No, my regular readers (do you still has any?) Was not dead. Neither of partying. I was just busy with matters that occupied much of my time, and try to finish the race. Oh, and collaborating in a shared project Multivers.cat which I highly recommend visiting those who dominate the noble Catalan language. But let's what matters. I'm back, and what better way to return to continue with the section where we discuss those songs that, having got heard for years from start to like his appearance in a particular film.
The case before us today is to Everybody's talkin ' composed of Fred Neil in 1966, but reached its true success thanks to the version of Harry Nilsson included the soundtrack of film Midnight Cowboy (John Schlesinger ). This is also a resounding success, and despite being initially described "movie X" for his vision openly about issues such as homosexuality or prostitution, he finally got to take the Oscar for best picture, best director and best adapted screenplay.
The film begins when Joe Buck, a young hick from Texas brilliantly played by Jon Voight decides to leave his village to start a new life in New York. His goal: to be what he calls a "playboy" and is commonly known as gigolo. Relying on physical attractiveness intended to live on the money a lot of women will die of want to pay to sleep with him. Yet there is something in your plan does not fit, and when it gets to the big city we realize you do not know their codes and that his look and manner are outdated and are only able to attract a male audience. On his way is to be even more unfortunate that he, a cripple and tubercular petty thief named Rico Rizzo, better known as "Ratso" and gives life to a young Dustin Hoffman greasy and that share the miseries and (dis) illusions to forge a strong friendship.
History shows a dirty city and sick, a desolation that is embodied in the "apartment" that shares the two main characters, in a building about to be demolished, marked with a cross in all windows, ironically suggesting the cross as their tenants are above par. Through a series of flashbacks we know the sinister history of Voight's character and her dark trauma, the loneliness that engulfed found throughout his life. It is this loneliness that keeps the two protagonists, because ultimately his fleeting friendship is all they have. This loneliness and the traumatic loss of innocence that Joe will experience on your trip are the pillars of a moving story and devastating in equal measure.
is where lies the importance of the song you're trying: its beauty and lively character contrasts with the general tone of the film, but only appears when we believe that hope lights the way for the poor cowboy. As happens to him, when all is lost there is always a nice song for everyone to try to cope with the life he has touched or has chosen.
Besides all this, the film raised a controversy in dealing with total freedom of homosexuality, prostitution and, finally, the homosexual prostitution. In fact, there is an unresolved debate about whether the relationship between the two protagonists can be regarded as friendship or love without sex and that would be too complicated to try to resolve these lines. When you feel a minimum of curiosity, I recommend you see this magnificent film, undoubtedly one of the best I've seen in my entire life.
