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Shooting Midnight cowboy : art, sex, loneliness, liberation, and the making of a dark classic /

"A history of the making of the film Midnight Cowboy and the novel that inspired it"--

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Frankel, Glenn (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2021.
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Midnight cowboy (Motion picture)
Gay men in motion pictures.
Male friendship in motion pictures.
Film adaptations > Production and direction > United States.
Motion pictures > Social aspects.
Schlesinger, John, > 1926-2003.
Herlihy, James Leo. > Midnight cowboy.
Hoffman, Dustin, > 1937- > Performances.
Voight, Jon, > 1938- > Performances.
Homosexualité au cinéma.
Cinéma > Aspect social.
PERFORMING ARTS / Film / History & Criticism.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture.
Informational works.
Documents d'information.
Table of Contents:
  • The writer
  • The laziest boy
  • Twisted apples
  • Darling
  • The gay metropolis
  • "A touch of the flicks"
  • The novel
  • The producer
  • The screenwriter
  • Fun city
  • The voice of his generation
  • The golf pro's son
  • The armies of the night
  • Preparation
  • Stolen shots: the New York film shoot
  • Nose cones and rattlesnakes: the Florida and Texas film shoots
  • Images and music
  • The X rating
  • The movie
  • Explosions
  • The Oscars
  • From Jim to Jamie.