Katharine Ross

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

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Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. Campanile Productions 1969.

Before watching the movie:

I am realizing now how many of the movies with title duos that come to mind as the most legendary are mainly known for their ending scenes. The ambush of Bonnie and Clyde, the Bolivian Army shootout, and another that’s coming that can probably be guessed at. So obviously all I know is how this movie ends.

I have the impression that this movie is held up as an example of machismo and friendship. Butch and Sundance in popular culture sound like tough guys who are devoted to each other in that unspoken and stoic way that Manly Men are allowed to love each other.

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The Graduate

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The Graduate. Embassy Pictures 1967.

Before watching the movie:

What I know about this movie is… well, the iconic scene. Surely the plot can’t be as simple as “he gets seduced by an older woman?” Sources seem to indicate it is, but I don’t see how it could have such staying power if that’s all there is. I’m a little comforted by the mention I see that he has no direction in life after graduation, so I guess it’s a coming of age story?

It was not until I had this copy in hand that I realized that the title character was played by a very young Dustin Hoffman. Sure, I’ve seen him mentioned in context with the film a few times, but somehow I never heard “Dustin Hoffman” when people said, “In The Graduate, Dustin Hoffman…” Continue reading →