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Jeffry 2022-04-21 09:01:27
Confused Road to Rebellion
Benn, a top student who has just graduated from school and entered the society, is very confused about his future. He tries hard to break the suppression of his parents and establish an independent self.
There is a very classic scene in the movie where his parents let him put on a diving suit and...
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Deja 2022-04-20 09:01:17
ignorant helpless helpless
The film "Graduate" shows the growth process of middle-class American youth in the 1960s with the ideal and pursuit of Benjamin, a college graduate, as the clue of the film. It tells about Benjamin's confusion, dissatisfaction and helplessness about social reality, and also reflects the social...
Brian Avery
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Mrs. Braddock: [Ben is shaving in his bathroom] Oh, my.
Benjamin: Hi.
Mrs. Braddock: Hi, can I talk to you for a minute?
Benjamin: Sure.
Mrs. Braddock: Benji... darling, I'm, uh... going to ask you something, but you don't have to tell me if you don't want to.
Benjamin: What?
Mrs. Braddock: Well, I was going to ask you what you do when you go off at night.
Benjamin: When I go out?
Mrs. Braddock: You don't have to tell me, if you don't want to.
Benjamin: No, I do, i want to tell you: I drive around.
Mrs. Braddock: What else?
Benjamin: Nothing else.
Mrs. Braddock: Well, you don't drive around from midnight til noon the next day, Benjamin?
Benjamin: Oh, no.
Mrs. Braddock: Well then, what do you do? Do you meet someone?
Benjamin: [Benjamin nicks his finger with the razor] Meet someone?
Mrs. Braddock: Hm.
Benjamin: Why do you say that?
Mrs. Braddock: Well, this is your business. I won't play games with you.
Benjamin: No wait, wait! I don't meet anyone, Mother, but why do you say that?
Mrs. Braddock: Benjamin, I don't want to pry into your affairs, but I would rather you didn't say anything at all than be dishonest. Good night.
[Mrs. Braddock leaves]
Benjamin: Well, wait! Wait a minute!
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Mrs. Robinson: [gets into Benjamin's car] Drive down the block.
Benjamin: Mrs. Robinson, Elaine and I have a date, we're going for a drive.
Mrs. Robinson: [angrily] Do exactly as I say!
Benjamin: [Ben drives down the block] Now, it seems to me...
Mrs. Robinson: Listen very carefully to me, Benjamin: You are not to see Elaine again, ever! Those are my orders, is that clear?
Benjamin: Mrs. Robinson, do you think...
Mrs. Robinson: I can make things quite unpleasant.
Benjamin: How?
Mrs. Robinson: In order to keep Elaine away from you, I'm prepared to tell her everything.
Benjamin: [Ben stops the car] I don't believe you.
Mrs. Robinson: [threateningly] Then you better start believing me.
Benjamin: I just don't believe you would do that.
Mrs. Robinson: Try me.
[Ben gets out of the car]
