{"id":2029252,"date":"2026-07-06T10:09:40","date_gmt":"2026-07-06T07:09:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2029252"},"modified":"2026-07-06T10:09:40","modified_gmt":"2026-07-06T07:09:40","slug":"dustin-hoffman-claims-america-is-as-divided-as-during-vietnam-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2029252","title":{"rendered":"Dustin Hoffman claims America is as divided as during Vietnam War"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Dustin-Hoffman.jpg&#8221;]<\/p>\n<article id=\"template-id-2749694\" class=\"post-2749694 tdb_templates type-tdb_templates status-publish post\">\n<div id=\"tdi_65\" class=\"tdc-zone\">\n<div class=\"tdc_zone tdi_66  wpb_row td-pb-row\">\n<div id=\"tdi_67\" class=\"tdc-row stretch_row_1400 td-stretch-content\">\n<div class=\"vc_row tdi_68  wpb_row td-pb-row\">\n<div class=\"vc_column tdi_70  wpb_column vc_column_container tdc-column td-pb-span12\">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_breadcrumbs tdi_71 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2 tdb-breadcrumbs \" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_71\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span>News<\/span><span>Film News<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_title tdi_72 tdb-single-title td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_72\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Dustin Hoffman claims America is as divided as during Vietnam War<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_subtitle tdi_73 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_73\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<p>The 88-year-old reflected on his career at a recent film festival<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_author tdi_75 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2 tdb-post-meta\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_75\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-author-name-wrap\"><span class=\"tdb-author-by\">By<\/span> Victoria Luxford<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_date tdi_76 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2 tdb-post-meta\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_76\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><time class=\"entry-date updated td-module-date\" datetime=\"2026-07-06T11:09:40+01:00\">6th July 2026<\/time><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"tdi_77\" class=\"tdc-row stretch_row_1400 td-stretch-content\">\n<div class=\"vc_row tdi_78  wpb_row td-pb-row\">\n<div class=\"vc_column tdi_80  wpb_column vc_column_container tdc-column td-pb-span8\">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_featured_image tdi_81 tdb-content-horiz-left td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_81\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"696\" height=\"442\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Dustin-Hoffman-696x442.jpg\" alt=\"Dustin Hoffman\" title=\"Dustin Hoffman\"><figcaption class=\"tdb-caption-text\">Dustin Hoffman at the 2026 Karlovy Vary Film Festival . CREDIT: Gerald Matzka\/Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"vc_row_inner tdi_83 article-content-row vc_row vc_inner wpb_row td-pb-row\">\n<div class=\"vc_column_inner tdi_85  wpb_column vc_column_container tdc-inner-column td-pb-span12\">\n<div class=\"vc_column-inner\">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_content tdi_86 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2 td-post-content tagdiv-type\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_86\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<p>Dustin Hoffman said during a recent film festival appearance that he believes America is as divided as it was during the Vietnam War.<\/p>\n<p>The veteran actor was speaking at Karlovy Vary Film Festival in the Czech Republic on Saturday (July 4) following a screening of his 1967 comedy-drama <em>The Graduate<\/em>. The movie, which propelled the actor to stardom, saw him play a young college graduate whose life is thrown in a different direction when he is seduced by an older woman (Anne Bancroft).<\/p>\n<div class=\"td-a-ad id_inline_ad0 id_ad_content-horiz-center\"><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">Advertisement<\/span><\/div>\n<p>Hoffman, who received the Crystal Globe for Outstanding Artistic Contribution to World Cinema at the opening ceremony of the festival, introduced the film and was asked by the festival\u2019s artistic director, Karel Och, how it might inspire people in their 20s nowadays, whose prospects are vastly different to those coming of age in the late 1960s.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s actually the same,\u201d he replied (via <em>Variety<\/em>), \u201cbecause the book by Charles Webb was written in 1964, which was before the Vietnam crisis, which divided America, as it is divided today actually.\u201d<\/p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"THE GRADUATE - Official Trailer restored in 4K -  Directed by Mike Nichols &amp; Starring Dustin Hoffman\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/KVNFaxJspMQ?feature=oembed&amp;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<p>US military involvement in Vietnam escalated between 1965 and 1973, with the conflict dividing a nation through protests and debates.