The Graduate is the January highlight of Skyline Film’s monthly outdoor movie programme. Previous Skyline screenings (including Pulp Fiction, Annie Hall, and Singin’ in the Rain) were held at River City, though this year they have a new location: the rooftop of the impressive Siamscape building in Siam Square, in the centre of Bangkok.
The Graduate will be shown on 25th January. Directed by Mike Nichols, it was one of the first films of the New Hollywood era, released a few months after Bonnie and Clyde. It also has one of the greatest soundtrack albums in film history, by Simon and Garfunkel.
The film is clearly a favourite of Quentin Tarantino’s, as he has referenced it in three of his own films. The opening of Jackie Brown, with the camera following an airport travelator, is a direct imitation of The Graduate’s title sequence. In Pulp Fiction, a toaster pops up to punctuate an awkward silence, as it does in The Graduate. And in Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood, a lip trill matched to a sputtering car engine echoes the moment when the music slows as Ben’s car runs out of gas in The Graduate.
The Graduate will be shown on 25th January. Directed by Mike Nichols, it was one of the first films of the New Hollywood era, released a few months after Bonnie and Clyde. It also has one of the greatest soundtrack albums in film history, by Simon and Garfunkel.
The film is clearly a favourite of Quentin Tarantino’s, as he has referenced it in three of his own films. The opening of Jackie Brown, with the camera following an airport travelator, is a direct imitation of The Graduate’s title sequence. In Pulp Fiction, a toaster pops up to punctuate an awkward silence, as it does in The Graduate. And in Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood, a lip trill matched to a sputtering car engine echoes the moment when the music slows as Ben’s car runs out of gas in The Graduate.
The Graduate was previously screened at the Thai Film Archive in 2020, as part of the World Class Cinema (ทึ่ง! หนังโลก) programme. It’s a classic comedy, and one of Dateline Bangkok’s 100 greatest films.
