The Graduate Film Analysis

Based off Charles Webb’s 1963 novel by the same name, The Graduate is an American romantic comedy/drama released in the United States on December 21, 1967 starring Dustin Hoffman, Anne Bancroft, Katharine Ross, and William Daniels. The film was directed by Mike Nichols, produced by Lawrence Turman and the screenplay written by Buck Henry and Calder Willingham. The film was produced by Lawrence Turman/Mike Nichols productions starting in March of 1967. Mike Nichols has also directed other well known films such as Catch-22 (1970), Working Girl (1988), and more recently Closer (2004). The film was distributed by AVCO Embassy Pictures nationally and United Artists internationally. AVCO Embassy Pictures studio, founded by Joseph E. Levine, the films executive producer, also claims production/distribution for other hit films such as Godzilla, King of Monsters! (1956), The Fog (1980), and Prom Night (1980). The movie was well received due to its $104 million dollar box office opening tab. The score was produced by Dave Grusin and the songs written by Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel.

Film- Precious Knowledge Precious Knowledge is a documentary that takes place in Tucson, Arizona and focuses on how the Unified School district wants to completely ban the Mexican American Studies Program. In the film there were many scenes with examples of rhetorical appeal. I believe that the way the film was set up since the beginning had an impactful and direct emotional appeal on the audience. For instance, in the first scenes of the film we have the opportunity to get to know the main characters in a more intimate level.

A League of Their Own (Marshall, 1992) explicitly characterizes an American era when a woman’s place was in the home. Even our modern perspective implicitly follows suit. Although women have gained rights and freedoms since the 1930’s, sexism remains prevalent in America. This film offers an illustration when men went to war and big business men utilized women as temporary replacements in factories, sports, and so on. Here, course concepts, such as gender socialization, gender expressions, role stereotypes, emotion expressions, and language, correspond to the film’s characters and themes.

Rarely has a film impacted an audience and held the test of time as the film Gone with the Wind. I have always been curious if director, Victor Fleming and producer, David O. Selznick and screenplay writer, Sidney Howard knew what they were creating a masterpiece and how this film would have such an enormous impact on audiences for years to come. Interestingly enough there were some who thought the film should not be made, as Irving Thalberg said to Louis B. Meyer in 1936, “Forget it Louis, no Civil War picture ever made a nickel” (Ten Films that Shook the World).

The Frontline film Separate and Unequal discussed about creating a new school system; however, there are opposition by others who wants to maintain the current school system. If we look at the perspectives of the two groups, it is understandable in why there is support and opposition from the people of the city. The supporters of the new system wants a system that can provide better opportunities for their children without any violence. As the film claimed “the school was not teaching and were only babysitting the children”, which was likely a reason why there was a need for a new school system. With the chaotic and uncontrollable situation in the current system, many supporters have push forward the idea of a new system in a new city. From

Now in the literary story Benjamin has a grandfather who at the start was antagonized, became to enjoy his grandson’s company. It is a brief account of his grandfather but a meaningful one as this was the first one who gave him a sense of acceptance. The film version gave him acceptance through Queenie and we never get to know a grandfather; though one could say the patrons at the old folk’s home could have been grandparent surrogates for Benjamin. The patrons at the old folks home taught him many things but his experience living there taught him not to fear death and what loss was about which, in a sense, desensitized the character so that when Queenie passes he is not visibly upset.

This writing assignment leads to my favorite part of the movie, when it is read out loud at the end. I found it truly interesting about how the writing assignment consisted of the topic, ‘who you are.’ I believe that the sociological implications to this writing task include thinking about how these students are going to grow up, fix their mistakes, and aim for a more successful future. After the students goofed around for a long time in the library, they were approached by Carl the Janitor who gave them some word of wisdom which honestly spoke to me too. He said “I've learned a couple of things.

In the beginning of the book Benjamin doesn’t say much except for a few cynical remarks, and always acts sad. Benjamin stays relatively unchanged for most of the book. Towards the end of the book, when Napoleon changes the commandments so he can act more like a human Benjamin is one of few animals who realizes. He notices because he can read unlike most other animals. However no one knew that Benjamin could read before because he never exercised his faculty.

As a young child, Benjamin had a rough life, everything was to be dictated to him of what he was to be and exactly how he was to achieve it. When he failed to rise to his brother’s overbearing manner and his father’s impossible standards he left at a young age and set out on his own to do his own thing. Though at times Franklin fell short, he was always picking himself back up and brushing himself to keep going to where he wanted to, setting his own destiny. A lot could be taken from this man, especially how driven he was to be successful despite his father and sibling telling him that it was never going to be

If a young child makes a small snowball and lets it go down a hill, it rolls down and begins stick to other pieces. The snowball grows and shapes into something wonderful. The originally small, little ball becomes so much more than the child ever intended or can ever imagine. The most beautiful things grow this way, from a little seed into something great. This is life. All the small things can become something great and wonderful and so much more than we could possibly hope for.

Unlike his father, who cannot accept the reality of Benjamin's physical appearance, the outside world is only capable of responding to nothing other than Benjamin's physical appearance. For example, even though Yale accepts Benjamin's application for college entrance, the university refuses to accept him in person because he looks old enough to be his own father. he continues to age in reverse. Eventually, Benjamin is young enough to go kindergarten, and finally too young even for that. As he gets smaller and smaller, he forgets all the things he’s ever done in life.

Throughout this class, various discussions and blogs have been used to analyze the different elements of films such as theme, cinematic techniques and genre. It is time to bring all of these separate elements together in the analysis of one specific film, according to class text, “analyzing levels of meaning below the surface story can greatly enhance enjoyment as well as understanding of a film” (Goodykoontz & Jacobs, 2014. p. 10.03). There are several different approaches to film analysis including formalist, auteurist, and generic or any combination thereof. Utilizing a genre theory lens, the 1956 film The Searchers will be analyzed addressing contextual information, story/plot, aesthetic choices, social/personal impact and how these areas come together to develop the film.

The cinematography plays a large role in characterizing Benjamin, potentially more so than anything else. The credit scene show Ben on a moving walkway in an airport with people moving all around him while “The Sound of Silence” plays over the expected noises of LAX airport. While the symbolism of the moving walkway seems to say that ben is simply being moved through life rather than actively moving himself through it, with life continuing on all around him, more

Since you were young, you have likely heard adults say, “Teenagers are lazy,” or “Wisdom comes with age.” These statements generalize people, making it seem wrong to be an old person who is not the smartest or a hard-working teenager. Consequently, humans tend to conform to these clichés, because they may become ridiculed if choosing to remain astray. Benjamin is anything but expected, and his behaviors are not always of typical kids. He eventually tries to fit in, like most people do and acts immaturely. As Fitzgerald wrote, “Thereafter Benjamin contrived to break something every day, but he did these things only

Analyze This is a hilarious, feel good movie about two men from different backgrounds living completely opposite lifestyles. Through a series of very funny, random and bizarre moments they form a memorable friendship together. The movie came to theatres in 1999, was directed by Harold Ramis and included a cast full of some of Hollywood’s brightest stars. It begins with two gangsters leaving a café, discussing their plans to attend a meeting involving the countries major crime bosses. One gangster goes back in the café to get a toothpick and at the same time the other gangster is killed from a drive-by shooting. The movie’s plot is based upon the surviving gangster seeking out a psychiatrist to help with his emotional