The story of a youth growth movie is nothing more than a boy and a girl who go through a long period of adolescence and finally jump and transform into a human being. This thrilling leap does not need to be drunk and sing, to have an abortion, or to rip your heart out and cry. Sometimes a brief silence is enough to express, like the scene at the end of "The Graduate", light and heavy How much blood.
At the end of "The Graduate," the protagonist, Benn, takes the courage to steal Elaine from the wedding, and the two happily run across the lawn and board a strange bus. They sat down in the back seat, neither hugging nor kissing, the smiles and excitement faded, the air exuded embarrassment, and the two of them looked away with no expression on their faces. At this time, the theme song "The Sound of Silence" sounded, the subtitles went up, and the film ended.
This may be the most meaningful ending in film history. The actors explained that the script was only written until the moment they sat down, the lines had already been spoken, but the director did not call the end, so they had to sit and act awkwardly. Afterwards, the director thought that they did a good job, so he cut this ambiguous section into the finished film.
"The Graduate" has been mentioned many times, which is not unrelated to this ending. Because of the embarrassing performance at the end, the audience not only saw the victory of robbing the marriage, but also saw the end of their youth. It is really sad to see through their quarrel and tired future. Because of this mirror, Ben is no longer a graduate, but an adult.
The film begins, and after graduation, Ben takes a plane home from school. He stood on the moving sidewalk of the airport, showing no excitement or frustration, his face simply expressionless. At home, his parents held a grand graduation party, and all the attendees were his predecessors and their friends. These were the people who watched him grow up, and perhaps witnessed his christening, naming, coming-of-age, and birthday parties, and tonight's graduation party was no exception. Ben, like a doll, was pushed towards the center of the party, routinely greeting, kissing, and perfunctory guests. When asked about the future, he replied calmly and frankly: I don't know.
Just graduated. Ben wears sunglasses and sunbathes by the pool every day to pass the day. Father asked him why? He replied: "It's very comfortable, so it just floats."
Bennka's awkward state between teenagers and adults. He's waiting for something to happen to push him out of the void and into the real adult world. It can be said that Mrs. Robinson's lure saved Benn's lonely graduate career.
Mrs. Robinson, played by Anne Bancroft, may have seduced Benn from boredom, debauchery, loneliness, or for some other reason that the film doesn't explain. The movie asks a sexy middle-aged woman to ignite Ben, and she shows up, seducing Ben to bed without any reason.
Sex and incest are forbidden. Ben is a good boy who listens to his parents even in college. He has nothing to do with rebellion, nor does he have the will to actively choose. Mrs. Robinson's seduction helped him get rid of the emptiness of doing nothing and violated the double confinement. Since then, he has lived a double-sided life, jumping from the swimming pool in the daytime to Mrs. Robinson's bed in the night, and the movements are seamless.
Ben is the weak and passive side of this relationship. He was incest, he was banned, but this was not a rebellion he provoked, but Mrs. Robinson's skillful hunting. He tried to protest, but Mrs. Robinson stretched out her slender legs and he surrendered. In front of desire, men are always soft and ridiculous.
Mrs. Robinson has only one weakness, her daughter Elaine. It was unacceptable for her to be involved in this incestuous relationship between mother and daughter. But Mr. Robinson, who was buried in the dark, and Ben's parents have been trying to get along with each other, so Ben's mistake was wrong, he asked Elaine out, and fell in love with her in every possible way.
The love between Ben and Elaine is essentially Ben's act of rebellion against Mrs. Robinson, because in this way, he can beat her weakness, get out of the middle state of graduates, and enter the real world of adults. Ben and Elaine's love was a sacrifice conspired by Ben, Mrs Robinson and perhaps Elaine. They planned a real graduation ceremony. This graduation ceremony, Benn's brave and unstoppable, finally ushered in adulthood, and the silent, embarrassing and truthful ending.
Graduation begins at this unspeakable moment.
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