I honestly think this was a meeting of two separate killers, as they both had knives on them. I have read that there was most likely more than one murderer responsible for the killings and that some of the victims may have been murderers themselves. I think there is more depth to Crusing than it has been given credit for.
Max Coller when they say the people murdered where murderers themselves they mean that they played the victim and the killer in that particular scene, kind of like how the dog attacks a person in the thing and all you see is a shadow.
Another great film by William Friedkin. I wish Richard Cox was in more movies. So handsome and charming, and with such a soothing voice, it’s always a delight to watch him perform.
The Baseball Furies showed up instead....(my friend said yeah they looked cool.....but they got their asses kicked.....Moog keyboard kicks in..)...share a couple of pases'.....
The scene in the park has the same look and lighting as THE WARRIORS, released in 1979. Sort of a telling commentary about the homoerotic nature of that film.
And both have James Remar in it, who later was in the TV show Dexter as Dexter's father, which also has homoerotic undertones in it, in the sense that its main character finds comfort and relates to two male serial killers that he forms relationships/a kinship with.
And this scene and the baseball furies chase are both shot at Riverside Park in NY, a few hundered meters from one another. (The Cruising scene at W125th St and The Warriors scene at W100th St).
@@MrOctober44 I just say europa has more provocative lgbt films before this film come aut , like Fellini s Satirikon . I , never judged Pacino acting skills .
The real murders were very likely committed by more than one killer, and the guy busted for it got a sweet deal for pleading guilty to them all. Friedkin suspects he copped to murders he did not commit, thus this is the cinematic way he chose to convey this in the film: all the murderers are connected via the "who's here, I'm here, you're here" rhyme, and Pacino himself says it when facing Stewart. Him becoming "infected" by tjis at the end is just part of how Friedkin conveys the multiple killers theory...
This is a good movie. The dark photographing looks really terrific. I'd like to get a black jacket and go out for a night walking. I'm not gay, just I like those jackets :D Pacino play great in the film. "Who's here? I'm here. We're here."
I know what you mean about the leather jacket walking at night. Would love to wear the leather jacket, Muir cap, chains etc. and just walk the streets at night. And I want to hear some jingling keys and metal bits when I walk, kind of like the modern version of walking with spurs on.
I wouldn't recommend walking late at night wearing a leather jacket like that, you might scare someone who'll call the cops or run into a tough group of mean dudes who think your looking for a fight , becareful outhere
@@houseviceroy Ha yes that's always a possibility. That's what makes it so edgy. I don't think the cops are going to come just because someone is wearing a leather jacket though. Plus it helps if you work out and are in shape, carry a knife, and are meaner than anybody else you may meet...it's all about your attitude.
the murderer is self homophobia in the end pacino kills ted because he discovers that he has fallen in love with him and can not bear that idea that the leather gay world attracts him more than he imagined
The guy pulled the knife after Burns attacked him, in self-defense, but later he ended up framed for something else. The guy is not the killer, Burns is.
@@capoislamort100 that is intriguing. One thing I noticed though, is that the killer has the same voice everytime. But the hotel killer at the start is Larry Atlas while the second killer in the bush is a different one and Larry Atlas is the victim. But they all sound the same
Great film for when it was made, but the ending was so ambiguous. Friedkin reckoned the lost 40 mins of footage created more atmosphere and mystery! The real mystery is why United Artists destroyed it OR did they?
Fred Garvin exactly!the other victims were killed by this guy ( Stuart ) he was told by his father to do it ! And Steve burns got romantic feelings for Ted just like you said.
The climax of the film is shot like metaphorical sexual climax. So much build up, tension, the anticipation, both are sweating voraciously and breathing heavily, the final violent release is just like any other sexual release bw two lovers
Pacino seems to have framed this guy as the killer or I missed something.. because Pacino sang the song of the killer there.. no one ever told him on the screen it’s what the people heard in the cinema
But there is a scene where one of the gay dude in wig tips off a cop about some witnesses hearing that rhyme "who is here, I am here" in the central park killing
@@fordhamdonnington2738 there is definitely more than one killer because the first killer is played by Larry Atlas and he also plays the dude who got killed in the central park by the guy that Pacino arrested near the end. They just used the same voice actor for the 3/4 killers to confuse us.
