It is visually vibrant (in a wonderful on-the- cheap kind of way). But its insightful fury is undercut by thrashes of immaturity. It's engaged with culture and angry at it.
The Living End (1992)
Runtime: 1 hr 32 mins
Synopsis: A picaresque tale of two HIV-positive gay men -- one a writer, the other a studly, gun-toting drifter -- who hit the road after the drifter shoots a cop. Taking "until death due us part" as their motto (literally), this pair of outlaw lovers with nothing left to lose embark on an anarchic car trip... A picaresque tale of two HIV-positive gay men -- one a writer, the other a studly, gun-toting drifter -- who hit the road after the drifter shoots a cop. Taking "until death due us part" as their motto (literally), this pair of outlaw lovers with nothing left to lose embark on an anarchic car trip across California financed with stolen credit cards and punctuated by shoot-outs and hot sex. [More]
Genre: Dramas
Starring: Craig Gilmore, Mike Dytri, Darcy Marta, Scot Goetz, Joanna Went
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Self described by its director as "my most desperate movie," this road movie about two HIV-positive runaways and imposible love in th face of death, put Gregg Araki at the forefront of indie directors.
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