The Graduate, starring a young Dustin Hoffman, with and Anne Bancroft, is one of my favorite films.
Perhaps the most iconic film of the ‘60s, The Graduate is the tale of Benjamin Braddock (Hoffman), a fresh-faced college graduate who returns home from East Coast Ivy to Pasadena, California, and finds he having an affair with Mrs. Robinson, his father’s business partner’s wife. After he falls for their daughter, things go sour and well, I won’t spoil the end…
The reason a adore this film is not for the intriguing plot, but for being avant gard. It is rather risqué. And I find the culture of ‘60s California intriguing. It’s another world from any place I’ve ever seen in New England. I’ll have to make it out there someday.
The soundtrack is completely by Simon & Garfunkel. I can’t say I was much of a fan until I saw the film, but I’ve downloaded a few tracks from iTunes. If you haven’t been living under a rock I’m sure you’re familiar with the song “Mrs. Robinson”.
Throughout the film, Hoffman is almost always in a blazer and tie, a combination I love because it throws me back to boarding school where the boys dressed that way daily. I’d die to get my paws on pretty much anything Mrs. Robinson (Bancroft) wears. Notables include the leopard print coat in the hotel scene, any of the lingerie, and those famous thigh-high stockings. The daughter Elaine’s (Katharine Ross) wardrobe is a little more Jackie than Marilyn. She wears some beautiful coats. And that wedding dress from the final scene…
Oh, and my dream car! The Alfa Romeo.
Rent it.
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