"Love is to occupy"
From the latest romantic film "Titanic" love seems to be generous, wonderful and has the power to conquer anything. However, how many people can show this great side of love? In fact, 'love' can be so brutal, raw or even bring a lot of awful influence to one's life. The prominent movie that shown in 1967, "The Graduate", is one of the best examples to illustrate and reflect how love takes form in reality: Love is simply a selfish act - to occupy.To fully understand how love becomes a selfish act in "The Graduate", it is better to know some background information about the film first. Mike Nichols, the director of "The Graduate" shows an interest in making his movies on love related topic such as "Closer", his latest production that presents the complexity of love. For "The Graduate", Nichols makes Elaine Robinson, Benjamin Braddock and Mrs. Robinson (Elaine's mother, wife of Ben's father's friend) the protagonists to show how love takes form of 'occupy'.This film tells four stages about Ben, the changes he has after he graduated from college. First, it is the confused stage, Ben doubts about his future. Next, is Ben's frustrated stage, he finds Mrs. Robinson takes a grasp on his emotion and his life as she seduces him and star
Besides the analysis of Ben and Mrs. One of them is the cross that blocked the church gate at the end when Ben takes Elaine runaway with him. In addition to the camera work, the lighting is worth paying attention to also. Braddock shouted at the poolside asking him what he is doing. 'Love is to occupy' this concept appears repeatedly in "The Graduate" in various forms as mentioned above and there is a remarkable saying made by a philosopher which echo with this thesis is 'Love is selfish' (Peikoff). This can be seen in the technical level. Robinson tosses in the keys several ideas has been presented. He loves Elaine so much that he needs her to run away with him eventually because he does not want anybody to 'have' Elaine If love can really be 'selfless', then Ben would not have rushed into the church and taken Elaine away but just bless Carl (the guy who intended to marry Elaine) and Elaine to have a bright future. Puppy love is usually rash, temporary and fluctuant. For Ben, he loves Elaine impulsively and this brings him to the desire to possess Elaine.
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