The Living End: Remixed and Remastered
by Gregg Araki
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Actor: Craig Gilmore, Mike DytriDirector: Gregg Araki
Brand: REL
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD, NTSC, Original recording remastered
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 85 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2008-04-29
Audience Rating: Unrated
Studio: Strand Releasing
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Summary: 3 Stars
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 begun to live up to his early promise as a director, provides a smart commentary in which he compares THE LIVING END to a certain classic screwball comedy. (I won't spoil the surprise by saying which one -- though film buffs will probably guess the title right away.)
As for the plot, in which an HIV-positive film critic hits the road with an HIV-positive hustler, it's mostly an excuse for mindless violence, anti-Republican propagandizing and assorted beefcake shots. That said, the sex and violence in this film are not nearly as graphic as they seem, and much of what was deemed groundbreaking in 1992 barely raises an eyebrow today. Although THE LIVING END is often touted as a major work of the New Queer Cinema, even Araki seems to understand how badly his film has dated.
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Description of The Living End: Remixed and Remastered
Synopsis:Item Type: DVD Movie
Item Rating: ""NR
Street Date: 04/29/08
Wide Screen: no
Director Cut: no
Special Edition: no
Language""ENGLISH
Foreign Film: no
Subtitlesno
Dubbed: no
Full Frame: no
Re-Release: no
Packaging: ""Sleeve""
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