i be go through a list of oscar winner and be surprise to see that this film beat butch cassidy and the sundance kid for best picture in 1969. after actually see it and however and i be not surprise anymore . it be way ahead of it time in regard to it style and cinematography and and use of flashback to help develop joe buck character . the most amazing thing to me be the depth of joe buck character in such a short movie . i think voight capture the naivete and the viciousness when provoke . the two scene that really catch me be after he get the blowjob in the theater and when the old man solicit him . i think when he look in the mirror he try to see if it really him that have do or be about to do something terrible . i think it be a brilliant decision by hoffman to take this role . otherwise he may have be typecast after the graduate . anyway and this consider an all time great for a reason .