I always took it as there being more than one killer and some of the victims were killers themselves hence this scene where Al kills the killer but becomes a killer himself. And I think burns killed Ted in the end because burns got a taste of blood in this scene and liked it. Also the other guys watching him dance in the club was conveying that there was many predators in the leather scene.
Boy that's so fukkn Nasty I can't believe I actually saw this flick all those yrs. ago. what a slimy creep show. I wish Pacino had passed on that role he didn't need to do it. I don't care how good he was in meeting the challenge of such a greasy part. It took me a few weeks ta sort of digest the fact that he went for the plunge on tackling this film. I salute him as usual for his unique finesse but don't wish to see it ever again. yik. 🤮
@AltamontKiller Sorry, If I've said something wrong. I'm not think about what should I say in my comment. Yeah, you right, not just gay people wear those jackets. Anyway, still looks cool. BTW: I don't have nothing againsthomosexual people. So, no offense? :)
William Friedkin started off well as a big time director with "The French Connection" (1971) and the "Exorcist" (1973), but not much after that, although I also liked "To Live and Die in L.A. (1985). "Cruising" (1980) was awful.
Two minutes after this the warriors ran past being chased by the furies.
I honestly think this was a meeting of two separate killers, as they both had knives on them. I have read that there was most likely more than one murderer responsible for the killings and that some of the victims may have been murderers themselves. I think there is more depth to Crusing than it has been given credit for.
Max Coller when they say the people murdered where murderers themselves they mean that they played the victim and the killer in that particular scene, kind of like how the dog attacks a person in the thing and all you see is a shadow.
We are supposed to let are imagination on who was indeed the killer.
Totally, Al Pacino’s character totally killed his neighbor cuz he couldn’t handle his feelings for him.
Good observation about the knife.
That would makes so much more sense
Something powerful and disturbing about this film. The lighting and real NYC streets in the late 70 is edgy and so so real.
APPALLING that he portrayed leather daddies as litter bugs when they tossed their cigs on the ground. No wonder there was so much outrage.
The movie almost garnered an X rating for that very reason.
Director Friedkin just didn't know how to restrain himself.
@@jeanpaulmichell7243 right? he portrayed them as sexual deviants AND on top of all that, portrayed them as litter bugs. Wow.
LOL
@@davehoward22 Why do you need an ashtray when you are wearing cowhide leather jeans, with a hard bulge to stub your cigarettes out.
Another great film by William Friedkin. I wish Richard Cox was in more movies. So handsome and charming, and with such a soothing voice, it’s always a delight to watch him perform.
i totally agree
Dick Cox was perfect for this role.
Yeah... he could hog-tie me anytime.
Great film?
There was an interview with him in the last issue of SHOCK CINEMA magazine.
Is this scene where he pulls down his pants and says, "Say hello to my little friend"?
LOL!!!!
@@GodsUnrulyFriends are u a mom
Wtf 🤣
So WELL-parodied by the Chinese Restaurant owner in "South Park."
NO...THIS is the scene where he shouts: "ATTICA-ATTICA!"
Lol 😂
Looks a little like Vito’s hat. Those guys are just having a reaction to their blood pressure medication.
@ItsStillRealToMe DamnIt Social club? They gotta go!
@@tylerrebik7700 when they were talking about greasing the union who knew that's what they meant
I'm sure Pacino could get a note from his doctor
@@tylerrebik7700 Only if he was catchin', not pitchin'
@@dondajulah4168 i feel like I've been stabbed in the heart
I kept waiting for "The Warriors" to show up...Swan, Ajax, Cowboy...
Lmao!
Buajshahahshajajajahaaa
Technically Ajax is in this movie I guess lol
The Baseball Furies showed up instead....(my friend said yeah they looked cool.....but they got their asses kicked.....Moog keyboard kicks in..)...share a couple of pases'.....
@@patdisaster8543 What about that CHICK Gang?!?
"Then get em down, i wanna see the wold".
STONECOLD1987 yea remember the world is yours!!!!
That leather cap looks hazardously hot on Mr. Pacino.
Real vintage Colt potential.
Back when leather jackets and
smoking cigarettes were cool asf
Leather jackets are still cool! Cigarettes, however, fortunately younger people see the dangers in them more so than the social appeal.
It still is.
The scene in the park has the same look and lighting as THE WARRIORS, released in 1979. Sort of a telling commentary about the homoerotic nature of that film.
