Comments on: name an art house movie about two gay HIV positive blokes

Question: name an art house movie about two gay HIV positive blokes

pompomtom — Thu, 30 Dec 2004 15:36:32 -0800

YetAnotherHalf-RememberedMovieFilter. So I saw this film, probably in 1992. It was an American, art-house dealie, with two gay HIV positive blokes, who meet, hook up, and drive across the US. [You'll never guess where I put the more]

One of the guys is angry, nihilistic and carries a gun. The other is very SNAG and involved with community support groups and so on. There's a bit where the SNAG type gets bashed by a bunch of homophobes, and then gun-guy goes mental, shoots some people, and they drive off into a dystopian doomed sunset, sort of. Or possibly the gun guy gets bashed, does some shooting, and car-jacks the SNAG one.

So, did I just make this all up, or does such a film really exist? (sorry, I have trouble enough with Hollywood-type actors, I've no idea who was in this)

By: You Should See the Other Guy

You Should See the Other Guy — Thu, 30 Dec 2004 15:37:48 -0800

That would be Greg Araki's The Living End.

By: pompomtom

pompomtom — Thu, 30 Dec 2004 15:43:07 -0800

Nice one.

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By: scarabic

scarabic — Thu, 30 Dec 2004 16:38:23 -0800

I recall it was reviewed as the Gay Thelma & Louise, which I'm sure the filmmakers were just pleased as punch about.

By: abcde

abcde — Thu, 30 Dec 2004 17:54:42 -0800

Nice, under one minute, has anyone been keeping records? ;)

By: pompomtom

pompomtom — Thu, 30 Dec 2004 18:17:08 -0800

Nice, under one minute, has anyone been keeping records? ;)

Under a minute, for a question that's been bugging me for about five years.

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By: WolfDaddy

WolfDaddy — Thu, 30 Dec 2004 18:27:15 -0800

I recall it as the gay T&L myself, but I remember more one of the characters always getting obsence phone calls from (what sounded like, iirc) old men, which was something that plagued me in my youth. I haven't seen the movie in 10 years, maybe I should again. [/tangent]

By: ChrisTN

ChrisTN — Thu, 30 Dec 2004 19:09:05 -0800

"SNAG"?

By: mojohand

mojohand — Thu, 30 Dec 2004 19:57:03 -0800

I wondered myself. Urban Dictionary offers up Sensitive New Age Guy. I can't guarantee that's right, of course.

By: lodurr

lodurr — Thu, 30 Dec 2004 19:59:30 -0800

Who likes re-pe-ti-tious music?
(Sensitive New Age Males)
Who likes re-pe-ti-tious music?
(Sensitive New Age Males)"

By: ChrisTN

ChrisTN — Thu, 30 Dec 2004 20:39:45 -0800

Ah, thanks. Never heard that one before.

By: pompomtom

pompomtom — Fri, 31 Dec 2004 02:03:09 -0800

Yeah, sensitive new age guy is what I meant.

By: mojohand

mojohand — Fri, 31 Dec 2004 10:30:32 -0800

[derail] Actually, lodurr, in the Christine Lavin song, it's also Sensitive New Age Guys. If you know the song, my favorite line is always "we're sensitive, but not that sensitive!" but I suppose you had to be there. [/derail]