Showing posts with label the graduate. Show all posts
Showing posts with label the graduate. Show all posts

Thursday, September 4, 2008

m is for mrs. robinson


i had a hard time deciding which screen capture of mrs. robinson i should post. i mean, i've taken dozens. she's the best. it sounds weird, and perhaps a little twisted and immoral, but in a lot of ways, mrs. robinson has served as a role model for me. i think its her coolness, her poise, and unshakeable self-assuredness that i find so attractive. and she's very sexy. hey, she's a broad who knows what she wants, and knows how to get it. and this is a tiny detail, but i think its worth mentioning... in the scene where she has benjamin over, that first night after he drives her home. well, they're inside, in her little parlor, and all her booze decanters and i think even her cigarette lighter, are molded into some kind of 'tiki' themed vessel. like, if i remember correctly, she picks up a tiki the size of a damn barbie doll to light her cig or pour the drinks. this shot was extremely tricky to snag. it shows her walking across elaine's room towards ben, and since she's in motion, it was hard to freeze, but i think i got it in a single shot. then i tricked it, and that's that. i'm still pretty proud of it. i love the colors. (click to enlarge)

Friday, March 14, 2008

check please


here's a lovely shot of the worldly and wise mrs. robinson. the leopard coat was a perfect wardrobe desicion. she's like a cat about to pounce on her innocent prey. for those of you who don't know, its anne bancroft. and she's heartbreaking in the iconic role. i think she's beautiful. i catch myself sprouting grey hairs, and i don't care. meow, what a cat. she's cunning, she's cutting, she's at times, even cruel... but she gets what she wants.

Monday, March 10, 2008

singleminded


'...the singleman party.' for those of you who don't know, this is a captured-by-me still from one of the most finely-stitched and darkly hilarious movies in the last 50 years; Mike Nichols' 'The Graduate.' i think you might have to watch the movie to get the joke, still... anyone who's ever had a clandestine affair, (and there's more of us than most of us would like to admit) its so cruelly real its laughable.