Graduate

Year: 1967

Grade: A+

Country: USA

Director: Nichols

Review

along with the encyclopedia and (maybe) seinfeld, the graduate ranks among the best things to have ever been created by humans. the ending is probably the best in film history, only approached by the endings of paths of glory, magnolia or grapes of wrath. maybe not the best cinematography ever, but probably my favorite. i love how mrs. robinson and ben are seen within the frame. often fragmented, seen through reflections, ben is always smaller than mrs. robinson, etc. all to convey (like fassbinder or sirk) the sense of isolation. and the simon and garfunkel soundtrack? this film is the most beautiful thing the earth has ever seen.