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'The Graduate' (1967) (opens the original)
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Is The Graduate actually a feel-good coming-of-age story, or one of the darkest endings in classic film history? On this episode of They Shoot Films, we break down Mike Nichols' 1967 masterpiece—from the iconic Simon and Garfunkel soundtrack to that famously ambiguous bus-stop ending. We look back at Mike Nichols' stranger-than-fiction life. We cover Dustin Hoffman and Anne Bancroft's performances as Benjamin Braddock and Mrs. Robinson, why Mrs. Robinson deserves a second look as one of cinema's
'Inside Llewyn Davis' (Part 2) (opens the original)
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Part two of our deep dive into Joel and Ethan Coen's Inside Llewyn Davis picks up where we left off. In this episode, we turn to the choices Llewyn Davis makes across the film, and what they reveal about his character. We also go looking for the real people hiding inside this film. Inside Llewyn Davis is loosely inspired by the life of folk legend Dave Van Ronk, and the film is populated with characters drawn from the real 1960s music scene: Roland Turner's washed-up, cane-wielding jazzman is wi
'Inside Llewyn Davis' (Part 1) (opens the original)
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Joel and Ethan Coen's Inside Llewyn Davis (2013) is one of the great American films of the 21st century—and arguably their best. In part one of this special two-part episode of They Shoot Films, we dig deep into Joel and Ethan Coen's most haunting and misunderstood film—and make the case that it's an all-time masterpiece. What makes Inside Llewyn Davis so hard to shake? Why does the film begin and end with the same scene? What is the cat actually doing in this movie? And why does Llewyn—clearly
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