The Living End

1992

Action / Comedy / Crime / Drama / Mystery / Romance

19
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Certified Fresh 70% · 10 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 61% · 1K ratings
IMDb Rating 6.6/10 10 4771 4.8K

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Plot summary

Two HIV-positive young men — a semi-employed film critic and a hot hustler — tear off on a cross-country crime spree.

Director

Gregg Araki Photo
Gregg Araki

Top cast

Johanna Went Photo
Johanna Went as Fern
Craig Gilmore Photo
Craig Gilmore as Jon
Mary Woronov Photo
Mary Woronov as Daisy
Peter Lanigan Photo
Peter Lanigan as Three Stooges
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777.44 MB
956*720
English 2.0
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23.976 fps
1 hr 24 min
Seeds 5
1.41 GB
1424*1072
English 2.0
Unrated
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 24 min
Seeds 44

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by CinemaSerf 7 / 10

Anyone else remember those robotic fish that you'd

Anyone else remember those robotic fish that you'd prod and they wagged their tails? We had one that also sang Bobby Darin's "Mack the Knife"! Here, one features occasionally, but quite amusingly, in this quite provocative drama that follows a road trip taken by "Luke" (Mike Dytri) and "Jon" (Crag Gilmore). The former guy is a gay hooker who's got by on the streets using his looks and his wits whilst contracting HIV along the way. The latter man is a journalist who has managed to arrive at the same fate - though not as a result of the same s(t)eamy existence. With nothing much left to lose, the unlikely pairing embark on a fairly hedonistic journey that pitches their two completely different personalities into a series of scenarios that ultimately, well you can guess what ends up happening. It doesn't pull it's punches this. It is gritty and sleazy and honest and illustrates well just how human beings react when faced with certainty - even if it's timeline isn't so set in stone. It's a love story, an hate story - and juggles loads of attitudinal and judgemental horrors as the two men meet homophobia and violence as they begin to rely more and more on each other (whilst simultaneously winding each other up fairly spectacularly). There's a bit of sex - nothing very graphic, and loads of ripe language - but nothing here appears gratuitous. It's a plausible road trip that Greg Araki has constructed to make us think, squirm, smile and well, endure too. It won't be for everyone, but it does remind us of how, just 20-odd years ago, AIDS was still killing people and there is a definite and engaging chemistry between the two actors charged with delivering this story of a messy and frequently anachronistic existence.
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Reviewed by GayFilmViewer 8 / 10

The first great film from The New Queer Cinema

"The Living End" pretty much launched The New Queer Cinema and began a whole new era of gay indie filmmaking.

Unapologetically in your face, the tale of two HIV-positive lovers on the run is rough, edgy and totally LA punk (if you've never lived in Los Angeles, you might not appreciate the unreal quality of the city and its residents as presented here... the film is not as surreal as you think).

This film is Araki's most Godardian, but with a humor all his own.

Significantly cleaned-up, the remastered version currently on DVD is worth buying, even if you still have an older DVD/VHS copy in your collection.

The movie is a joy from start to finish.

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