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starring: Mike Dytri, Craig Gilmore, Mark Finch, Mary Woronov, Johanna Wentdirected by: Gregg Araki
Audience Rating: Unrated
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9786304431856
Format: Color, NTSC
ISBN: 6304431856
Label: Fox Lorber
Manufacturer: Fox Lorber
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Fox Lorber
Release Date: November 11, 1997
Running Time: 92 minutes
Sales Rank: 19976
Studio: Fox Lorber
Theatrical Release Date: August 21, 1992
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Editorial Review:
Amazon.com:
Hard-core and unsentimental, this low-budget road movie/romance between two HIV-positive gay men manages to be bizarre, bitter, and intriguing. Figuring they have nothing to lose, Craig Gilmore and Mike Dytri hit the road as fugitives, where they act out bad-boy fantasies amid provocative conversations. Director Greg Araki, who also wrote the script, does a decent job of juggling black humor and bleak rage. It's a tough movie to watch, but nihilism rarely looks this good. Araki continued his bleak look at life with later films, The Doom Generation and Nowhere, both of which pander more obviously to self-involved Gen-Xers. --Rochelle O'Gorman
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - As good as I remember it
It had been many years since I saw this film in its original theatrical release. It was as good as I remember, and the performances were compelling in a way that's gotten lost in most current gay cinema. Cinema verite for the pink screen. The tension between the two characters drives this movie along at full force and the actors due both justice. While I like Mysterious Skin a lot, and it has better production values as a later effort from Gregg Araki, The Living End still packs the most wallup in ... Read More
Rating:  - Remixed, remastered, rehashed
This tiresome exercise in sexual and political button-pushing from gay arthouse director Gregg Araki is guaranteed to provoke renewed controversy in this tricked-out DVD release. Whether it deserves the attention is another matter.
For this "remixed and remastered" DVD, some images have been tweaked and the sound is noticeably altered. Fans may complain that all the raw edges of the original print have been filed down for a mass audience, and they'd be right. Araki, who has only recently ... Read More
Rating: - good visuals, plot might appeal to anarchists...
I love the look of this film, the brief pop culture references etc;, but I don't see why anyone who isn't pro-anarchy would want to watch this film. If you understand why anarchy is wrong, it gets pretty annoying watching people try to live that life. Vigilantism (sp?) is one thing, if you do it right like BATMAN does in BATMAN BEGINS, with respect to all mankind and not just your own emotions. Batman succeeded 'cause he didn't take any b.s. from anyone and managed to make people think the laws didn't ... Read More
Rating:  - Just wasn't that impressed
I could say that this movie shows it's age, but then again, I wasn't really a fan when it first came out. Two HIV Positive men, meet, are drawn to each other, head out on a rampage causing as much distruction as they can. At the time it was controversial due to a rape scene. The movie can lead to some interesting discussions and is probably more fun to watch with some friends than by yourself.
Rating:  - Finally on DVD
"The Living End"
Finally on DVD
Amos Lassen
One of the most acclaimed gay themed films of all time is finally available on DVD and we have Strand Releasing to thank for that. "The Living End" is not only a classic film; it is in a category of its own basically because it ushered in the new age of queer movie making. This is also the film that brought Greg Araki the place he so rightfully deserves in the canon of gay cinema.
"The Living End" is not a film for everyone ... Read More
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