The popular success in 1967 of The Graduate was immediate and total; at the time, only Gone with the Wind and The Sound of Music were bigger box-office winners. Yet such phenomenal success came at a price: On the film's 40th anniversary, director Mike Nichols claimed that The Graduate had been "whipped away" by a young audience hungry for countercultural documents. This study, the first monograph on The Graduate, explores how popular and subsequent critical reception deflected a full understanding of the film's complex point of view, which satirizes everything in its path--especially Benjamin…mehr
The popular success in 1967 of The Graduate was immediate and total; at the time, only Gone with the Wind and The Sound of Music were bigger box-office winners. Yet such phenomenal success came at a price: On the film's 40th anniversary, director Mike Nichols claimed that The Graduate had been "whipped away" by a young audience hungry for countercultural documents. This study, the first monograph on The Graduate, explores how popular and subsequent critical reception deflected a full understanding of the film's complex point of view, which satirizes everything in its path--especially Benjamin and Elaine, its young "heroes." The text explores how the film offers not the happy ending some imagine, but a corrosive and satirical vision of humanity. Instructors considering this book for use in a course may request an examination copy here.
J.W. Whitehead directs the fine arts and honors programs at Wheeling Jesuit University in Wheeling, West Virginia, where he teaches film, creative writing, and contemporary literature.
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Table of Contents Acknowledgments Preface Part I. Introduction 1. "Plastics" 2. Post-Graduate 3. The Graduates Part II. Seeing The Graduate 4. "The Sounds of Silence": Of Human Baggage (00:00-03:00) 5. The Graduation Party (03:00-06:30) 6. The Locked Womb (06:30-16:30) 7. "Ben? You'll Never Be Young Again." (16:30-21:00) 8. The Birthday Party (21:00-24:00) 9. An "Affair" at the Taft Hotel (24:00-38:00) 10. "Drifting" (38:00-46:00) 11. "Conversation"-Stopper (46:00-55:00) 12. Elaine (55:00-1:10:30) 13. "Scarborough Fair": The Berkeley Stalker (1:10:30-1:26:00) 14. "Mrs. Robinson": The Loneliness of the LongDistance Runner (1:26:00-1:41:00) 15. More "Sounds of Silence": The Finishing Kick (1:41:00-1:46:00) Part III. Valediction 16. The Legacy of The Graduate Chapter Notes Filmography Bibliography Index
Table of Contents Acknowledgments Preface Part I. Introduction 1. "Plastics" 2. Post-Graduate 3. The Graduates Part II. Seeing The Graduate 4. "The Sounds of Silence": Of Human Baggage (00:00-03:00) 5. The Graduation Party (03:00-06:30) 6. The Locked Womb (06:30-16:30) 7. "Ben? You'll Never Be Young Again." (16:30-21:00) 8. The Birthday Party (21:00-24:00) 9. An "Affair" at the Taft Hotel (24:00-38:00) 10. "Drifting" (38:00-46:00) 11. "Conversation"-Stopper (46:00-55:00) 12. Elaine (55:00-1:10:30) 13. "Scarborough Fair": The Berkeley Stalker (1:10:30-1:26:00) 14. "Mrs. Robinson": The Loneliness of the LongDistance Runner (1:26:00-1:41:00) 15. More "Sounds of Silence": The Finishing Kick (1:41:00-1:46:00) Part III. Valediction 16. The Legacy of The Graduate Chapter Notes Filmography Bibliography Index
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