The Living End

Director: Gregg Araki

1992 / 84min / 35mm

Araki’s third feature is a raw, raucous, and at times brutally violent road movie; a mischievous, outrageous comedy; a lusty love story; and a roaring, barbaric yawp of nihilistic freedom. Reckless, roving drifter Luke (mixed martial artist Mike Dytri) links up with cynical film critic Jon (Craig Gilmore), and the duo—both HIV positive, and both in kamikaze mode—hit the road to burn a scorched earth trail across the American heartland.

Part of Pioneers of Queer Cinema