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In the late 1960s, the film "The Graduate", directed by Mike Nichols and starring Dustin Hoffman, adopted a theme choice that was different from Hollywood's previous commercial films, and no longer used a relaxed tone. To escape from life and reality, and instead focus on and get close to the real life of young people from a humanistic perspective, not only does the whole film have a spicy irony taste, but even the ending of the comedy is memorable and contemplative. This film, known as the masterpiece of "New Hollywood Film", borrows the story of college graduate Ben's pursuit of love, which truly reflects the confusion of young individuals on the road of growth and their struggle against the shackles of adult social rules. When Frank Pearson, president of the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, talked about how he felt when he first saw the film, he said, "It's not enough to say it's impressive, maybe some people think it's affected an entire generation. It’s a miracle that the statement is more accurate.”
Nearly half a century has passed, far away from the 1960s, when young Americans were the most enthusiastic critic of middle-class values; away from the hippie movement that vigorously pursued individual liberation; away from Martin Luther King Jr. The passionate "I have a dream"; far from the brilliance of yesterday's successful human moon landing, today, when I am watching this classic film in the classics, I think what Chairman Frank Pearson has said. That kind of influence is still going on.
Graduate, a special title, a close yet distant identity. Mingming is no longer a student, but he is called "sheng" again; and he is obviously called "sheng", but he has already graduated. At the beginning of the film, Ben, a graduate with a dignified expression and a blank expression, returned from a prestigious university in the eastern United States. Along with him, in addition to the airport conveyor belt under his feet, there was also the song that sounded quietly.
The star student in the eyes of relatives and friends has a smooth road ahead. However, Ben was worried about his future. He locked himself in the house and stared at the goldfish in the fish tank thoughtfully. The lively and noisy social party downstairs made him restless, and he fled with a fake smile. A life squeezed by secular etiquette and rules is like a goldfish in a fishbowl. The conflict between crampedness and freedom is so obvious, and quiet self-space and thinking time are so precious. He had a special future in mind, but not the promising plastics industry. Good children in the eyes of their parents will not let everyone down. When Ben, fully armed and wearing a diving suit, walked slowly towards the pool like a robot, he could only see the bigger slap in the goggles, only see people's excited teeth and claws, and could only hear his own cry, Take a breath. When he fell into the 6-foot depth of clear water, he finally gained a moment of peace in the world, but he seemed to be tied up and abandoned in a corner of the world and no one remembered it. The kind-hearted younger generation in the eyes of the graceful middle-class wife is easy to manipulate. She did not intend to offend, was afraid of harm, and was not good at rejecting, but she finally lost herself. He forgot that he just wanted to tell, but he saw the frustration and loneliness behind the brilliance. Floating in the azure pool water, dazzling in the dazzling sunlight, Ben remains dazed.
In the adult world, his drama has already been designed, but he can't read the plot. Until Ben met Erin. Elin in the film symbolizes another Ben, a beautiful world that Ben wants to pursue. She is like a breeze and a spring, giving people a fresh and pure youthful feeling, rather than the old value system and meaning standard represented by Mrs. Robinson. Facing Yilin, just like facing his true heart, Ben finally understood that living in the ideology of others, his life full of honor was futile and wasted. He doesn't want the best future in the eyes of others, he just wants the future he wants. "It's like people are playing a game, and the rules are meaningless to me, made by someone wrong. I don't think they are playing the game, but they are being played by the game." Ben learned to be independent After thinking, he also found the first thing he wanted to do for himself in his life, to marry Yilin.
When confused, people will unconsciously slow down and wander, because we can't tell where the road is. However, once when people have no escape, when people know what they want, they will immediately run out, because the road is underfoot, and the direction ahead is the direction. When Ben raised his arms and shouted Elin's name in the church, when he waved the cross to defend his love, when he imprisoned the people who imprisoned them in the church, no one didn't feel that he was his own God at this time.
When they dashed onto the bus, grabbed Yilin's Ben, ignoring the strange and questioning eyes of a carload of people, they couldn't help but high-five and laugh up to the sky. After that, they deliberately kept calm, still secretly snickering, and gradually calmed down and gradually relieved. , It is hard to hide the miscellaneous flavors in happiness, a little bitterness, a little emotion, a little pride and pride. Looking at the bus away from them, the youthful and immature people in the past have fled, and now the transformed new students are on their way to the future.
The Sound Of Silence resounded again, chanting in a low voice like a dream, winding around the beam. When all sounds are quiet, when everything turns to darkness, let us talk to each other, talk to ourselves, and talk to that dream.
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