Intensly depressing

This movie interested me because of Araki's name. I had previously seen Nowhere, Splendor and the Doom Generation (other movies of his), and I reluctantly picked out another of his films.
The film begins and you learn that the main character (a writer), a gay male is HIV positive by an ex-lover. Then, you are introduced to another gay male, a drifter, who is also infected by HIV. Araki sets the unhappy tones with the first two scenes, showing the negative treatment of homosexuals and the way society is in shambles (as he usually does). Then, as the two meet, they become lovers and embark on a trip. The writer leaves a worried friend stringing with collect phones. The drifter, who does not feel the need to take any precautions in sex, plans on having the writer kill him and commit suicide during sex.
If you know anyone infected by HIV, this is a hard movie to watch. You see the writer equally happy and upset with his new lover and his new disease. You watch his friend worrying her life away about him, only able to communicate with him through collect phone calls.
The acting is decent and the story is believable. But ultimately, this movie makes you depressed.