Dustin Hoffman Compares Modern U.S. Division to Vietnam War Era at Karlovy Vary Film Festival
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Leo Barraclough
Summary
At the Karlovy Vary Film Festival, Dustin Hoffman received the Crystal Globe for Outstanding Artistic Contribution to World Cinema and commented that the U.S. is as politically and socially divided today as it was during the Vietnam War era. He also joked about still trying to figure out his own identity. The remarks came while introducing a screening of his breakthrough film, "The Graduate" (1967), directed by Mike Nichols.
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· 2 pulledDustin Hoffman said the U.S. was as divided as during the Vietnam War
He joked he was still trying to figure out who he was
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