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Desperate Souls, Dark City and the Legend of Midnight Cowboy

Play trailer 2:04 Desperate Souls, Dark City and the Legend of Midnight Cowboy 2022,  1h 41m,  Documentary Play Trailer Watchlist
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Watchlist 91% 33 Reviews Tomatometer 74% Fewer than 50 Ratings Popcornmeter
91% Tomatometer 33 Reviews 74% Popcornmeter Fewer than 50 Ratings
This is not a documentary about the making of Midnight Cowboy. It is about a dark and difficult masterpiece and the deeply gifted and flawed people who made it. It is about New York in a troubled era of cultural ferment and social change.
Desperate Souls, Dark City and the Legend of Midnight Cowboy

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Critics Consensus

As engrossing as it is ambitious, Desperate Souls, Dark City and the Legend of Midnight Cowboy contextualizes a landmark film within the pivotal moment of its creation.

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Nancy Buirski

Director

Bob Balaban

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Ian Buruma

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Michael Childers

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Brian De Palma

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J. Hoberman

Actor

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Desperate Souls, Dark City and the Legend of Midnight Cowboy

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Movie Info

Synopsis This is not a documentary about the making of Midnight Cowboy. It is about a dark and difficult masterpiece and the deeply gifted and flawed people who made it. It is about New York in a troubled era of cultural ferment and social change.
Director
Nancy Buirski
Producer
Nancy Buirski, Simon Kilmurry, Susan Margolin
Screenwriter
Nancy Buirski
Genre
Documentary
Original Language
English
Runtime
1h 41m
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