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Desperate Souls, Dark City and the Legend of Midnight Cowboy
5.0 / 10• 2023• 1h 42m•NR• English
Documentary
Storyline
This is not a documentary about the making of Midnight Cowboy. It is about a humane and groundbreaking masterpiece and the flawed but gifted people who made it. It is about a troubled era of cultural ferment, social and political change, about broken dreams and strivers, then and now. It is about an era that made a movie and a movie that made an era.
Cast & Crew
Bob Balaban
Self
LeadIB
Ian Buruma
Self
Michael Childers
Self
Brian De Palma
Self
JH
J. Hoberman
Self
Adam Holender
Self
CK
Charles Kaiser
Self
Jennifer Salt
Self
What People Are Saying
3.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Nancy Buirski's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Desperate Souls, Dark City and the Legend of Midnight Cowboy is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
