the only reason i knew of midnight cowboy be because it be in the afi critic top 100. for a top 100 it be not a very well know movie while indeed and i have to look hard to find a copy and i get the dvd version for about half price . surprisingly it be only rat m15 plus ( the uncut version ) . i doubt many will take notice of this review ( more like comment ) so i will make it brief . this be perhaps one of the strange movie i have see and partly because of the use of montage and artistic filming ( very art house ) and the unusual theme . there be many thing in the film i still do not understand ( i have see it twice ) and and it make for an emotionally confusing film . the filming and act be very good and and it be the large than life character which make this film memorable . the main character be joe buck and a cowboy from texas who move to new york to become a male prostitute . he meet the crippled conman enrico ratso rizzo and and of course they become friend go through the usual escapade . what make the film interesting be the two character be so different . i felt the film do not really develop the relationship between buck and enrico rizzo for the audience to have any real emotional connection and although the end be certainly quite sad and tragic . you probably already know what happen by read the review and but it pretty obvious from the start . i personally think the film beautifully and poignantly explore it main theme . the deprivation of humanity ( show by the darkness of the city street and the break down tenement ) . most of the character in the film exist beyond the law ( a conman and giggolo . etc ) yet you can not help like them . joe buck be endear because he be so naive and optimistic and while we begin to feel pity for ratso later in the film . i think the film be rat so high because it be certainly very ground breaking for it period . at the time ( and even now ) it be definitely not a typical movie ( quite art house ) . at a time when the cinema be dominate by tired western and musical and dramas a film with such an unusual theme a midnight cowboy pop up . on a personal level and i must say i quite like the film . the imagery convey a dream like quality . i particularly like the scene at the party and the music and image etc stay in your mind for a long time after watch . however and a a movie for entertainment sake it be a bit lack ( not really my style of movie ) in thrill . this be a film to be savour and appreciate and rather than a cheap thrill action flick . although i would hardly consider myself qualify to analyse this film and the character and their motif be quite interesting . from what i understand from the flashback and joe buck be sexually abuse a a child by his grandmother and although it still doesn not seem to be relevant to the story . he be a happy go lucky young stud and who suppress his darker memory . the religious connotation in the film be also puzzle . some have suggest a homosexual connection between buck and ratso and although i fail to see where they have get the idea from . the theme of homo sexuality in general be more than touch upon in their conversation and and later in joe buck encounter with a lonely old man and but it have little to do with the main story . certainly from a technical point of view one of the fine film of the decade ( it have more of a 70 feel to it than a 60 feel ) and revolutionary for it time touch on subject few other film dare to do . while it have a simple and sentimental story to it ( disguise by a hard edge ) the beauty of the film be in the strange and often psychedelic sequence .