was lost in the war)
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> That sounds meaningless, unless she could also remember the conflicting fear of his being lost. Is it just the moment's emotion she's remembering, rather than the actual memory of the event?

In the movie, the way it works, is that, once they have chosen their memories, the workers at this station put together a set and all that and they film them. So although you don't actually see that woman's taping, I would imagine that it would go from when she started walking along the bridge, having this loss. And, presumably, in the instant of seeing him, the rush of positive emotion might correspond to her earlier pain.
Then, there's a suggestion that heaven consists of watching these films. So, in watching the memory, she would remeber the necessary context. I think.

Maz"the recent birthday partty for two of my best friends. We were having such a great time, it felt like we knew everyone at the bar (and we met those we didn't know before), and most of the people I truly care about were there"er31