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The Living End is a 1992 American comedy-drama film by Gregg Araki. Described by some critics as a "gay Thelma & Louise," the film is an early entry in the New Queer Cinema genre. The Living End was nominated for a Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival in 1992.
Aug 21, 1992 · The Living End: Directed by Gregg Araki. With Mike Dytri, Craig Gilmore, Mark Finch, Mary Woronov. Luke is a gay hustler. Jon is a movie critic. Both are HIV positive. They go on a hedonistic, dangerous journey, their motto "Fuck the world".
The Living End takes place at the tail end of decades of tolerated genocide, of purposeful inaction by a United States Government which had determined that the unchecked spread of AIDS was in its best interests as it primarily affected gay men, IV drug users, and 'The Third World'.
Brief Synopsis. After a chance meeting, two aimless young men, both HIV-positive, embark on a casual affair, then go on the lam together after one of them murders a policeman.
The Living End is a 1992 American comedy-drama film by Gregg Araki. Described by some critics as a "gay Thelma and Louise," the film is an early entry in the New Queer Cinema genre. The Living End was nominated for a Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival in 1992.
The Living End by Gregg Araki is one of the most highly acclaimed classics of “New Queer Cinema. ” Melding pop noir elements into a lovers on the run tale, the film explores the sexual and fatally romantic consequences of gay male attraction in the 90’s.
Two HIV-positive young men — a semi-employed film critic and a hot hustler — tear off on a cross-country crime spree.
