The Graduate

In the movie “The Graduate” is truly a classic Oscar winning movie. With this movie being from 1967 it really shows that good actors will create a movie that lives and is considered a great movie for decades later. With this said, I found that the music within the movie, the scenery, and the great acting from the actors makes a great movie.

The plot of the movie “The Graduate” is based on graduate who comes back and has an affair with his father’s business partner’s wife. However years later he falls in love with his affair’s daughter. I could understand a movie these days about a plot like this, but in 1967 it is hard to imagine what people would have thought.

In terms of the cinematography the thing I remember most about "The Graduate" as far as cinematography is the incredible use of zooms. Zooms are horribly done most of the time, but they really worked for the story, and were expertly planned out in this movie within numerous times. A great example of this is in the beginning of the film, there is a scene where Benjamin drives Mrs. Robinson home after his graduation party. She invites him onto her porch for a drink and asks him to sit down. The porch is made of all glass, so the outside environment is completely visible. Large trees, plants, bushes and other foliage surround the porch, making it appear as if this porch is in the jungle.

In terms of the actors in the movie, I believe that the main actor Dustin Hoffman, who I extremely like, portrayed his character flawless. To play a character with these types of morals during 1960 and to do it faultless is a very hard thing to imagine. This movie changed

During the movie, I found that there were times that there was no sound and it appears that this was done for a good reason. I also found that some of the music was very appropriate and sometimes somewhat romantic music. I think that music only adds to movies. I liked the music of Simon and Garfunkel and was very appropriate.

All in all, this was a great 1960’s movie that really changed movies and themes about movies. These types of movies were considered very Risqué back in the 1960 and were a gamble to complete. However, it was very successful due to the great acting and cinematography. I think that it is very important to note that the movie was selected for preservation in the U.S. National Film Registry as being "culturally, historically, and aesthetically significant".