The Graduate: 1967, A Movie for Its Time by agmoore

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The Graduate: 1967, A Movie for Its Time
*This review was written as an entry into @wiseagent's [Movie-writing Contest.]( https://steemit.com/contest/@wiseagent/for-your-consideration-02-back-in-time-or-movie-writing-contest) The theme for December is 'Back in Time', and this week the time designated is the 60s.  I chose to review **The Graduate**.* 



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**The Graduate**

*Release Date:*  **December 22, 1967**
*Director:*  **Mike Nichols**
*Producer:*  **Lawrence Turman**
*Writers:* **Buck Henry, Calder Willingham**

*Main Players:*
**Ann Bancroft,** Mrs. Robinson
**Dustin Hoffman,** Benjamin Braddock 
**Kathleen Ross,** Elaine Robinson

*Synopsis*
Benjamin Braddock has just graduated from college.  The future looms.  Everyone wants to know Benjamin's plans. Benjamin seems unconcerned.  He floats in a kind of indifferent malaise, and passively submits to the influence of events.  One of these is seduction by his parents' close friend, Mrs. Robinson.  The plot thickens as Benjamin falls in love with Mrs. Robinson's daughter, Elaine.  The juxtaposition between mother and daughter, past and future, corrupt and innocent, becomes the central conflict of the movie.  It is a conflict that finally gives Benjamin purpose.  




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(*Spoiler Alert*)
I was a sophomore at NYU, in Greenwich Village, when *The Graduate* was released.  Never did a movie more perfectly fit the mood of a generation.  It was as though the writers used a cinematic language which only the initiated could understand.  The film's synchrony with the spirit of the times was made clear to me one day in class, when a professor commented on the theme.  At first he seemed privy to its coded language. Then he made a comment that showed he really didn't have a clue.  In referring to Elaine, Benjamin's love interest and Mrs. Robinson's daughter,  he said she was, "The kind of girl anyone would fall in love with."  

In that moment I realized he didn't get it at all.  What do I mean by "it"?  It wasn't Elaine's pretty face, or schoolgirl charm that entranced Benjamin.  It was her  naivete, the fact that she had not yet been corrupted by  the 'system'.   Elaine was the antithesis of her mother.  She was the blank slate upon which a better future could be writ.  That message was clear.  Freedom from corruption by the system was the central theme of the movie, at least to my generation.

Today, when people speak of the 'establishment' generally they are referring to a socio/economic/governmental monolith.  In 1967-68, the establishment meant something different.  It was a much more encompassing concept.  It wasn't just about money and power.  It was about history.  It was the culture of the 50s.  The values we saw as dead.  A moribund time, an oppressive set of expectations intended to define our future.  We rejected all of it.

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If you doubt that the symbolism I see exists in this movie, please consider the last scene.  Elaine's family has assembled to ritually seal her fate through the orthodoxy of church.  She is to marry the "old make-out king" and become wedded to the corrupt, stale values of the past.  Benjamin rushes to save her--to save the two of them.  He seizes an essential tool of orthodoxy--a giant cross--in his crusade. 

The film's  writers drive home the significance of this scene when they add a final exchange between Elaine and her mother,  Mrs. Robinson.  The mother declares, after vows have been pledged, "It's too late."  By this she means the indomitable  authority of custom and tradition now weigh upon Elaine.  

Elaine answers with a cry  of freedom:  "Not for me."  In that instant she throws off the yoke of the past. Ritual and consensus no longer rule her life.  This emancipation is almost more radical than Benjamin's evolution from passivity to action.

Was this a perfect film?  No.  I would have preferred a female lead who did not need saving.  The movie was made, after all, after the *Second Sex* and the *Feminine Mystique* were widely recognized as landmark books.   If there is anything about the movie that seemed off at the time, it was Nichols' portrayal of women.  But he did allow Elaine to grow.  Perhaps he meant to suggest the evolved Elaine would be more assertive and would eventually own the kind of equality that was hers by birthright.  However, so much else about the film was perfect-- including casting. 

Dustin Hoffman was catapulted into top-tier star status.  Bancroft cemented her place in the history of cinema.    And Katherine Ross' performance in time would become iconic.  
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If you haven't seen this film, do so. Please pay attention to the scene, early on, where Benjamin's neighbor recommends "plastic" as a promising future.  That scene fixed forever the symbolic significance of plastic in the public consciousness. 
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<center>1967-68</center>
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Though *The Graduate* was released at the end of 1967, its worldwide distribution  extended into 1968.  It's impossible to consider the film properly  without also considering the social and political firestorm consuming the US that year: opposition to the Vietnam War.  

*The Graduate* wasn't just a film.  For some, it was a manifesto, even if it wasn't intended to be that by Nichols.  Its  message was seized by a generation.  That's not all that was seized.  

In the U.S.  students seized the Columbia University campus, and they imprisoned its president.  In a sense, they even seized the U.S. presidency, for in face of unrelenting protests against the Vietnam War, President Lyndon Johnson declared he would not run for a second term.  

