" Narrated and old through a series of flashback memories (or subjective reveries) by the lonely country housewife, she feels trapped and circumscribed within a repressive social system and rebels against the limitations of life itself.After noticing a sparking disconnected cable above him, Max asked a co-worker named Gilbert to shut down power on Sector 32 while he made repairs, but was denied.BackgroundMidnight Cowboy(1969) is an ultra-realistic, adult film (shot on location) with sordid, downbeat and serious content, from British director John Schlesinger, who had previously directed the widely-acclaimedDarling (1965)- with a Best Actress win for Julie Christie.He says here""s an odd similarity between all of them: "It""s an odd coincidence, Johnny.Listen to this.She told meshewas born the night she met me.All three of us have no pasts, just futures.Isn""t that interesting?" Johnny is miffed and interprets Gilda""s appearance differently than Mundson - instead of seeing similarities, he senses an obvious intrusion into their own bonded, male relationship:Johnny: I thought we agreed that women and gambling didn""t mix.