And both have James Remar in it, who later was in the TV show Dexter as Dexter's father, which also has homoerotic undertones in it, in the sense that its main character finds comfort and relates to two male serial killers that he forms relationships/a kinship with.
And this scene and the baseball furies chase are both shot at Riverside Park in NY, a few hundered meters from one another. (The Cruising scene at W125th St and The Warriors scene at W100th St).
@@moviescinema958 that's the guy who plays ajax in the warriors who funny enough was homophobic
@@yourpapa6410 But, you KNOW...one of the Warriors actors Died of AIDS. Surprising it was Only one.
@@drpoundsign yes the guy who played Rembrandt
Al Pacino is playing a 20 something year old cop when he is he in fact a 40 year old actor.
He was 39
@@mo2k638 close enough :-)
I think that was a really bad point they tried to cover up. Al is good in this, but Richard Gere made a lot more sense
@@MrOctober44 they could have the gerbel make a cameo
all very Tom of Finland love it!!!! best movie of all time!!!!!!
pacino brave to take this roll
Some European films at the time was far more provocative
@@staromjesto3336 ok. And? Pacino was questionably the biggest actor in the world at this point.
@@MrOctober44 I just say europa has more provocative lgbt films before this film come aut , like Fellini s Satirikon . I , never judged Pacino acting skills .
@@staromjesto3336 No one asked
He takes big risks when it comes to his love of bread.
Most epic showdown of all time.
Same park bench as the WARRIORS scene? arrested by woman cop?
@@zaiuszaius7308really???
Pacino.. Became obsessed. He learnt the killers routine and became the killer. He also enjoyed the gay curcuit and became gay.
What about Karen ???
@@matttlouis Or Bi Sexual.
That sounds fucking scary and weird at the same time.
It was the blood pressure medication. He could probably get a note from his doctor.
You can tell the guy that directed The Exorcist did this movie within 20 seconds of watching this clip😆
NO park in NYC would ever be that quiet, not even at 4 in the morning.
It was back in the 80s.
@@monsterpig3270 well especially then lol
This scene made it obvious that Pacino's character is the killer , the other dude pulled his knife out after pacino in self defense
The real murders were very likely committed by more than one killer, and the guy busted for it got a sweet deal for pleading guilty to them all.
Friedkin suspects he copped to murders he did not commit, thus this is the cinematic way he chose to convey this in the film: all the murderers are connected via the "who's here, I'm here, you're here" rhyme, and Pacino himself says it when facing Stewart.
Him becoming "infected" by tjis at the end is just part of how Friedkin conveys the multiple killers theory...
Well Pacino thinks the other guy is the killer. If you were meeting up with a serial killer wouldn't you bring some protection?
@@MrOctober44 Definitely wise to strap up if you're gonna get your freak on with a stranger in public...
he's not *the* killer, he's *a* killer.
Good , creepy and disturbing movie !
I'm here...your here...
Like "Looking For Mr. Goodbar" ...
This is a good movie. The dark photographing looks really terrific. I'd like to get a black jacket and go out for a night walking. I'm not gay, just I like those jackets :D Pacino play great in the film.
"Who's here? I'm here. We're here."
I know what you mean about the leather jacket walking at night. Would love to wear the leather jacket, Muir cap, chains etc. and just walk the streets at night. And I want to hear some jingling keys and metal bits when I walk, kind of like the modern version of walking with spurs on.
I wouldn't recommend walking late at night wearing a leather jacket like that, you might scare someone who'll call the cops or run into a tough group of mean dudes who think your looking for a fight , becareful outhere
@@houseviceroy Ha yes that's always a possibility. That's what makes it so edgy. I don't think the cops are going to come just because someone is wearing a leather jacket though. Plus it helps if you work out and are in shape, carry a knife, and are meaner than anybody else you may meet...it's all about your attitude.
Leather jackets on men are sexy.
I wish men would still dress like this.
@@charliesierra6919 are you gay?
the murderer is self homophobia in the end pacino kills ted because he discovers that he has fallen in love with him and can not bear that idea that the leather gay world attracts him more than he imagined
all night. alone.. out there prowling around.. dedicated..
you think this guy likes to stay home?
lmao I just watched that film
I mean, is this guy something or is he something?
@KellyGreen5555 lmao...ajax still hancuffed to the bench..swans warchief
"Don't worry Dorothy, there's nobody around."
The guy pulled the knife after Burns attacked him, in self-defense, but later he ended up framed for something else. The guy is not the killer, Burns is.