<\/p>\n<p>Elsewhere in the talk, Hoffman discussed how he landed the lead role in <em>The Graduate<\/em>. \u201cIt was an accident, and that\u2019s the truth,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"td-a-ad id_inline_ad1 id_ad_content-horiz-center\">\n<h5 class=\"taboola-mid-article-title\">Recommended<\/h5>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cMike Nichols, who was the director of the moment, he was like Spielberg is today, he had spent almost two years looking for this person that was to be The Graduate and after two years \u2013 I know this because he wrote it later in his autobiography \u2013 he was willing to say, \u2018We can\u2019t make it,\u2019 and he was going to not make the film.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He continued: \u201cLiterally the last day he was going to see people it was my turn and Katharine Ross\u2019 turn. Had we been there two years before, we would not have gotten the role. The people that would have been there the day that we were, they would have gotten the role, and that\u2019s the truth. It\u2019s all luck.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Last year, Dustin Hoffman led the tributes to Gene Hackman following his death aged 95. 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The movie, which propelled the actor to stardom, saw him play a young college graduate whose life is thrown in a different direction when he is seduced by an older woman (Anne Bancroft).<\/p>\n<div class=\"td-a-ad id_inline_ad0 id_ad_content-horiz-center\"><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">Advertisement<\/span><\/div>\n<p>Hoffman, who received the Crystal Globe for Outstanding Artistic Contribution to World Cinema at the opening ceremony of the festival, introduced the film and was asked by the festival\u2019s artistic director, Karel Och, how it might inspire people in their 20s nowadays, whose prospects are vastly different to those coming of age in the late 1960s.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s actually the same,\u201d he replied (via <em>Variety<\/em>), \u201cbecause the book by Charles Webb was written in 1964, which was before the Vietnam crisis, which divided America, as it is divided today actually.\u201d<\/p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"THE GRADUATE - Official Trailer restored in 4K -  Directed by Mike Nichols &amp; Starring Dustin Hoffman\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/KVNFaxJspMQ?feature=oembed&amp;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<p>US military involvement in Vietnam escalated between 1965 and 1973, with the conflict dividing a nation through protests and debates.<\/p>\n<p>Elsewhere in the talk, Hoffman discussed how he landed the lead role in <em>The Graduate<\/em>. \u201cIt was an accident, and that\u2019s the truth,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"td-a-ad id_inline_ad1 id_ad_content-horiz-center\">\n<h5 class=\"taboola-mid-article-title\">Recommended<\/h5>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cMike Nichols, who was the director of the moment, he was like Spielberg is today, he had spent almost two years looking for this person that was to be The Graduate and after two years \u2013 I know this because he wrote it later in his autobiography \u2013 he was willing to say, \u2018We can\u2019t make it,\u2019 and he was going to not make the film.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He continued: \u201cLiterally the last day he was going to see people it was my turn and Katharine Ross\u2019 turn. Had we been there two years before, we would not have gotten the role. The people that would have been there the day that we were, they would have gotten the role, and that\u2019s the truth. It\u2019s all luck.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Last year, Dustin Hoffman led the tributes to Gene Hackman following his death aged 95. The pair were roommates and close friends throughout their career, with Hoffman describing Hackman as a \u201cgenius\u201d and \u201ca giant among actors\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>[analyse_source url=&#8221;https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/film\/dustin-hoffman-claims-america-is-as-divided-as-during-vietnam-war-3955262&#8243;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Dustin-Hoffman.jpg&#8221;] NewsFilm News Dustin Hoffman claims America is as divided as during Vietnam War The 88-year-old reflected on his career at a recent film festival By Victoria Luxford 6th July 2026 Dustin Hoffman at the 2026 Karlovy Vary Film Festival . CREDIT: Gerald Matzka\/Getty Images Dustin Hoffman said during a recent film festival [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[226,78],"class_list":["post-2029252","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics","tag-crawlmanager","tag-nme-com"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2029252","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2029252"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2029252\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2029252"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2029252"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2029252"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}