A
Virtually Perfect Film...
This
is one of my very favorite films of all time.
It's as funny and as poignant as any film ever
made. Playing the naive and directionless Ben,
Dustin Hoffman delivers one of the most
memorable characters in film history!
Anne
Bancroft is pitch perfect as the sultry and
desperately sad older woman who seduces him. And
Katherine Ross is the Mrs. Robinson's pristine daughter who captures the heart of dear Ben.
These three form one of the most hilarious and
conflicted love-triangles you'll ever see. It's
almost Shakespearean.
What is even
more memorable than the performances is one of
the wittiest and perfectly timed scripts ever
written. Every line is delivered with
precision and impetus. No single word is
wasted here. Each line has impact... a
lesson that should be learned by millions of
banal screen writers today.
"The
Graduate" has a permanent place in my Top 25
films of all time. I laugh harder and
longer each time I watch it. And it was
the birth of a screen legend in Dustin Hoffman.
This is one of the quintessential pieces of
cinema that came out of the 1960's... a must see
for all film fans!
©
Written by TC Candler
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