Description: Further DetailsTitle: Midnight CowboyCondition: NewEAN: 9780228017004ISBN: 9780228017004Publisher: McGill-Queen's University PressFormat: HardbackRelease Date: 03/15/2023Description: Midnight Cowboy – the story of a small-town stud’s attempt to make it big as a hustler on the streets of 1960s New York – is an indisputably iconic film. Though recognized in terms of its early adoption of Nouvelle Vague cinematography and editing techniques, and renowned for an Oscar win in spite of controversy over its X-rating, Midnight Cowboy has yet to be understood as a classic of queer cinema. Jon Towlson reclaims Midnight Cowboy as a queer text by addressing John Schlesinger as a gay author and filmmaker and providing a fresh perspective on the film’s relationship to the 1965 James Leo Herlihy novel from which it was adapted. Offering a nuanced and personal view of the film’s relevance to queer experience and queer friendship, Towlson also considers Midnight Cowboy’s production and reception and its place in Schlesinger’s filmography. Depictions of sixties New York counterculture and 42nd Street hustlers offer an opportunity for reassessment, particularly in the film's relationship to male prostitution, male relationships, and sexual identity. By shifting the perspective away from previous interpretations of Midnight Cowboy as homophobic and problematic, Towlson argues for a new interpretation of the film as a proto-queer buddy movie and a critical forerunner to films such as My Own Private Idaho and Brokeback Mountain.Language: EnglishCountry/Region of Manufacture: CAItem Height: 203mmItem Length: 152mmAuthor: Jon TowlsonGenre: Films & TVBook Series: Queer Film ClassicsRelease Year: 2023 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Publication Name: Midnight Cowboy
Title: Midnight Cowboy
EAN: 9780228017004
ISBN: 9780228017004
Release Date: 03/15/2023
Release Year: 2023
Country/Region of Manufacture: CA
Series: Queer Film Classics
Book Title: Midnight Cowboy
Number of Pages: 128 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press
Item Height: 0.5 in
Topic: Lgbt Studies / Gay Studies, Film / History & Criticism
Publication Year: 2023
Illustrator: Yes
Genre: Performing Arts, Social Science
Item Weight: 9.9 Oz
Item Length: 8.2 in
Author: Jon Towlson
Book Series: Queer Film Classics Ser.
Item Width: 6.2 in
Format: Hardcover