But Edelson said at the end that his prints match with one of the killers
@@zahinelahi2655 it wasn’t true, he was under pressure to find the real killer, and this was his fall guy.
@@capoislamort100 that is intriguing. One thing I noticed though, is that the killer has the same voice everytime. But the hotel killer at the start is Larry Atlas while the second killer in the bush is a different one and Larry Atlas is the victim. But they all sound the same
Party 🎉 size
Great film for when it was made, but the ending was so ambiguous.
Friedkin reckoned the lost 40 mins of footage created more atmosphere and mystery!
The real mystery is why United Artists destroyed it OR did they?
man i'd really love to get ahold of it
Homophobia...
The ratings board made them crop 40 min for R rating
Powerful scene for sure.
amazing 1:40 - 2:22 cinematography
@@charliesierra6919 TY
@YOUREAPSOW 4 if you count Pacino! I still think he killed that last victim and the look he gives us at the end when shaving...CREEPY
clintbronson5 Oh Yes He killed the neighbor Ted for sure
Why would he kill Ted? Its highly likely he did, but why??
Fred Garvin exactly!the other victims were killed by this guy ( Stuart ) he was told by his father to do it ! And Steve burns got romantic feelings for Ted just like you said.
i liked this film, i liked Richard Cox very much
@@faecal_transplant_donor dont u?
factually, James Remar aka Ajax from the Warriors , was in a very short scene in this movie
@tony 'too sweet' swann no he didn't kill ted ! It was Steve who killed him
The climax of the film is shot like metaphorical sexual climax. So much build up, tension, the anticipation, both are sweating voraciously and breathing heavily, the final violent release is just like any other sexual release bw two lovers
This film was too gritty for its time and too un-PC for later generations.
does anyone else find it kind of hot when Pacino puts on the guys police cap? Just me?
guys into leather would not take of their jackets
3:04, looks like Lou Reed!
I see it!
Most people in this movie do :D
And after all that they tell him if he confesses he'll "do 8 years, no more".
Never got the fight scene! Don't understand what happens here? Too quick without being more specific! Like if Pacino already knew or something??
uh,yeah he knew. that's why he was stalking him.
plasticweapon Cool.
The cloths that they are wearing are kinda cool. Idk why the leather stuff looks cool
Like the soundtrack to this movie
@KellyGreen5555 Ajax is at home with his boyfriend. Seriously, James Remar is in this film!
Has the 40 min of deleted footage ever been seen or exists on any DVD or alike?
i'd like to know too.. Damn 11 years later
Richard Cox is brilliant as Stuart.
brilliant direction by Mr. Friedkin captures a deviant subculture that still exists, beware of men with wide stances
Deviant subculture? That's some of my mates you're slagging off there, matey!
@Stephen Murphy unsure of yourself, Stephen?
@@jamescarr4662 Ya know, gay bashing is still very much a thing. Just putting that out there, dearie.
Al was ready for it. was cruising the killer for a week
So when Pacino starts whistling does the guy know that he is on to him?
No, he thought he mistook him for a member of The Warriors.
Richard Cox! Wonder whatever happened to him??
+michael cristian Here you go ;-) www.imdb.com/name/nm0185210/
King Without A Crown Thanks!
Steady working actor
"Hips or lips?"
party size
I don’t buy it that Pacino is the Killer (yet) how do we know he doesn’t just panic when he pulls his knife first
Are these two part of the Rogues?
what does hips or lips mean?
Blows job or Anal Im guessing
Where u want it
This scene reminds me of The Warriors with Mercedes Ruel.
Stuart the man you attacked the other night was a police officer......that's all you'll get is an indictment...
What’s up with all the jingling of handcuffs ?
Hips or lips
"The man you attacked last night was a police officer .... "
lindsey lefrois he attacked me
*is* ... shoulda been *"is* a police officer."
Whatever floats your boat.
this was back in 1980 wtf is this?
Sounds or the leather and chains is powerful.
So, who is the real killer?
That's why I don't wear leather.🙄
what exactly does that mean?
Look the movie. !!!
Party size.
4:49 - Whats "party size"?
I'm guessing not too big and not too small. Just right.