In August of 1968, demonstrators seized the streets of Chicago in an attempt to disrupt the Democratic National Convention.  Once again, the protest was against the Vietnam War.



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The [notation](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Young_%22hippie%22_standing_in_front_of_a_row_of_National_Guard_soldiers,_across_the_street_from_the_Hilton_Hotel_at_Grant_Park,_at_the_Democratic_National_Convention_in_Chicago,_August_26,_1968.jpg) for this picture reads: *Young 'Hippie' Standing in Front of a Row of National Guard Soldiers, Across the Street From the Hilton Hotel at Grant Park, at the Democratic National Convention, August 26, 1968*

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The opposition, the establishment, did not retreat quietly.  In that year, champions of change--Martin Luther King Jr. and Robert Kennedy--were assassinated.

Of course, these disruptions didn't occur  because of *The Graduate*, but the movie did capture a moment as it was about to happen.  It was the rumble before the tsunami. 

Perhaps without the catalyst of the Vietnam War, change would have been more gradual, less cataclysmic.  Perhaps  *The Graduate* would have been merely another socially relevant experience.  But given the climate, the movie resonated powerfully. 

What makes a great movie?  Is it acting?  Script?  Directorial skill?  Or is it power as a work of art, as an enduring part of culture?  On that last count, I would have to place *The Graduate* among the greatest of movies.  Certainly that was true in the U.S., for some of us who came of age in 1967-68. 

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Before I sign off, I want to thank @serialfiller.  I read his (her?) outstanding [review](https://steemit.com/aaa/@serialfiller/1961-the-hustler) of *The Hustler* and learned about this contest from that blog.    If you haven't sampled @serialfiller's delightful reviews,  you're missing out on a treat. 

I'd also like to thank @wiseagent for running a movie review-writing contest.  This is one more creatively rich place for me to hang my hat when I'm surfing the blockchain.








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A Few Noteworthy references:

1. [The Second Sex,](https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/beauvoir/) by Simone De Bouvier
2. [The Feminine Mystique,](https://www.britannica.com/topic/The-Feminine-Mystique ) by Betty Friedan
3. [The Viet Nam War-Anti War Movment](https://www.history.com/topics/vietnam-war/vietnam-war-protests)
4. [Assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr.](https://www.britannica.com/event/assassination-of-Martin-Luther-King-Jr)
5. [Assassination of Robert Kennedy](https://www.britannica.com/event/assassination-of-Martin-Luther-King-Jr)
6. [The Democratic National Convention, 1968](https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/1968-democratic-convention-931079/)
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If you'd like to see the movie, you might be able to catch it on [Youtube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8hNbXHU084g)
Movie URL: https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/37247-the-graduate
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@agmoore2 ·
Thank you!
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@agmoore ·
I've shared this post on [Twitter.](https://twitter.com/A_G_Moore/status/1204125624803168256)  I often share posts on Twitter, because I'm an active blogger there.  This time, I'm noting my Twitter share because of the #posh initiative by OCDB.
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@agmoore2 ·
Thank you very much!  This does help me to have a great day :))
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@carolkean ·
Congratulations on a very well-earned Curie, agmoore!
Your history and context bring the movie to life - I'd watch it just for the sound track!
Intriguing: *Its message was seized by a generation. That's not all that was seized. In the U.S. students seized the Columbia University campus...In a sense, they even seized the U.S. presidency...*
thanks for this!
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@agmoore2 ·
How did I miss this comment??
Yes, I would watch it for the soundtrack, also.  
I love it when a writer appreciates my style :)  Great compliment from you!
I didn't participate in the protests, but was right in the middle of it. My worldview was certainly shaped at least partly by those events.
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@marcybetancourt ·
Hi. You touched my heart. The Graduate is a movie that I have seen several times. In the cinema clubs we place it in several cycles (by the director, by Dustin Hoffman, by the subject, etc.).
It has been a great pleasure to have read you
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@agmoore · (edited)
You make me happy with your comment.  Thanks so much for stopping by.  I just looked at your blog and saw the Bob Marley 'interview'.  Isn't that interesting, how these two blogs, in a way, intersect?

Yours was a gentle trip into the past, and just as I imagine Bob Marley would like.

I'm not upvoting your comment --that will just turn to dust.  I 'm saving the votes for your blog, where they will count.

