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TheGraduate

Background

TheGraduate(1967)isoneofthekey,ground-breakingfilmsofthelate1960s,andhelpedtosetinmotionaneweraoffilm-making.Theinfluentialfilmisabitingsatire/comedyaboutarecentnebbish,EastCoastcollegegraduatewhofindshimselfalienatedandadriftintheshifting,socialandsexualmoresofthe1960s,andquestioningthevaluesofsociety(withitskeywordplastics). PS:In1960s,theplasticindustryhasbecomeaemergedmarketintheUS.Therefore,peopleallthinkthatthereisagoodfutureinplasticandtheyalsowanttheirchildrentoworkonthisindustry.

ThethemesofthefilmalsomirroredthechangesoccurringinHollywood,asanewvanguardofyoungerdirectorswerecomingtotheforefront.Avant-gardedirectorMikeNichols,followinghisdebutsuccessofWhosAfraidofVirginiaWoolf?(1966)withthissecondfilm,instantlybecameamajornewtalentinAmericanfilmafterwinninganAcademyAwardforhisdirectorship.

Thethemeofaninnocentandconfusedyouthwhoisexploited,mis-directed,seduced(literallyandfiguratively)

andbetrayedbyacorrupt,decadent,anddiscreditedoldergeneration(thatfindsitsstabilityinplastics)waswellunderstoodbyfilmaudiencesandcapturedthespiritofthetimes.Oneofthefilmspostersproclaimedthedifficultcoming-of-agefortherecent,aimlesscollegegraduate.

Therewasalreadyagrowingdissatisfactionwiththestatusquoandmiddle-classvalues,andthebreakthroughfilmmirroredthatanarchicmoodperfectlyforAmericasyouth

ofthe60sduringtheescalationoftheVietnamWar.However,inthefinalanalysis,directorNicholsactuallysubversivelyportrayedhowaimlessandunalivethedisaffectedyounggenerationwas(inthecharacterofBenjamin)-andwouldbecomeastheyapproachedmiddle-ageandworkedinsterilecorporatesettings.

Conclusion:

Inthemidtolate1960s,therebelliousyouthwentlookingforanewwayoflife.Theyturnedagains