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1、视听说材料背景篇：TheGraduateisa1967Americancomedy-dramafilmdirectedbyMikeNichols.[1]Itisbasedonthe1963novelTheGraduatebyCharlesWebb,whowroteitshortlyaftergraduatingfromWilliamsCollege.ThescreenplaywasbyBuckHenry,whomakesacameoappearanceasahotelclerk,andCalderWillingham.Thefilmtellsthe
2、storyofBenjaminBraddock(playedbyDustinHoffman),arecentuniversitygraduatewithnowell-definedaiminlife,whoisseducedbyanolderwoman,Mrs.Robinson(AnneBancroft),andthenproceedstofallinlovewithherdaughterElaine(KatharineRoss).In1996,TheGraduatewasselectedforpreservationintheU.S.Nation
3、alFilmRegistryasbeing"culturally,historically,oraestheticallysignificant".IThethemeofaninnocentandconfusedyouthwhoisexploited,mis-directed,seduced(literallyandfiguratively)andbetrayedbyacorrupt,decadent,anddiscreditedoldergeneration(thatfindsitsstabilityin"plastics")waswellund
4、erstoodbyfilmaudiencesandcapturedthespiritofthetimes.Oneofthefilm'spostersproclaimedthedifficultcoming-of-agefortherecent,aimlesscollegegraduate:ThisisBenjamin.He'salittleworriedabouthisfuture.Thetwodifferentgenerationsarealsoreflectedinotherdualities:thetworivalwomen(younginn
5、ocentdoe-eyeddaughterElaineandtheolderseductressMrs.Robinson),thetwoCaliforniasettings(LosAngelesandBerkeley)andS.andN.Californiacultures(materialisticvs.intellectual),andthedivisioninBenjamin'scharacter(morallydriftingandindecisivevs.committed).Therewasalreadyagrowingdissatis
6、factionwiththestatusquoandmiddle-classvalues,andthebreakthroughfilmmirroredthatanarchicmoodperfectlyforAmerica'syouthofthe60sduringtheescalationoftheVietnamWar.However,inthefinalanalysis,directorNicholsactuallysubversivelyportrayedhowaimlessandunalivethedisaffectedyounggenerat
7、ionwas(inthecharacterofBenjamin)-andwouldbecomeastheyapproachedmiddle-ageandworkedinsterilecorporatesettings.[Inthesameyear,itjoinedBonnieandClyde(1967)asoneofthemostpopularfilmsforthecollege-agedgeneration.]ItwascomplementedbythemusicofthepopularsingingduoSimonandGarfunkelfro
8、mtheirGrammy-winningTheSoundsofSilencealbum(withsongscomposed
