God bless you please, Mrs Robinson

Sadly, I didn't have time to blog about this after a madcap work day yesterday, but RIP, Anne Bancroft. Here's to you Mrs Robinson; Jesus loves you more than you will know.

The Graduate is always one of those films that I vacillate between when I'm asked to name my favourite film. It's got to be The Graduate - incidentally, also the first film I ever saw with a commentary track, back in the days of laserdisc - or Annie Hall or Manhattan. And a large part of my love for The Graduate was Bancroft's awesome performance.

The last Bancroft film I saw was Keeping the Faith, a decidedly sweeter comedy.

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lainey said…
Was she on Keeping The Faith? Ed Norton's Mom I'd presume?
9 June 2005 at 04:01
Daryl said…
Um, she was Ben Stiller's mum. The one that got on famously with the Jenna Elfman character.

That was a surprisingly good film.

And for some reason now that I've posted on this topic I can't get Bancroft's "Would you like me to seduce you?" line from the Graduate out of my head. Great cinema.
10 June 2005 at 14:15
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