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Desperate Souls, Dark City and the Legend of Midnight Cowboy is a 2022 American documentary film, written, directed, and produced by Nancy Buirski. It is loosely based and inspired by Shooting Midnight Cowboy: Art, Sex, Loneliness, Liberation, and the Making of a Dark Classic by Glenn Frankel.
Jun 23, 2023 · As engrossing as it is ambitious, Desperate Souls, Dark City and the Legend of Midnight Cowboy contextualizes a landmark film within the pivotal moment of its creation. A half century after...
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- Documentary
- Nancy Buirski
Sep 5, 2023 · With Jon Voight, Waldo Salt, Jennifer Salt, John Schlesinger. Follows the behind-the-scenes odyssey to get Midnight Cowboy (1969) produced, as well as the tumultuous era in which the movie was released and embraced.
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- Documentary, History
- Nancy Buirski
- 2023-09-05
Jun 22, 2023 · A documentary examines how the winner for best picture of 1969 captured shifts in American life. Jon Voight, right, and Dustin Hoffman on the set of “Midnight Cowboy,” as seen in Nancy Buirski...
- 101 min
- Ben Kenigsberg
Jun 23, 2023 · A documentary that explores the era and the filmmakers behind the 1970 Oscar-winning drama about a male prostitute and his friend. The film covers the Vietnam War, the civil rights movement, and the gay rights movement, but spends less time on the movie itself.
Sep 5, 2023 · A half century after its release, Midnight Cowboy remains one of the most original and groundbreaking movies of the modern era. With beguiling performances from Jon Voight and Dustin Hoffman as two loners who join forces out of desperation, blacklist survivor Waldo Salt’s brilliant screenplay, and John Schlesinger’s fearless direction, the ...
- DVD
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Jun 23, 2023 · Nancy Buirski's film explores how the 1969 classic reflected the world around it, from gay sexuality to class struggle. It features interviews with Jon Voight, Dustin Hoffman and others who made the movie.
