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Originally Posted by Frankie Teardrop  A firm favourite of mine. Quite haunting... something to do with the ambiguity of the main character and the strangeness of late sixties / early seventies NY (second hand, I'm not Lou Reed or something). There's something unsettling about it that went down well at 0300 on summer nights. |
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Originally Posted by Demdike@Cult Labs Oddly that was the time i was watching. It was haunting and unsettling but also quite beautiful too. As i mentioned it gave me the same vibes as Easy Rider which is now a top 10 film of mine. |
I'm another fan of Midnight Cowboy, a film which is both haunting and uplifting. There is something about the sleaze of 42nd Street and the accompanying prostitution, the grime of Ratso's abode and his health condition, which is unspecified but probably HIV/AIDS, but the way Ratso and Joe try and make the best of the situation and the compassion between the two men which is ultimately endearing and beautiful.