MOTW: How "American Graffiti" Showcases Americana  Movie
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March 18th, 2013  MOTW: How "American Graffiti" Showcases
Americana  Many coming-of-age films are set in the heyday of
their writers and directors. "American Graffiti" takes viewers
back to the very start of the 1960s, when California's
counterculture was in full swing and Vietnam wasn't yet a
country many Americans could find on a map. The movie itself
became a piece of Americana, capturing and encapsulating an era
just before the major events of the late '60s and '70s that
transformed the nation forever.  The Sights  The visuals of
"American Graffiti" are the first thing that moviegoers are
likely to notice. The story has been retold and re-envisioned
repeatedly, but it's hard nowadays for directors to capture the
feeling of California's car culture of that time. Elements such
as the cars of the day, the diners, and the dives come together
to create a visually striking memory of a time g