The Graduate - C or D

I liked their look of regret on that final scene on the bus, that kind of made the movie for me

I've always loved the final minute or two. There's one shot in there of everyone on the bus staring back at them that's maybe a little obvious, but the procession of emotions Ben and Elaine pass through makes for the perfect ending.

I've always loved the final minute or two. There's one shot in there of everyone on the bus staring back at them that's maybe a little obvious, but the procession of emotions Ben and Elaine pass through makes for the perfect ending.

I always liked this bit of trivia about that
https://www.dailybulletin.com/2017/12/21/the-graduate-wedding-scene-forever-altar-ed-la-verne-church/

Another happy accident came about during the bus ride sequence, in which Ben and Elaine board, laughing, as passengers stare at him in his sweatshirt and her in her wedding gown.

An array of emotions pass over their faces in the wordless sequence: smiles alternating with terror and blankness as the import of what they’ve done sinks in. That wasn’t scripted.

Nichols had barked at them they had needed to look happy and that they could only do one take because he had traffic shut down for 20 blocks.

And the cameraman on the bus did not know when to cut the scene, so he kept the camera rolling, even as the actors wondered what they should be doing. In the editing room, Nichols realized he had gold, that the sequence — an ambiguous rather than happy ending — was essential to his film’s meaning.

Almost finished the movie-music Zoomcasts my friend and I have been working through the past 15 months. I put The Graduate up there with Scorpio Rising, Mean Streets, A Hard Day's Night, or anything you can name as shaping the pop-music soundtrack.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=5d7GjQxsYlM