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Budget. $22,769. Box office. $692,585 [ 2 ] 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 is a 1992 film directed by Gregg Araki, centered on two HIV-positive men, Jon and Luke, who embark on a dangerous and liberating road trip across the United States. As they challenge societal norms and confront their own fears, the film explores themes of alienation, survival, and defiance against a backdrop of the AIDS crisis in early 90s America.
On its release in the early 1990s, “The Living end” became one of the key films of the New Queer Cinema movement. Refuting both the conservatism of contemporary Hollywood and the increasingly bourgeois codes of “positive stereotyping” found in much of gay and lesbian cinema, Gregg Araki’s film celebrates and explores the sexual outlaws at the margins of Western gay life.
Jul 21, 2024 · The Living End follows two HIV-positive men, Luke and Jon, who embark on a nihilistic road trip after Luke kills a police officer. As they navigate their uncertain future, the film delves into ...
The Living End recalled the agitprop of Godard's films; it was like a torch passed from 60s Marxist cinema. Coming after too many years of watching gay men and women as victims on the silver screen, The Living End was both a bolt of lightning and a breath of fresh air. Though sometimes amateurish, and at times featuring less-than thespian ...
2022: Movie #24 Watched January 21st On the Criterion Channel IMDB Director: Gregg Araki Writer: Gregg Araki TSPDT: 6175 85 minutes. Id and super-ego…
Jan 11, 2023 · January 11, 2023 4:19pm. Story Arc. Bill Nighy in SPC's 'Living'Sony Pictures Classics. Editors note: Deadline’s Read the Screenplay series debuts and celebrates the scripts of films that will ...
