The Living End

Name: The Living End
Duration: 1 h 21 min

1hr 21m

1hr 21m
3.8/5 (20.1K)
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Luke is a gay hustler. Jon is a movie critic. Both are HIV positive. They go on a hedonistic, dangerous journey, their motto "Fuck the world". More Details »

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Movie Info & Cast

Director:

Gregg Araki

Producer:

Jon Gerrans, Marcus Hu

Runtime:

1hr 21m

Synopsis

Luke is a gay hustler. Jon is a movie critic. Both are HIV positive. They go on a hedonistic, dangerous journey, their motto "Fuck the world".

Cast

Mike Dytri
Craig Gilmore
Mark Finch
Mary Woronov
Johanna Went
Darcy Marta
Scott Goetz
Brett Vail
Nicole Dillenberg
Stephen Holman

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3.8

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3.8

Jun 28, 2020

maybe this is a reach but Luke is a gay man’s tyler durden

2.3K Likes

byrne

Jun 19, 2020

✔️ Be gay ✔️ Do crimes ✔️ Go into severe depression for two weeks when Echo and the Bunnymen break up Gregg Araki movies make me swoon. Existentialism has never been steamier, nor more seething. A blistering, essential piece of 90s New Queer Cinema. Araki

1.6K Likes

Zachary

Jun 20, 2020

i've seen god and his name is gregg araki

1.5K Likes

Otto 🥩🪽
Aug 1, 2021

“I think I’m gonna be fine, really. I just need to lay off those Joy Division records for awhile…”

1.4K Likes

emilyrugburn

Feb 13, 2016

the budget is literally negative five dollars but the story and cinematography are worth staying till the end

1.3K Likes

Chris 🍉

May 2, 2020

somehow the endings where araki doesn’t kill everyone off makes me even more suicidal than when he does

1.3K Likes

amanda :(
Jul 9, 2020

Been meaning to dive head first into Gregg Araki's work for awhile now as he is one of most important figures in LGBTQ cinema. All I really know going into this is that his work is known for being unapologetic, rebellious, and dark. This was all of that and done at such a…

1.1K Likes

Karsten

Jun 18, 2020

“I just want to go home and listen to my Smiths CDs and forget I ever met you“

1.0K Likes

jonnyross

Jun 10, 2020

be gay do crimes

998 Likes

hollie amanda

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Jennifer Facenda liked

The Living End

Gregg Araki is an underrated director

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CPops is "meh" on

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An early Brad Pitt and Tom Cruise knock off do gay Fear and loathing meets Party Monster storyline in the worst most terrible possible way. Interesting cinematic points of view and style but don’t think it ultimately worked successfully. Story was a bit unhinged

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lucy loved

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left the theater completely silent. don’t know what to say about this but it’s completely captivating. appreciated how hard it committed to the jesus and mary chain references. live fast die young leave a corpse

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alooooo loved

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“journal entry for april 13th.” i was so meant to watch this today. nonetheless gregg araki you are my god.

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Thatguy135 loved

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When I tell you this movie changed me, words can’t even begin to describe or explain.

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Vinny Cavada liked

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Easily one of Gregg Arakis best, wish I locked in more while watching it

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Ellis loved

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I need to find the Luke to my jon 💔💔💔

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Mia liked

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wild at heart but make it gay (★★★★)

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This made me rethink a lot of things

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