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Apr 4, 2024 · The real meaning of Cruising's ending lies in its challenge to the audience to confront their prejudices and assumptions, encouraging a deeper reflection on the complexities of human nature and the societal constructs that define us.
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Jul 30, 2024 · The ending of “Cruising” is intentionally ambiguous, leaving viewers with more questions than answers. In the final scenes, Steve confronts the suspected killer, only to be attacked and left unconscious.
I've only seen Cruising once but I interpreted it as the only person he killed was the last victim because he developed feelings for him and, by killing him, was trying to kill these homosexual urges that he was disturbed by.
And there is some implied evidence that by the end of the movie Pacino is moving toward a gay orientation and does not find S&M all that unspeakably out of the question.
Aug 25, 2019 · Like some of Friedkin's other work, Cruising ends on a spooky note that implies the story's not quite over. Many of his characters (To Live and Die in L.A. and The French Connection especially) are left to wrestle with their own personal demons and curses at the end. This one's no different.
Sep 3, 2019 · Franco eventually called the director during production, explained he was making a film about the missing forty minutes of Cruising, and then asked “What were the missing forty minutes of...
The movie was inspired by a real story, one of the actors in "The Exorcist" was arrested for the murder of five gay guys in the S+M scene. Friedkin asked the guy if he did it and he said he didn't know, only that he was sure of the first murder.
