The Graduate

1. The film The Graduate was directed by Mike Nichols who is well known for achieving all entertainment awards including Grammy, Emmy, Oscar, and Tony. One of his best movies was The Graduate which grossed over 40 million dollars at the box office. This film was nominated for seven awards but only took home the best director at the Academy Awards. This movie was Dustin Hoffman's first film and made him infamous. From there on out he has stared in multiple films including  classics like Tootsie and Rain Man. The Graduate is truly one of the first youth rebellion films ever and still can be relatable to todays youth when dealing with ones future. This film has a lot of great camera effects and different and unique aspects that make the film stand out. A lot of the scenes have overlapping actions and uses innovative ways to bring sound in and out of scenes. A majority of the film uses songs from Simon and Garfunkel. A lot of the songs don't relate to the actions but once the scenes develop you can see how the music really impacts the emotions going on through the film.

2.  http://movies.amctv.com/movie/1967/The+Graduate
This article talks about how Mrs. Robinson's character slowly develops and show how empty and barren a life she leads. It explains how she seduced Ben perfectly in the film and how vulnerable she was in her role which made her character extremely believable. Also the article talks about the infamous ending scene with Elaine and Ben in the back of the bus. The director told them just to stay in character  and gave them no actions to do. But their reactions as the bus kept going became more serious and looks like that they gained maturity which shows that their life will actually start to begin as adults together.

3. This article relates to the film because it really explains how characters emotions and the actors who portray them really have to be accurate in order to let the story become 100% believable. Also having seen this film before the last scene is really iconic and notable in the film industry because their reactions are so real, and honest to their role in the film and shows how great actors they are just by sticking to their character.

4. With this being the second time Ive viewed this film, I can relate to it more because I am finally old enough to understand how rebellious this is for the 1960s and how it can still be related to the young adults of our generation. The great editing and camera angles are well executed and brings the film some angst and emotion for each characters viewpoint. Also The soundtrack really influences the mood and relates to the youth and makes the words really stand out to the scenes going on. This film is not one of the most noted films ever, but its contribution it gave to film and artistry will go down in history.