Midnight Cowboy represents poverty and trauma better than Taxi Driver, it also nails the sleaziness of NYC in the 1960s whereas Taxi Driver does the same in the mid 70s after the city went bankrupt albeit a bit more intensely. Cast Away, although very literal, is the best depiction of isolation for my money. It doesn't pull the usual trick of 'look how lonely you can be surrounded by a bunch of people!' trick that resonates with youngsters but rather shows an every man isolated against his will who learns from his experience instead of feeling sorry for himself which a lot of people could take more positive inspiration from if they were honest to themselves about it.
you just reminded me of a movie I only managed to watch recently that I thought was pretty clever in the way it captures isolation, despite neither of the characters being alone other than a lack of communication with the outside world.
Not quite accurate, more kino than that. Barnes is a burned out boxer who works for a stripper talent agency, there's a karate schizo in town preying on the girls. They clash.
No.
You're not wrong per se, one explores friendship and the other explores isolation. Kinda apples and oranges
I disagree. I feel like Midnight Cowboy covers both and other topics better then Taxi Driver does.
Very true
Midnight Cowboy represents poverty and trauma better than Taxi Driver, it also nails the sleaziness of NYC in the 1960s whereas Taxi Driver does the same in the mid 70s after the city went bankrupt albeit a bit more intensely. Cast Away, although very literal, is the best depiction of isolation for my money. It doesn't pull the usual trick of 'look how lonely you can be surrounded by a bunch of people!' trick that resonates with youngsters but rather shows an every man isolated against his will who learns from his experience instead of feeling sorry for himself which a lot of people could take more positive inspiration from if they were honest to themselves about it.
you just reminded me of a movie I only managed to watch recently that I thought was pretty clever in the way it captures isolation, despite neither of the characters being alone other than a lack of communication with the outside world.
that was decent
What the FRICK was his problem?
TB
didn't get his "white privilege".
>Rizzo
>white
He pissed himself, many such cases
Everybody's talkin
no, but it's much gayer
This isn't the controversial take that you believe it to be.
different themes dumbass
Pic-related is prime NYC sleazeball kino.
never heard about it, sell it to me
Sargent Barnes and Lando blow away Black folk
alright, im torrenting right now
Not quite accurate, more kino than that. Barnes is a burned out boxer who works for a stripper talent agency, there's a karate schizo in town preying on the girls. They clash.
I like Harry Nilsson too, but the movie is gay as hell.
Was he gay for Dustin Hoffman?
I think its the other way around. dustin was having fantasies about pimping cowboy in florida while acting like the best sleaze maestro ever
Hey! I’m walking here!
Question. Was he also raped by the men of his town or only his girlfriend was raped?
iirc his bussy was broken
Thanks for the answer, I suspected the flashback scene implied he was raped too.
MC is a snapshot in time. TD can be remade like a genre formula in any city.