Movie

Midnight Cowboy

1969 · 113 min

A slow, grimy descent into loneliness and fragile friendship, leaving a lingering ache of loss and quiet devastation.

Tagline: For those who have never seen it and those who have never forgotten it.
Overview: Joe Buck is a wide-eyed hustler from Texas hoping to score big with wealthy New York City women; he finds a companion in Enrico "Ratso" Rizzo, an ailing swindler with a bum leg and a quixotic fantasy of escaping to Florida.
How it feels: Bleak, melancholic, dark and earnest. Slow-burning and needs your attention.
About: Isolation, friendship, politics, survival
Content: Strong violence, sexual content and language. Mild gore.
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Tone: bleakstrength 3 of 3
melancholicstrength 3 of 3
darkstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: isolation
friendship
politics
survival
identity
Places: big city
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language strong
Violence strong
Sex strong