Nothing I write here will do this film justice.
I first saw it earlier this year and fell in love with it upon first watch. I pirated and viewed it on my laptop, in bed, with snot running down my nose. In June, I had the pleasure of watching it on a big screen during a Splat!FilmFest in a local cinema. I brought a friend, and I may have cried twice as hard.
I can't believe this film was made in the 60s. I can't believe Jon Voight is a right-wing maniac at his grown age, having previously (and maybe unassumingly) played a queer character. The way this thing is shot makes you think Schlesinger set a whole new pathway for capturing film, the one we are more familiar with in the 21st century. Midnight Cowboy forever !!!!
