Review of Midnight Cowboy (1969) by Mister C — 06 Jul 2009
Shades of Easy Rider, Midnight Cowboy as Best Picture winner shows just how bold the Academy Awards were 40 years ago and how safe and dull they are today. This is closer to a artsy film student experimental movie than it is to movies today.
Joe Buck isn't given a drawn-out, fully-fleshed backstory that spells out exactly what drives his current actions but his past is told in brief glimpses that suggest events but leave room for interpretation.
What we get is a character that we don't fully understand, which somewhere in the last 40 years has been deemed a no-no by Hollywood (although, strangely, it earns kudos when executed--see Anton Chigurh and Daniel Plainview).
At least we'll always have Midnight Cowboy, where all of our questions (is Rico gay?) aren't in-your-face answered for us.
This review of Midnight Cowboy (1969) was written by Mister C on 06 Jul 2009.
Midnight Cowboy has generally received very positive reviews.
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