Reviews of Midnight Cowboy 1969
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Couldn't help myself, had to watch it again. Second watch was even better than the first.
I love absolutely everything about Midnight Cowboy. The performances of Jon Voight in particular and Dustin Hoffman. The wonderful screenplay, John Schlesinger's direction, the amazing soundtrack and just as important the brilliant use Schlesinger made of New York.
Whoopatee-Ay-Yo git along little doggies, its your misfortune and non of my own.
Whoopatee-Ay-Yo, git along little doggies, for you know New York will be your new home.
'Where's that Joe Buck?'........ Cue Harry Nilsson and let the magic begin, 'Everybodys talkin at me......'
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A masterpiece came out in 1969. A year later it won 3 Oscars - one for adapted screenplay, one for director John Schlesinger, and one for best picture. Midnight Cowboy is about a naive hustler, Joe (played by Jon Voight) and his limping friend, Rico (played by Dustin Hoffman), struggling to survive in New York City. At the beginning of the film we hear Harry Nilsson singing ‘Everybody’s Talkin’, a song that is not randomly thrown in to fill silence…
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A powerful and gritty tale of 1969 New York City and a male hustler and a friendship he makes with a low-class street rat. Very well acted and directed. A powerful film.
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So sad, too sad, I didn’t expect it to be so sad, it broke my heart into itty bitty tiny pieces. I love these two, the poor babies. I loved this movie. Films like this are going to be the death of me, I swear.
Dammit, Dustin Hoffman is a fucking genius.
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Waaahhh wah wah wah wa-ahh...Everybody's talkin' at me
While others rave about the performances in Midnight Cowboy, which are indeed great, I like to acknowledge the visual style and masterful editing. When you watch this film, you must look at what's going on in every frame. It's artwork.
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Una de las obra más tristes, poderosas, atrevidas y hermosas de los 60. Aún hoy su modernidad y valentía para afrontar temas como las drogas o la prostitución masculina sorprenden y causan admiración.
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The American Dream brutally trampled and destroyed. Always critical and acid, without being too cynical, but bold enough to make a couple of statements that I suppose were important in the film industry back in 1969. Narrated with a poetic gorgeousness that makes the experience of watching it so vivid and eventful, but at the end, you can't help but feel hopeless and discouraged.
Jon Voight is great and all, but is Dustin Hoffman the one that stays with you the most. His Ratso is all kinds of fascinating.
Ah, those were the times when the Academy used to reward films with balls. -
everybody's talking at me
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ratso rizzo is the most underrated character
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'I'm walkin' here. I'm walkin' here.'
It's hard to believe this movie is now over forty years old. Still packing a punch today, this is one of the rare times the Academy actually got it right. Hoffman and Voight deliver a masterclass of acting. They just don't make them like this anymore. -
This review reportedly contains spoilers. I can handle the truth.