American Graffiti
■ Basic Data
| Item | Content |
|---|---|
| Year | 1973 |
| Country | United States |
| Director | George Lucas |
| Cast | Richard Dreyfuss, Ron Howard, Paul Le Mat, Charles Martin Smith, Cindy Williams, Candy Clark |
| Genre | Coming-of-age drama |
■ Title Language Table
| Language | Text | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| English | American Graffiti | – |
| Español | American Graffiti | – |
| Français | American Graffiti | – |
| Deutsch | American Graffiti | – |
| Português | Loucuras de Verão | Loucuras de Verão |
| Italiano | American Graffiti | – |
| Русский | Американские граффити | Amerikanskie graffiti |
| 中文（简体） | 美国风情画 | – |
| 中文（繁體） | 美國風情畫 | – |
| 한국어 | 아메리칸 그래피티 | Amerikan Geuraepiti |
| ไทย | American Graffiti | – |
| Tiếng Việt | American Graffiti | – |
| Bahasa Indonesia | American Graffiti | – |
| 日本語 | アメリカン・グラフィティ | Amerikan Gurafiti |
■ One-Line Definition
👉 A work that depicts a structure in which youthful circulation and irreversible departure collide within the final night of a disappearing American social world
■ Synopsis
On one summer night, several teenagers move through cars, diners, radio voices, romance, and uncertainty before adulthood separates their paths.
■ RECIPE Tags
#ThresholdNight #YouthDeparture #NostalgicRupture #SocialDrift
■ Primary Axis
- Entry: Youth as circulating freedom
Reason: Movement through the town creates the illusion that adolescence can remain open and reversible.
Related Film: Dazed and Confused - Middle: Choice against local belonging
Reason: The characters must decide whether to remain inside a familiar world or leave it behind.
Related Film: The Last Picture Show - Core: Nostalgia after historical rupture
Reason: The remembered night becomes meaningful because the social world it preserves is already ending.
Related Film: Stand by Me
■ Secondary Axes
- Public space as identity loop: Streets, cars, diners, and radio form a repeated social circuit where identity is performed.
Related Film: Saturday Night Fever - Departure as self-division: Leaving home requires abandoning the version of the self sustained by local recognition.
Related Film: Breaking Away
■ Person
- Director: George Lucas
- Cast: Richard Dreyfuss, Ron Howard, Paul Le Mat, Charles Martin Smith, Cindy Williams, Candy Clark
■ Structural Tags
#ThresholdCirculation #DepartureSplit #MemoryClosure
■ Attribute Tags
#UnitedStates #1973Film #ComingOfAgeDrama
