Film · Universal · 1973
Pass it on
American Graffiti
45Watch it awake.
The night is the youth, and the cards in the morning are the bill.
The review
One night, 1962, a California town full of cars and a radio. A girl mouths "I love you" from a passing car. Youth with somewhere to drive: that is almost the whole texture, and it is as pleasant as it sounds. Pleasant can be the trap.
In the morning a few of them leave for college or the service. The end cards say what became of them. The night is the youth. The cards are the bill. The cars are worth seeing. Remember the songs if you want, and do not talk through the cards. Stay until the text. That is the morning.
Journal
Keep American Graffiti in the record.
No house has filed a sentence for this yet.
Live Historic number 45. Yours can differ.
The glance
Industry and Household and Piety and Temperance are the thin ones.
Does anyone here do a real job, and does that job matter?
This phone is set for a grown person, just me. Change the ages.
Consider this
Local Hero
59 instead of 45
Local Hero is still a comedy film, and it scores 59 instead of 45. What you gain is industry: A deal, then the work of actually looking.
The eight
- 3Industry
Nobody works a shift; the night is cars, and morning is college or service.
- 4Household
A girl mouths that she loves him from a car, which is not a household yet.
- 3Piety
No conscience interrupts the cruising; the night is not about stopping anyone.
- 5Courage
By morning a few leave home for college or for the service.
- 5Republic
The service is one road out, and the town is what they drive away from.
- 4Temperance
The radio and the cars make you want the night to keep going.
- 7Truth
The end cards say what became of them, so the cruise does not get the last word.
- 5Stewardship
By morning the town has fewer of them, and the cards are what is written down.
Where to watch
Finding the page.
Live Historic · American Graffiti · 45IMDb
