Nancy Buirski – Desperate Souls, Dark City and the Legend of Midnight Cowboy
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The iconic 1969 Academy Award winner Midnight Cowboy set the tone for films to come, revealed the seedy side of New York, and closed the book on a decade of flower power. Feature doc DESPARATE SOULS, DARK CITY and the LEGEND of MIDNIGHT COWBOY digs deep into not only “the making of,” but “the moment of “ as well. Director Nancy Buirski talks with Westdoc about her background as a photographer and painter, editorial collaboration, and why the original film was “inevitable.”
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