Pacino seems to have framed this guy as the killer or I missed something.. because Pacino sang the song of the killer there.. no one ever told him on the screen it’s what the people heard in the cinema
But there is a scene where one of the gay dude in wig tips off a cop about some witnesses hearing that rhyme "who is here, I am here" in the central park killing
@@zahinelahi2655 yea but we never see that cop talk about that to Pacino that’s what I meant
And when he told him at the precinct, he didn’t get it right. But the suspect tells him he’s funny in this scene . More than one killer who knows.
@@fordhamdonnington2738 there is definitely more than one killer because the first killer is played by Larry Atlas and he also plays the dude who got killed in the central park by the guy that Pacino arrested near the end. They just used the same voice actor for the 3/4 killers to confuse us.
The original script has Pacino saying fun size, but he made them change it
could you explain why?english is not my native language...fun size what does it mean?
Fun size would mean small while Party size means average or above average but not huge
was al pacino the killer ???
No but i think he did kill ted at the end
Christopher Keenan Aids was the killer.
@@obscureentertainment8303 Actually, Charles Bronson was the killer
@@dondajulah4168 Charles Bronson once mugged me in a park at night.
@@obscureentertainment8303 this was pre aids
what IS THIS PLACE ?WERE THEY ARE VERY CREEPY PARK .
Yes. Central Park, somewhere around 72nd street from the looks of it.
@@DawoudKringle no that is Riverside Park near 125th Street. You can see the viaduct in the earlier part of the scene.
Yes, you're right.
Riverside park, I was there 2 days ago, its very beautiful but pretty isolated even in the day.
Don’t worry Dorothy there’s nobody around.
aaahhh...dare i say "weird film"? what's with the leather caps???
0:19 That shot looks cool :)
“Hips or lips” 🙄
Yeah I've never heard that expression
Central Park is such a creepy place.😂😂
What's he saying on 5:20?
Bashful?
No.
Then get 'em down, I wanna see the world.
@@microfrog4855 Thank you! It's so kind of you!
So who was the killer ??
I always took it as there being more than one killer and some of the victims were killers themselves hence this scene where Al kills the killer but becomes a killer himself. And I think burns killed Ted in the end because burns got a taste of blood in this scene and liked it. Also the other guys watching him dance in the club was conveying that there was many predators in the leather scene.
3:43 - Well if you are going to respond with that attitude I don't think I want to frolick in a bush with you good sir!
That looks like the crusing area in central park rambles
@AltamontKiller Sorry again for the missunderstanding
How big are you? "Party size" LULZ 😂
What does that mean? 😂
That's it that's the ending omg come on man.no one got ffuuu(£€% !!!!
Boy that's so fukkn Nasty I can't believe I actually saw this flick all those yrs. ago. what a slimy creep show. I wish Pacino had passed on that role he didn't need to do it. I don't care how good he was in meeting the challenge of such a greasy part. It took me a few weeks ta sort of digest the fact that he went for the plunge on tackling this film. I salute him as usual for his unique finesse but don't wish to see it ever again. yik. 🤮
Walk on the edge
Dorothy?
@AltamontKiller Sorry, If I've said something wrong. I'm not think about what should I say in my comment. Yeah, you right, not just gay people wear those jackets. Anyway, still looks cool. BTW: I don't have nothing againsthomosexual people.
So, no offense? :)
@DirtyHarryFan88 Im never was pissed in the first place anyway! and im not gay if that's what you mean....
4:59
Pacino is the murderer.
too true- pacino never could pronounce
his r's-lol
What?
It’s just his accent
heh watch the goddam fella
@AltamontKiller I know you are not :)
Rumor has that the 1st guy murdered in Cruising & Al Pacino were a couple IRL during filming🌈🌈🌈🌈🌈
Pacino is definitely not one of those delusional deviant mounds of steaming feces.
He's a HUMAN male.
Bs
@@OldMastyr3 why are you even watching this sir
@@OldMastyr3 go to your closet & pray
Where did you hear this rumour from if I may ask?
@DirtyHarryFan88 no need to be sorry
Ayax Iwaithing for you same gavarments have wery maniac geys politic
William Friedkin started off well as a big time director with "The French Connection" (1971) and the "Exorcist" (1973), but not much after that, although I also liked "To Live and Die in L.A. (1985). "Cruising" (1980) was awful.
To live and die was a great film.
it's not enough to say something is awful if it's not.
Don't forget, he did Boys In The Band. Epic movie.
i found the movie Decent ...
@@danielgrimes8312 Interesting description
This movie looks ridiculous.