Mrs. Robinson isn't just written as a predator in 'The Graduate': she's dressed as one. In this video from They Shoot Films, we break down how costume design and production design work together to turn Anne Bancroft's Mrs. Robinson into a jungle cat stalking Benjamin Braddock, using animal print, shadow, and set design to build one of cinema's most iconic seductions.
We look at Richard Sylbert's production design and how the film's visual choices frame Mrs. Robinson as a predator in her own domestic habitat long before a single line of dialogue tells you who she is.
This video is a companion piece to our episode on 'The Graduate' on the They Shoot Films podcast, where we 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 most misunderstood characters, and how the production design work of Richard Sylbert helps build the film's suffocating world. We also explore the film's place at the birth of the New Hollywood alongside Bonnie and Clyde, Easy Rider, and Rosemary's Baby, and why the ending still divides audiences more than fifty years later.
The Graduate' stars Dustin Hoffman, Anne Bancroft and Katharine Ross.
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