Week6 -The New Hollywood

New Hollywood 

New Hollywood or post- classical Hollywood , sometimes referred to as the " American New Wave ", refers to the time from roughly the late-1960s ( 《Bonnie and Clyde》 ,《 The Graduate》 ) to the early 1980s ( 《Heaven's Gate》 , 《One from the Heart 》) when a new generation of young filmmakers came to prominence in United States, influencing the types of films produced, their production and marketing, and the way major studios approached filmmaking.In New Hollywood films, the film director took on a key authorial role.

The films they made were part of the studio system , and although these individuals were not " independent filmmakers ", they introduced subject matter and styles that set them apart from the studio traditions that an earlier generation had established ca.1920s–1950s.New Hollywood has also been defined as a broader filmmaking movement influenced by this period, which has been called the "Hollywood renaissance".

The Graduate（1967）

The Graduate is a 1967 American comedy-drama film directed by Mike Nichols .  It is based on the 1963 novel The Graduate by Charles Webb , who wrote it shortly after graduating from Williams College .The screenplay is by Calder Willingham and Buck Henry , who appears in the film as a hotel clerk.

The film tells the story of 21-year-old Benjamin Braddock (Dustin Hoffman), a recent college graduate with no well-defined aim in life, who is seduced by an older woman, Mrs. Robinson (Anne Bancroft), and then proceeds to fall in love with her daughter Elaine (Katharine Ross).

                                                                                                     

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Film Review

Classic Movies When melodious soothing "Scarborough Fair" sounded, they took us back 40 years ago, "The Graduate", the youth may already be in your profligate youth may be drifting away from you, but That Sentimental reckless and wanton insolent always life's most memorable things.

 Each of us has had youth, everyone has had to face confused and cautious future of life, we have loved everything but yet at a loss, in addition to the future unpredictable, more deadly season for heterosexual youth curiosity and unable to resist. The movie "The Graduate" in just graduated from college, Benjamin is in such a state, and that he sincerely kind but shy introverted, but he also has the youth and all people as ignorant being full of aggressive curiosity, a strong heart lust no place to vent, and Mrs. Robinson marital relations because of discord, elegant in appearance but is a lonely depressed body needs consolation, and honest ignorant brat Benjamin is just best to meet the target of her passions.

Almost no one accuses Benjamin of moral fault, because everyone has their youth, can experience the kind of sexual fantasy and joy, when mature and charismatic Mrs. Robinson unbridled lure young Benjamin with the body, and Compared blazing repressed passions, moral constraints immediately become weak and powerless, everyone put himself in position to consider Benjamin: for me, I was able to resist the temptation to do that? The obvious answer is self-evident. So life and Ethics immediately fiery passions burn into ashes, buried a chaotic complex love entanglements.

Benjamin know their immoral behavior, but he very eager Mrs. Robinson's body, in her there, he could give vent to nowhere to release youth lust, looking to find a more adult self-confidence and sense of accomplishment. In fact, so much sophistication Mrs. Robinson is the use of sexual desire Benjamin, might as well say she is the use of Benjamin's life is not unique to young confident and feisty, she used the phrase "you think you qualify "Such success blindingly easily capture Benjamin. All the confusion is the initiator of Mrs. Robinson, this woman elegant and yet dissolute, she was hateful and yet sad pathetic shameful, in fact, a victim of her own unhappy marriage, but simply need to flesh between her and Benjamin, There is no emotion, she can use Benjamin's passion, but it can not control Benjamin's youth, especially when this youth encounter love, it becomes fearless.

The tragic story that Benjamin Robinson family suddenly fell in love with the daughter of Elaine holiday return, and dramatic place also here. The power of love is great, it can make decadent stricken people perk, it can also make a good life depressed, it can make people Ganchangcunduan lose, regardless of whether it also can make people desperate. So honest shy Benjamin became a runaway horse in general, unrestrained dedication, family and friends at all offended, despite the threat of coercion and Mr. Robinson Mrs. Robinson, crazy he wanted to do was get Elaine, because young beautiful Iraq Ryan is the confusion in his only feel light, he just wanted desperately to catch her, as to how to seize the future, he actually did not know, which is why he simply repeated requests to Elaine and his The reason to get married tomorrow, this "tomorrow" is actually not clear, because he does not know what will happen tomorrow, but how should he like? That's why when the two young men regardless of moral etiquette crazy after fleeing forced marriages, under the watchful eyes on the bus, but they feel dejected after beaming reasons. They happy? The answer can not be determined, because their union is a contrary to the conventional combination, no matter where they fled, Benjamin and Elaine can not avoid the fact that his mother had intimate relations, which is always lie between them of a divide.

The film is almost lost the most important spiritual tone. Benjamin is confused, he did not want to live on their parents arranged for him, but he has no plan; Benjamin's parents are confused, they live a comfortable middle-class life, but did not know his son's true thoughts; Mrs. Robinson confused, her failed marriage but can not restart their lives, had indulged alcohol indulgence; and Mr. Robinson was confused, his wife affair, he did not know how to deal with, but simply trying to stop her daughter and combined with Benjamin; and Elaine actually confused in the face of Benjamin including another suitor to marry him, she can do just answered "maybe", which is a group of confused people, but also a lost era. In fact, the film is just the background of the times in the 1960s, American society has experienced rapid economic development during the Second World War, the rich material life makes people need a new spiritual pursuit, and therefore there has been all kinds of social thought , such as sexual liberation, the black movement, anti-war and communism thoughts, etc., and in many social thought, many people also feel confused and do not know which way to go, we can say the movie "The Graduate." In fact, the overall atmosphere of the story is this a microcosm of the times. Because of the film not only reflects the demands of the times, and ahead of its time, mapping the strong long-lasting qualities of youth people age, so timeless, in the tone of light comedy has always exudes sadness among the helpless and thought-provoking charm .

The film appeared that two famous songs have distinct characteristics of the times, especially in "Scarborough Fair" for the most. Melodious songs to soothe and yet with a touch of melancholy in the face of this song have been young people who have lived for the past that is difficult to suppress Yousui complex to think about, that on behalf of youth sexuality guitar sound with the film's plot and tone fit was rigorous, can be described as the icing on the cake of God. Today, more competitive society, people's living space more narrow, young life has become more difficult in order to resonate in full bloom, when the dejected, "Scarborough Fair" came the faint hope that your youth is not lost!