Daily Dialogue — January 25, 2014

“Elaine! Elaine! Elaine!”

— The Graduate (1967), screenplay by Calder Willingham and Buck Henry, novel by Charles Webb

The Daily Dialogue theme for the week is rescue, suggested by Despina.

Trivia: None of the older characters has their first name identified in the film; only the younger characters of Benjamin, Elaine and Carl do, increasing the sense of a generation gap.

Dialogue On Dialogue: Call this ‘emotional rescue’… or at least what this young couple thinks is a rescue. I know novelist Webb had them staying married for at least 11 years, but in my universe, they never lasted more than a few years. 

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