Nancy Buirski's Documentary About John Schlesinger's MIDNIGHT COWBOY Now Available on DVD from Kino Lorber

DUSTIN HOFFMAN AND JON VOIGHT IN JOHN SCHLESINGER’S MIDNIGHT COWBOY (1969). SOURCE: NEW YORK TIMES.

Last month, Kino Lorber released Nancy Buirski’s 2023 documentary DESPERATE SOULS, DARK CITY, AND THE LEGEND OF ‘MIDNIGHT COWBOY’ on DVD in North America. GME provided scenes from Jonas Mekas’ film REPORT FROM MILLBROOK (1965-1966) and SCENES FROM THE LIFE OF ANDY WARHOL (1990, from THE SIXTIES QUARTET, 1990-1999) for this film.

Buirski’s documentary explores the deeply gifted and flawed people behind the making of John Schlesinger’s New Hollywood masterpiece MIDNIGHT COWBOY (1969); New York City in a troubled time of cultural ferment; and the era that made a movie — and the movie that made an era. Bonus features on this DVD include a theatrical trailer for the documentary, as well as an extended interview with MIDNIGHT COWBOY cinematographer Adam Holender.

GME distributes nine titles on Blu-Ray, DVD and DSL from Kino Lorber to the North American university market, including key works by Jean-Luc Godard, Ida Lupino, and Alfred Hitchcock. GME also distributes Alexandra Dean’s 2017 award-winning documentary BOMBSHELL: THE HEDY LAMARR STORY in conjunction with Kino Lorber and Zeitgeist Films.