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The Last Lovers on Earth

Gerry Slattery , Robert Hines , Michael Cimpher and Charles Ortleb  |  Unrated |  DVD
2.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)

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  • Actors: Gerry Slattery, Robert Hines, Daren Kersey, Noah Withington, Jonathan Barron
  • Directors: Michael Cimpher and Charles Ortleb
  • Writers: Charles Ortleb
  • Producers: Michael Cimpher and Rubicon Media
  • Format: NTSC
  • Language: English
  • Region: All Regions
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Rated: Unrated
  • Studio: CustomFlix
  • DVD Release Date: December 22, 2006
  • Average Customer Review: 2.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B000ESWY6G
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #493,113 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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This bold, uncompromising film is based on one of the best collections of gay fiction in our time. In the tradition of the great underground films, "The Last Lovers on Earth" uses humor and satire to speak truth to power. The film presents three hilarious and outrageous stories about gay characters trapped in one of the worst medical and political catastrophes of our times. The stories focus on a gay man who nobody would love until he got very sick, an AIDS activist who turned AIDS into a deadly three-ring circus, and a gay couple who survive the AIDS epidemic by not following the directions of the AIDS activists and the gay leaders.

"On the cusp between humor and terror, The Last Lovers on Earth brings to fruition the techniques of underground films, Brechtian drama, and the Theater of the Ridiculous. There are three stories (or parables) told in rotation. Each makes an incisive point, and the film as a whole makes one huge point -- a simple message, which few gay men have dared to apprehend. Every element of the film is first-rate: the words of poet Charles Ortleb, the acting, the direction, the original illustrations, the music, and the editing."
--John Lauritsen, Author of "The AIDS War"

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars The Filmmakers Respond, September 27, 2007
Length:: 9:00 Mins

The only way we can defend our film against political attacks that overlook the humor and satire of our no-budget film is to show a little of it. Here it is, a preview of one of the nine-minute segments of "The Last Lovers on Earth." One of the great experiences of our lives was a screening of this film in Boston at which a very diverse audience laughed throughout the film. It was very gratifying. It was thrilling to hear their compliments after the movie was over. It is incredibly satisfying when people understand what you're trying to say. We hope you find it as enjoyable and provocative as they did. --The filmmakers
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars What in the world?, July 6, 2007
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Nic Brodeur (Seattle, WA USA) - See all my reviews
Can anyone tell me what "The Last Lovers on Earth" intends to say? It touts itself as a film that "finally dares to tell the truth." Well, that long-awaited truth still eludes me.

Is it that gay leaders have done a terrible disservice to gays by acting like clowns? Can you avoid AIDS by not participating in AIDS protests? Is the scientific community out to kill every last gay?

I'm probably suffering from a lack of information here. Knowing how political the AIDS epidemic became--and remains--I may not know enough of the background to understand the film's self-proclaimed "humor and satire."
"The Last Lovers on Earth" presents itself as iconoclastic. But like so many things with iconoclastic intent, it manages only to be recondite, at least for me.

I guess I'm one writer who doesn't get this particular "writer's film."
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1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars Better choices are available, November 16, 2007
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I really didn't care for it. It was a series of 3 intertwined stories. I was really hoping for a GLBT movie, not a woe is me in the era of drugs and wild sex. I didn't watch more then about the first 20 minutes. I was very bored and gave up on it.
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