The Iconic Soundtrack

Rating: 8/10 (14 April 2019)

The iconic soundtrack, double-tracked by musicians Simon & Garfunkel, entered the roll of the most beautiful of the cinema, precisely for extending the emotional appeal of the scenes. Ben on the road, desperate to find his new love, Elaine, to the sound of Scarborough Fair / Canticle and after Mrs. Robinson denotes the importance of this decision-making that may seem crazy, but propelling at least a considerable shake in the structures of the life that the parents planned in their absence, an itinerary where being successful is above anything. In the same way, the emblematic final scene, marked by the anguished faces of the young, past the euphoria of transgression, to the sound again of The Sound of Silence, is between the basic moments of the cinema of New Hollywood, precisely because it contains in itself the hopelessness of a generation, the doubt about the future, that remains, regardless of the changes undergone. Really, a masterpiece.