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Desperate Souls, Dark City and the Legend of Midnight Cowboy (2022)

Desperate Souls, Dark City and the Legend of Midnight Cowboy poster
Directed by
Nancy Buirski
Genre
documentary film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 41m
Rated
NR
Rating
5.0 of 10 from 6 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
The 3D catalogue: film cases on wooden shelves, with the cat sitting at the counter next to its greeting.

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

This documentary tells the story behind the making of the classic 1969 film Midnight Cowboy. It explores the creative process and challenges faced by the filmmakers.

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What happens

Desperate Souls, Dark City and the Legend of Midnight Cowboy is a 2022 American documentary film, written, directed, and produced by Nancy Buirski. It is loosely based on and inspired by Shooting Midnight Cowboy: Art, Sex, Loneliness, Liberation, and the Making of a Dark Classic by Glenn Frankel. It had its world premiere at the 79th Venice International Film Festival on September 1, 2022, and was released on June 23, 2023, by Zeitgeist Films and Kino Lorber. It was shortlisted for Best Documentary Feature Film at the 96th Academy Awards, but it was not nominated. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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