jon voight be brilliant in midnight cowboy and but hoffman performance and though reminiscent of his late turn in rainman and be the kind of performance that keep me watch movie . a a portrayal of a new york character and only daniel day lewis portrayal of bill butcher in gang of new york come to mind a comparable and and day doesn not give his character the emotional depth that hoffman give ratso . it typical of hoffman way of act that the actor we tend to identify most with midnight cowboy be voight . i think hoffman be one of the 4 or 5 best actor in the history of film at play off the people around him in such a way that he raise their performance far above their normal level . voight buck be so naive that he would float out of the film altogether and except that ratso pull him down pull him down and but also teach him and a lot about how to survive and and more importantly and how to live . midnight cowboy be a movie about escape that turn into a movie about find yourself . i think that and a gritty a movie a it be and it have a very beautiful message and that no matter how much a loser you might be ( ratso clearly defines loser ) and if you can find a way to be true to yourself and you be in possession of the secret of life and and you might even be able to share that insight with someone else . i can not help but compare midnight cowboy to klute and from a few year later and which i think be more like a movie about find yourself that turn into a movie about escape .