Tuesday, 20 November 2012

Midnight Cowboy

Midnight Cowboy 1969
Tonight I watched the film ‘midnight cowboy’. It was very experimental with its editing and soundtrack and the cinematography was just incredible.
The film had the same dreaminess as my favourite film ‘Lost in Translation’, where the unlikely co- existence of two strangers surpasses their isolation. Combined with these peaceful views of New York is the harsh reality of having no money in a big city; the grittiness of living in squalor with nothing more than a dream of seeing the sun.

Themes: Identity of the cowboy character in modern society, location as character, trauma, isolation, The outsider

Film for me to watch: 'Day of the Locust' also by John Schlesinger 

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