The Graduate (1967) is one of the key, ground-breaking films of the late 1960s, and helped to set in motion a new era of film-making. The influential film is a biting satire/comedy about a recent nebbish, East Coast college graduate who finds himself alienated and adrift in the shifting, social and sexual mores of the 1960s, and questioning the values of society (with its keyword “plastics”). The themes of the film also mirrored the changes occurring in Hollywood, as a new vanguard of younger directors were coming to the forefront. Director Mike Nichols, following his debut success of Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966), instantly became a major new talent in American cinema after winning an Academy Award for his directorship.
A rousing discussion and Q&A about directing, acting and screenwriting will be led by MFI Faculty Bobby Moresco (Academy Award Winner for Crash, Million Dollar Baby) and Tony Spiridakis (Noise, Queens Logic) immediately following the screening.
