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<blockquote data-quote="Willie Oleson" data-source="post: 384862" data-attributes="member: 8">MIDNIGHT EXPRESS (1978)[ATTACH=full]50248[/ATTACH]Triumph? Courage? To me it looks like the story of an incredibly stupid person with a &quot;pretty serial killer&quot; face.The political troubles of that time that played a big part in his disproportionately heavy sentence is only touched upon, therefore I&#039;m not sure what they were trying to convey from a dramatic point of view. And that final scene wasn&#039;t as satisfying as I remembered it.With the focus on life in a foreign prison, and stripped of his precious constitutional rights, it is possible that this film was meant to be dark and depressing but I found it very enjoyable, mostly because of the fearless performances and the many colourful characters.[ATTACH=full]50249[/ATTACH]Even though I think it was made with great artistic values, they didn&#039;t exactly shy away from some comical stereotyping, and I&#039;m not saying that with a 21st century sensibility.And then I also wonder, was MIDNIGHT EXPRESS the inspiration for Nick Toscanni&#039;s revenge story because Denver-Carrington&#039;s international errand boy Matthew &quot;Tex&quot; Blaisdel failed to save Nick&#039;s brother?[ATTACH=full]50250[/ATTACH]</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Willie Oleson, post: 384862, member: 8"] MIDNIGHT EXPRESS (1978) [ATTACH type="full"]50248[/ATTACH] Triumph? Courage? To me it looks like the story of an incredibly stupid person with a "pretty serial killer" face. The political troubles of that time that played a big part in his disproportionately heavy sentence is only touched upon, therefore I'm not sure what they were trying to convey from a dramatic point of view. And that final scene wasn't as satisfying as I remembered it. With the focus on life in a foreign prison, and stripped of his precious constitutional rights, it is possible that this film was meant to be dark and depressing but I found it very enjoyable, mostly because of the fearless performances and the many colourful characters. [ATTACH type="full"]50249[/ATTACH] Even though I think it was made with great artistic values, they didn't exactly shy away from some comical stereotyping, and I'm not saying that with a 21st century sensibility. And then I also wonder, was MIDNIGHT EXPRESS the inspiration for Nick Toscanni's revenge story because Denver-Carrington's international errand boy Matthew "Tex" Blaisdel failed to save Nick's brother? [ATTACH type="full"]50250[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]

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