Have the most wonderful day...thanks again for those lovely words. 
Regards,
AG
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@road2horizon ·
hi dear @agmoore, great review! in those years I was just a thought in my mother's mind, but the same I saw the graduate over and over again and I can assure you that he has been able to transmit all the messages you are talking about even to the following generations :-)) congratulations on your work and for the curie vote
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@agmoore ·
Thank you for that! I love "road2horizon"--captures the spirit of the 60s for sure.  And I love being a witness to history.  One of the great things about this platform--bloggers 'meet' with preconceptions about age, race, gender, culture erased.  Even language barriers evaporate (love that Google Translate).  
Your comment is a tribute to the film, I think. It speaks to all of us, if we are willing to listen.
Very nice to find your comment here....Have a great day.
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@road2horizon ·
yes you're right, no barriers here !! (how nice! and I love googletranslator ... :-))
My pleasur to read you, keep on!
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@borjan ·
I saw the movie many times because was often on the TV when I was a kid, along with some other great movies that will appear regularly almost every year, like Taxi driver, 2001 space odyssey ... and more ... and I remember enjoying this adult oriented stuff a lot ... I saw them in later years again ... great, great movies ... beside the quality of acting and various aspects of movie making ... there is also a clear uniqueness in those movies, there are not only great but also one of a kind ...
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@agmoore ·
Thank you very much for stopping by and commenting.  I see you were an observer, of life and human nature, from an early age.  Maybe we have some of that movie-watching to thank for your very unique insight:)  

I agree about the great movies--so rich in ideas and technique that every viewing is a rewarding experience.

A personal aside about TV: When I was very young, there was no TV (ha!).  Then there were just a couple of channels to choose from.  Eventually, we did have a TV with some variety, but my mother limited access.  And then (this was great for the imagination) we had a broken TV.  Sound and no picture.  Interesting exercise, making our own pictures in our heads.  Once we moved in with my uncle (long story) there was a huge TV.  That's when I fell in love with movies--an afternoon show called, *Million Dollar Movie*.  All the classics (mostly from the 40s and early 50s) were shown over and over again. 

...Back to the present :) Looking forward to seeing what you bring to us this winter through your camera lens . ![Uwinter.jpg](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmTk7rbgcDfetuGTYCyLcyzoynGuKdiqDa1SbLcZJDBWzx/Uwinter.jpg)
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@borjan ·
:) Great personal story about the TV, this short passage looks like entire post to me, and a very interesting one ...  when I imagine people around the broken TV - is a great scene :) whatever the context, surely captures the attention and imagination and looks like a metaphor for something ... is interesting to compare it with my TV history from the 80' in another part of the world with a very different political and economic system, we had a small black and white TV until the mid eighties, I remember watching all movies and documentaries in monochrome and often not knowing which ones were originally in color ... I remember once, visiting my Dad's friend from work in the city, and there was a normal TV :) that looked huge to me, and on the program was '' The thief of Baghdad" movie - it looked fantastic,  and  that moment is still very vivid in memory ... we had officially only two programs to chose from, but here where I live, near Italy, we can see the Italian programs too, although often the signal was pretty bad, depending on of the weather conditions, sometimes, when something good was on some Italian program, my father will go on the roof turning the antenna, and I was watching the TV and yelling - good, when the image started to look better or stopped moving up and down ... on our Yugoslavian TV , beside the tons of domestic movies about Partisans that gave me the feeling that the WW2 was over only a few months ago and ready to explode again, there was also, somehow, place and time for a lot of good foreign classic movies, not only Hollywood, but also French, Italian and Russian classics, I think that the explanation of the so many movies in program is that there  was no Reality shows :) no political debate programs, and just one daily news report in 19 :30 h
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@wiseagent ·
Hi, @agmoore. Thanks for your entry.
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@agmoore ·
Thanks for your response.  It was great fun writing this review.  I've read some of the others and will read the rest.  Very stimulating to have different people with unique perspectives offering their views of culture.
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@mariita52 ·
Thank you for sharing your opinion about this movie.
You witnessed events, of the time, that enrich this review.
Congratulations on a Curie vote!
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@agmoore · (edited)
I appreciate that.  Thank you so much for your comment.The fun for me in this piece was not just the writing, but sorting through pictures of that time.  What value is age, if we don't share our experience?
You have a great day!
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@whatisnew ·
Hi @agmoore!  Your 'Back in Time' was more like a blast from the past for me.  I was surprised at the flood of memories that came rushing in.  Love the added images from back in the day and I laughed when you used the word Hippie.  Back then that word was a dirty word for the older generation.  I am sitting here now, shaking my head thinking about those days as well as thinking of you because you never cease to amaze me.  You are a master writer and now you can add a master of reviews to your credentials.  Congratulations on your well deserved Currie!  I think you hold the record for the most Currie's received and I have no doubt they will keep coming.  I for one would love to see that.  *Hugs!*
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@agmoore ·
&#128514;
I once had a large purple hat that I wore to work (not *at* work).  Didn't realize it would cause a stir :)
Thanks for your kind words.  I think you are extraordinarily generous.  If you only knew the insecurity...my husband has to give me a pep talk every time. He reminds me it's all for fun.
Wonderful to know you.  Hope you are well and staying away from noxious territory.
Affectionately,
AG
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@whatisnew ·
A purple hat is bad enough, but a large one? LOL!
Oh, it is very hard for me to believe that you would need a pep talk.  You must be a perfectionist.
Aw, thank you.  It is wonderful to know you too AG and I am glad that we are friends.  I hibernate in cold weather so the only place I will be going is in my back yard.  Thanks for caring, my friend.  *Hugs!*
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@agmoore ·
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