This is an American movie from the 1960s. A friend recommended it to me a long time ago, but such an old movie is really hard to find. I finally saw it on BT two days ago, but, until the end of the first half, I felt disappointed.
The story tells that Ben, a college student, has just walked out of school and is confused about the future. It is at this time that he encounters the most troublesome emotional trouble. His father's friend Mrs. Robinson actually seduces him, and he himself falls in love with him. Elaine, Mrs. Robinson's daughter... To be honest, the male protagonist is not handsome enough, with thin lips and a big nose, the female protagonist also looks average, and the male protagonist also looks very cowardly and inexplicably neurotic.
But Elaine's appearance changed him. Although the relationship was embarrassing, he still bravely began to pursue her. It was not earth-shattering. When she proposed marriage, it was really touching.
The most important thing is that the interlude that keeps ringing in the second half is the "Scarborough Fair" that I have been looking for for many years. Many years ago, I heard this song by chance, the sad but not sad music instantly attracted me, so I searched hard, but I didn't know its title, and I couldn't find the relevant disc. .
In "The Graduate", when this familiar melody took off on the highway with Ben's red sports car, I also woke up from the drowsy state. It turns out that what I've been looking for is here, and the sound in the movie is better than what I've heard before, hoarse, deep, and more penetrating.
So it's safe to say that I like The Graduate's episode more than its plot.
The film is almost half a century old now, but its content and meaning seem to be more prominent in our time. In the movie, Ben in the 1960s felt confused and fearful about the future after graduating from college. However, around us, college students of that era were rare animals. In the 1980s and 1990s, it was even more glorious to have a college student at home. . The former college graduates should not be the same as Ben in the play, everyone should have a good way out and a job.
But now, when the threshold of college is getting lower and lower, when college students are more and more flooded, this kind of confusion and fear of Ben can be seen everywhere. For the time being, let's not talk about the topic of "graduated, let's break up together", the future and the The future will make us overwhelmed, and it is an indisputable fact that it is difficult for college students to find jobs.
The first half of the film "The Graduate" was indeed lengthy and protracted, but its significance was ahead of its time. Such a film should be more empathetic to today's college graduates.
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