1. Synopsis of The Last Lovers on Earth
The title story begins with the outrageous satirical premise that the government declares the AIDS epidemic over because all gay men are dead. That is, until two gay men are found to be still alive in Cape May, New Jersey and all hell breaks loose as the media and the public accuse the government of covering up the truth. Everyone wants to know why these two men (Seth and Kyle) didn't do what the AIDS establishment, the celebrities and the activists urged them to do. Why did they refuse to wear red ribbons and cooperate with AIDS agenda? The whole world watches the world's leading talk show host (Larry) grill them with questions. In one of the great examples of sustained irony and uncompromising satire, the answers to those questions will make your head spin and have you laughing out loud. (And many will even be cheering their courage and independent-mindedness.)
And that's only one of the three thematically intertwined stories. The second story focuses on an very unlucky, unattractive, but good-hearted gay man (Eddie) who comes to New York in the 70s and finds only disappointment in the gay community because no one will sleep with him. Only when he mysteriously develops what doctors think is "AIDS" does he receive the love and attention he craves.
The third story uses a man's obsession with clowns to explore the disturbing politics of the gay community's enthusiastic cooperation with an AIDS agenda that was ultimately against its own best interest.
In storybook fashion, this literary, intellectually stimulating film goes back and forth between all three stories which come together in the last fifteen minutes with one of the most profound and breathtaking visions of what the AIDS epidemic has been and what it could be in the future.
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