Desperate Souls, Dark City and the Legend of Midnight Cowboy
Documentary
2022
1 HOUR 41 MINS
Documentary
Extensive archival material and compelling new interviews illuminate how the 1969 film Midnight Cowboy captured the essence of a time and a place, reflecting a rapidly changing society with striking clarity.
Cast & Crew
Bob Balaban Self
Michael Childers Self
Brian De Palma Self
J. Hoberman Self
Adam Holender Self
Charles Kaiser Self
Jennifer Salt Self
Lucy Sante Self
Brenda Vaccaro Self
Jon Voight Self
Edmund White Self
Nancy Buirski Director
Nancy Buirski Writer
Nancy Buirski Producer
Simon Kilmurry Producer
Susan Margolin Producer
James Costa Executive Producer
Geralyn White Dreyfous Executive Producer
J.C. Mills Executive Producer
Glen Salzman Executive Producer
Regina K. Scully Executive Producer
Nathalie Seaver Executive Producer
Mark Trustin Executive Producer
Jamie Wolf Executive Producer
Rex Miller Cinematography
Anthony Ripoli Film Editing
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Matt Roush says...
TCM’s Dave Karger hosts a night honoring the works of documentarian Nancy Buirski, who passed away in August at 78, leaving a legacy including the Full Frame Documentary Festival at Duke University, which she founded in 1998 and directed for the following decade. The tribute opens with Desperate Souls, Dark City and the Legend of Midnight Cowboy, a behind-the-scenes look at the making of 1969’s controversial Midnight Cowboy, the first movie rated X to win Best Picture at the Oscars. Buirski’s other films include 2011’s The Loving Story (10/9c), about the interracial romance of Richard and Mildred Loving during the Civil Rights Era; Afternoon of a Faun: Tanaquil Le Clercq (11:30/10:30c), a 2013 profile of the renowned ballerina and muse of George Balanchine; 2015’s By Sidney Lumet (1:15 am/12:15c), featuring an extended 2008 interview with the great film director; and 2020’s A Crime on the Bayou (3:15 am/2:15c), about a Black teenager and his Jewish lawyer taking on white supremacy in 1960s Louisiana in the courtroom all the way to the Supreme Court.
