Synopsis
Disturbed by being diagnosed with HIV positive, Jon tries to be honest with Luke, a stranger he ran into accidentally, before having an 'affair', only to receive "Welcome to the club, partner." Both men are destined as outsiders with their identity socially unacceptable and death lying ahead. Being one of the monumental cinemas in the 'New Queer Cinema' line, Gregg ARAKI's Living End: Remixed and Remastered follows the footsteps of 'the victimes of sexual revolution (Accrding to Luke),' their frustration, rage, and resistance in a romantic sensibility without failing to draw out humor and energy all along.
The movie may be called the queer version of Pierrot le fou (considering ARAKI was influenced by Jean-Luc GODARD), where it now joins the open joureny of thwo spirits, nothing to lose and completely released. The journey is their defiance against existing system. If this movie stirs up your emotion, it may be due to its ingenuous approach to love. the 'crazy' love 'until death do us apart' is depicted beautifully on the desert in the end (HONG Sung Nam)