event The Graduate (1967)
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Fri May 14
7 pm
http://www.geneseetheatre.com/index.php?file=c-generalinfo The Graduate (1967) at Genesee Theatre
Mike Nichols’ 1967 film The Graduate placed counterculture angst in a context that upper-middle-class Americans could understand by converting the plasticity of suburban culture into easily mocked grotesquerie and channeling the restlessness of a pre-stardom Dustin Hoffman into a couple of unfulfilling romantic affairs. Even the soundtrack—Simon And Garfunkel, not acid rock—made youth rebellion more palatable, especially since Hoffman’s rebellion amounts to him not wanting to work for a living. He has more in common with Holden Caulfield or a Wes Anderson hero than Abbie Hoffman—then again, so did a lot of the would-be hippies of the time.
Genesee Theatre 203 N. Genesee St, Chicago, IL
Mike Nichols’ 1967 film The Graduate placed counterculture angst in a context that upper-middle-class Americans could understand by converting the plasticity of suburban culture into easily mocked grotesquerie and channeling the restlessness of a pre-stardom Dustin Hoffman into a couple of unfulfilling romantic affairs. Even the soundtrack—Simon And Garfunkel, not acid rock—made youth rebellion more palatable, especially since Hoffman’s rebellion amounts to him not wanting to work for a living. He has more in common with Holden Caulfield or a Wes Anderson hero than Abbie Hoffman—then again, so did a lot of the would-be hippies of the time.
Updated 05/05/2010
