Review of Rebel Without a Cause (1955) by Ian P — 06 Nov 2011
If You Haven't Seen it on the Big Screen, You Haven't Seen It!
The Cinemascope and Low-Angles are amazing.
James Dean died 6-weeks before the film's release.
In real life, he director's wife had an affair with the director's son from a previous marriage (Nicolas Ray actually walked-in on his son having sex with his wife).
So the paternal-inadequacy motif (influenced by Nick Ray's real-life experience) oozed its way into the film especially where James Dean's father is wearing a woman's apron.
Sal Mineo is amazing and favors Ralph Macchio (from my generation).
Seeing suburbia of 1955 and remembering my suburbia of 1985 is very weird. It felt like I was watching my own parents as teenagers . . . creeped-out and weird.
On September 30, 1955 James Dean dies in a real-life accident and in Rebel Without a Cause he survives.
. . . the scenes with Natlie Wood, James Dean, and Sal Mineo in the mansion are absolutely beautiful; I felt as though I was escaping with them--the characters were already unreal and they took us (the audience) further into unreality.
You have to see it in a movie-theater.
This review of Rebel Without a Cause (1955) was written by Ian P on 06 Nov 2011.
Rebel Without a Cause has generally received very positive reviews.
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