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Last Address

An elegy for a generation of New York City artists who died of AIDS

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Overview

Keith Haring, Robert Mapplethorpe, Norman René, Peter Hujar, Ethyl Eichelberger, Felix Gonzalez-Torres, Cookie Mueller, Klaus Nomi... the list of New York artists who died of AIDS over the last 30 years is countless, and the loss immeasurable. In Last Address, filmmaker Ira Sachs, who first moved to the city himself in 1984, uses images of the exteriors of the houses, apartment buildings, and lofts where these and others were living at the time of their deaths to mark the disappearance of a generation. The elegaic film is both a remembrance of that loss, as well as an evocation of the continued presence of their work in our lives and culture.

Details

Status
Released
Release date
January 15, 2010
Original language
English
Director
Ira Sachs
Cinematography
Michael Simmonds
Budget
Not recorded
Revenue
Not recorded
Last Address (2010) | Kinocult