Part of the reason this film was so powerful was that it was shot in a lot of real-life locations with clips of real TV programs and real radio shows and real commercials. Not as much Hollywood artifice as had been standard forever till then. I've never forgotten the two men in the frigid apartment with the cheerful "orange juice on ice" jingle being heard from Joe's radio.
That was the last time we see that radio playing anything too. It went through a lot just to be pawned off unceremoniously as a bitter taste of reality.
SA survivor here, Midnight Cowboy is the realest movie on the subject I've seen so far in my life. No matter how far you may go, lonesomeness will always follow you...
I relate to Joe Buck on the bus switching mentally from perhaps thinking about his adventure to looking at the empty seats and realizing he’s going it alone. Weird feeling when I see that. This movie is the best of all time.
From the gorgeous music, the superb script, the sound design, the excellent cinematography, the memorable supporting work by McGiver, Miles, and Vaccaro, the brilliant direction by John Schlesinger and the great performances by Hoffman and especially Voight--whose Joe Buck is one of the finest pieces of acting ever put on film--this movie is a touching masterpiece and a time capsule of many of society's changes during the late 1960s. Midnight Cowboy is an unforgettable experience.
The I'M WALKIN HERE line was totally improv--Voight and Hoffman actually almost DID get run over. One of those magical moments that could only happen in New York!
Excellent edit - takes serious skill to take something new out of something old - still the same as original but different at the same time - good job (1st youtube comment ever)
Fascinatingly depressing - is that OK? He starts out with a wealth of naive optimism and the sense of disillusionment gathers pace like an avalanche. Believing meeting Hoffman was the gateway to his dreams........but it's the opposite, sadly.
Was this movie as much a shock to British audiences as it was to Americans? Schlesinger (and other British directors) had been doing edgy material for years, topics that couldn't get past US censors.
You can't truly tell.. But Joe crammed the phone into his mouth and there was a lot of blood afterwards. In the book, he doesn't want to talk to Ratso about it also. The audiobook is the best way to experience the story. There is a whole other experience Joe has before going to New York.
It is indeed a troubling and ambiguous scene, but since the man's dentures fall out before the phone is pushed into his mouth immediately after calling the hotel's switchboard, one would hope help arrived in time.
Too bad Voight turned out to be a QAnon nut
Yes, so tragic - sweet, dumb Joe Buck.
I just ignore his politics and appreciate his acting.
To be fair, a solid quarter of actors in Hollywood are crazy with one thing or another. Look at Cruise and Travolta.
Tanked his legacy. Now, he’s mostly known as being Angelina Jolie’s dad and saying in interviews that she’s mentally ill. What a creep!
@@MoistCutthis aged well 😂
The greatest deconstruction of the American Dream. What a movie. Dustin Hoffman was robbed of his Oscar.
“The decontstruction of the American dream” wow just those words and the editing of the video really speak volumes
10 years later Dustin robbed Roy Scheider of his Oscar. That is the way it goes.
Hope and despair traveling down the same road
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The first time I saw this movie I was 16 and had a terrible fever and it was 3am. Some things just can’t be replicated
I believe i was also sick whwn i watched it. Makes the later ratso scenes feel all the more real
Part of the reason this film was so powerful was that it was shot in a lot of real-life locations with clips of real TV programs and real radio shows and real commercials. Not as much Hollywood artifice as had been standard forever till then. I've never forgotten the two men in the frigid apartment with the cheerful "orange juice on ice" jingle being heard from Joe's radio.
That was the last time we see that radio playing anything too. It went through a lot just to be pawned off unceremoniously as a bitter taste of reality.
SA survivor here, Midnight Cowboy is the realest movie on the subject I've seen so far in my life. No matter how far you may go, lonesomeness will always follow you...
I relate to Joe Buck on the bus switching mentally from perhaps thinking about his adventure to looking at the empty seats and realizing he’s going it alone. Weird feeling when I see that. This movie is the best of all time.
Not a movie to watch when your feeling a little low...
John McGiver was such a great character actor🙏
This movie stands up today as one of most savage explorations of American idealism versus existential realism. Still packs a wallop.
I think this film answers the questions a lot of us have.
Where do all the unwanted people come from?
Rico's last words in the movie were 'Thanks, Joe'. Meaning thanks for being a friend. Thanks for everything.
From the gorgeous music, the superb script, the sound design, the excellent cinematography, the memorable supporting work by McGiver, Miles, and Vaccaro, the brilliant direction by John Schlesinger and the great performances by Hoffman and especially Voight--whose Joe Buck is one of the finest pieces of acting ever put on film--this movie is a touching masterpiece and a time capsule of many of society's changes during the late 1960s. Midnight Cowboy is an unforgettable experience.
joe was a lonesome cowboy
He was also "one helluva stud!" ;)
Not a for real cowboy , but one hell of a stud .
'You know what you've gotta do, cowboy!'
Good editing, well done! Not too much, just enough. I never realized why he turned out the way he did, the beginning made that clear.
The I'M WALKIN HERE line was totally improv--Voight and Hoffman actually almost DID get run over. One of those magical moments that could only happen in New York!
4:53 shows Kurt Bieber (1929-2005), a Korean war veteran turned actor, that also had a small role in Friedkin's movie Cruising (1980).
Great compilation. Helps allign certain elements of the film in a new light
One of the greatest beginnings ever.
Excellent edit - takes serious skill to take something new out of something old - still the same as original but different at the same time - good job (1st youtube comment ever)
i ain going nowhewre without my buddy-1st time ratso felt something cus of joe
orange juice on ice
Fascinatingly depressing - is that OK? He starts out with a wealth of naive optimism and the sense of disillusionment gathers pace like an avalanche. Believing meeting Hoffman was the gateway to his dreams........but it's the opposite, sadly.
Was this movie as much a shock to British audiences as it was to Americans? Schlesinger (and other British directors) had been doing edgy material for years, topics that couldn't get past US censors.
They wanted elvis but parker said no seedy roles for my boy!
So much better than the van sant thing 'Idaho.' But then John Schlesinger was a Far Better Director & everyone involved in this film had more Talent.
Does Joe kill that last guy?
You can't truly tell.. But Joe crammed the phone into his mouth and there was a lot of blood afterwards. In the book, he doesn't want to talk to Ratso about it also. The audiobook is the best way to experience the story. There is a whole other experience Joe has before going to New York.
I don't think he does, realistically i'd say he brutally bashes the old guy and shoves the phone in his' unconscious mouth
It is indeed a troubling and ambiguous scene, but since the man's dentures fall out before the phone is pushed into his mouth immediately after calling the hotel's switchboard, one would hope help arrived in time.
Cowboy, huh?
The American myth laid bare.