Midnight Cowboy is about a male prostitute’s relationship with a total loser called Ratso-I saw it when I was in my teens and I already liked erotic films that were artsy or film noire-that one was both-the guy-on-guy sex wasn’t as disgusting as it is in today’s movies, though because it was not as graphic...
My mom liked those types of films and started taking us kids with her to see them when we were 12 or so-there were no ratings on that stuff then. Scarecrow is one of my favs as far as film noire goes-gritty, raw and downright depressing...
Midnight Cowboy was the first mainstream Hollywood movie to be rated X.