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Desperate Souls, Dark City and the Legend of Midnight Cowboy

NR20231h 42mNancy Buirski

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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.

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What is Desperate Souls, Dark City and the Legend of Midnight Cowboy (2023) about?

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.

Who stars in Desperate Souls, Dark City and the Legend of Midnight Cowboy?

Desperate Souls, Dark City and the Legend of Midnight Cowboy stars Bob Balaban (Self), Ian Buruma (Self), Michael Childers (Self), Brian De Palma (Self), J. Hoberman (Self). The film was directed by Nancy Buirski.

How long is Desperate Souls, Dark City and the Legend of Midnight Cowboy?

Desperate Souls, Dark City and the Legend of Midnight Cowboy has a runtime of 1 min and premiered in 2023. It is rated NR.

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