"Midnight Cowherd" Essay

Corene 2022-03-21 09:01:54

"Midnight Cowherd" personal essay on watching movies, non-serious movie reviews of the 1969 movie, 50 years have passed, my God, time has gone back and forth like this, and today, there are still many places in the movie that are of practical significance , I feel that there is a lot of information from the name. It mainly tells the story of two little people, and some parts of the movie are very blurred. I don't know if it is accurate. There are a lot of flashbacks interspersed in the middle. Every time those montage shots are intertwined, my mind is confused and I feel very familiar. I can especially understand why the director made such a shot. In short, the effect is very convincing and the amount of information is huge. , to capture a lot of subconsciousness in the character's heart, I can't help but imagine! Two people partner, life has not improved because of this, is this the so-called American dream? What about those extravagances, freedoms, etc., etc. (I'm arrogant, so far, I know I can't generalize)? This is a slap in the face to capitalism. They are not only deficient in material, but also extremely empty in spirit. The cowboy seems to be full of confidence, but no matter how I look at him, I think he is a giant baby, and I don’t know the importance, and Hoffman’s wandering Han seems to be an old fritter, cheating and cheating, but his life is impoverished, which is a blatant irony! There are many angles that can be detoxified in the movie, big environment, small people, growth, friendship, redemption, etc., but at the end, I was still moved by the role played by Hoffman, he is more three-dimensional than Qiang Walter, More familiar, after all, not everyone has the shadow of childhood like a cowboy, but the loser in my life, I experience it every day, ah, sad! Stop talking! All in all, this is a good movie worth pondering! PS: 1. I didn't see the feeling that the two were of the same sex, maybe I didn't look carefully enough! 2. This layer of Hoffman's performance is so expressive, with eyes, body movements, expressions, and temperament, this role is simply tailor-made for him! No wonder the later "Unsung Heroes" and "Rain Man" have such a submissive shadow, master!

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Midnight Cowboy quotes

  • Joe Buck: I like the way I look. Makes me feel good, it does. And women like me, goddammit. Hell, the only one thing I ever been good for is lovin'. Women go crazy for me, that's a really true fact! Ratso, hell! Crazy Annie they had to send her away!

    Ratso Rizzo: Then, how come you ain't scored once the whole time you been in New York?

  • [At the gravesite of his father]

    Ratso Rizzo: He was even dumber than you. He couldn't even write his own name. "X," that's what it ought to say on that goddamn headstone, one big lousy "X". Just like our dump. Condemned by order of City Hall.