in my opinion and this be one of the great movie ever make in america and it deserve every single award it win and it place on the afi top 100 list ( though it shamefully too low on the imdb top 250 list and at only # 183 a of this writing ) . if you enjoy act of the high calibre ( voight and hoffman be a superb match ) and well draw characterization and inventive direction and editing and cinematography and you will love this just as much a i do . schlesinger paint a vivid and always credible picture of the late 60 new york city scene and it many victim struggle to overcome personal demon and survive amidst the amorality and poverty and hopelessness of 42nd street and new york city . the filmmaking technique employ here brilliantly capture the feel of the underground new york film movement ( and of the city ) and be nothing less than dazzling . i have see many idea ( include the rapid fire editing and the handling of the voice over flashback and the drug or trip sequence and the cartoonish face slip in during a murder scene to convey angst and terror ) steal by other filmmaker . the relationship between joe and ratso be handle in such a way a to be view a an unusually strong friendship or have it homosexual underpinnings . i think the director handle this in a subtle way not to cop out to the censorship of the time and but rather to concentrate his energy on the importance of a strong human connection in life and whether it be sexual or not . midnight cowboy be a brave and move film of magnitude and influence and importance that have lose absolutely none of it impact over the year and so if you haven not see it and youre really miss out on a true american classic . i recommend this film to everyone . score represent positive .