Media in category rebel without a cause film the following 4 files are in this category, out of 4 total. In my estimation, rebel without a cause is the best looking film out of the three presented in the james dean. Jun 30, 2009 the americans rebelled against britain and james dean rebelled, well, just because, in the film rebel without a cause. Rebel without a cause began as a blackandwhite, academyradio 4. Released right after james deans untimely death, rebel without a cause netted an enormous profit. Download the making of rebel without a cause douglas l. Rebel without a cause is a 1955 american drama film about emotionally confused suburban, middleclass teenagers. A rebellious young man with a troubled past comes to a new town, finding friends and enemies.
After being recommended by thornton wilder, whom ray met while studying in chicago, ray was invited by. Rebel without a cause illustrates how teenagers, without the proper guidance or authority, resort to reckless, thrillseeking behavior. While rebel without a cause has a very familiar story, with predictable climaxs and obvious character arcs, this james dean film is not one to miss. Join sign up keep track of your favorite shows and movies, across all your. Rebel without a cause 1955 trailer james dean movie. N icholas ray had produced several radio programs while still in high school, and soon moved from his hometown of lacrosse, wisconsin to chicago. A film guide that looks at rebel without a cause 1955, a classic 1950s film about a moody troublemaker played by legendary actor james dean, who died in a car crash a month before its release.
Each film depicts modern highschool student bodies as ruled by sadistic elements given to switch. Rebel without a cause 1955 is a film that sympathetically views rebellious, american, restless, misunderstood, middleclass youth. Teenager, a new term for young adults, is brought about within this film as a way to describe the character of the young adults. James dean shouts these words in an anguished howl that seems to owe more to acting class than to his character, the rebellious and causeless jim stark in rebel without a cause. The opening scene in the police station takes place around 3. Jun 19, 2005 the film has not aged well, and deans performance seems more like markeddown brando than the birth of an important talent. A film guide that looks at rebel without a cause 1955, exploring its key topics and themes through informal discussion. Rebel without a cause gave birth to a whole movie subgenre the juvenile delinquent film, which includes such colorful titles as teenage doll 1957, tbird gang 1959, high school confidential 1958, and even i was a teenage werewolf 1957, in which an angstridden michael landon seeks help for his uncontrollable anger through. It is part crime drama, psychological thriller, and budding romance. Here in todays post are some of the locations from the film rebel without a cause.
Filmed in the then recently introduced cinemascope format and directed by nicholas ray, it offered both social commentary and an alternative to previous films depicting delinquents in urban slum environments. Rebel without a cause cannot escape comparison with metros recent blackboard jungle. The teenagers in rebel without a cause were searching for the same thing, and as i watched the film, spellbound by their beauty and their pathos, they seemed to me to be the furthest thing from melodramatic, because they were fighting to regain their childhood innocence. The year is 1960, and the families that fled mao zedong in 1949 are now past the point of pretending that they are ever. Ok, bad comparison, but i thought i would work it in somehow. The movie featured james dean in one of his final roles. Dean played jim, a troubled but sensitive teenager who, although rejecting his elders. May 23, 2005 p rofoundly romantic and lacerating in its despair, nicholas rays rebel without a cause, a selfcontained portrait of three isolated teenagers, is james deans best film and best performance it ranks high in rays work as well. Rebel without a cause film streaming ita in 111 minuti. I noticed many other cinematographic details i hadnt noticed before, of the kind best left for the selfproclaimed experts but i did notice again how, throughout the whole film, jimjames dean is always filmed above the other characters, creating a topography on the screen which draws us to the. Rebel without a causes three major setpiecesa knife fight, a deathdefying race, and a tense shootoutall represent kinetic, explosive scenes of tragic male conflict, which the films fathers and father figures are powerless to stop. The film was partially shot in black and white, but the studio then stopped production and reshot in colour. The films three main stars dean, wood, and mineo all met tragic deaths at a young age, dean before the film even opened. Rebel without a cause gave birth to a whole movie subgenre the juvenile delinquent film, which includes such colorful titles as teenage doll 1957, tbird gang 1959, high school confidential 1958, and even i was a teenage werewolf 1957, in which an angstridden michael landon seeks help for his uncontrollable anger through hypnotherapy, unwittingly unleashing the beast within.
That rebel without a cause was such a success upon its initial 1955 release, and that it still stands as a hugely influential classic of american cinema, is not just a result of james deans most iconic performance, nor is it simply the outcome of director nicholas rays talents. I was astounded while watching this movie as i recognized aspects that other films took from this film. In the school hallway, plato, the unbalanced orphaned kid seeking affection in the police station, opens his school locker, revealing two things. Rebel without a cause is a dark and realistic look at teenage life in the 1950s that shows the true charisma and talents of the late great james dean. Its also the most influential youth movie in american film history. Does that approach make it less powerful, or did the filmmakers and cast still pull it off. The best movie quotes, movie lines and film phrases by movie quotes. The film almost seems like a eulogy when seen today, since so many of its cast members james dean, natalie wood, sal mineo, nick adams died young. The film was a groundbreaking attempt to portray the moral decay of american youth, critique parental style, and explore t. More than six decades after its release, rebel without a cause remains the quintessential film about juvenile delinquents, fueled by deans intense performance and rays bold direction and given. Rebel without a cause, american film drama, released in 1955, that is a classic tale of teenage rebellion and angst.
Jim is neither a goofybutgoodnatured andy hardy type nor a bowery boysstyle juvenile. At that moment, rebel without a cause changed the rules for the portrayal of teenagers on screen. The film stars james dean, sal mineo, and natalie wood. Rebel without a cause anticipated both the 60s and the end of the sixties. It was the posthumous complaint of an actor widely expected to have a long and famous career. Rebel without a cause remains an endearing look into troubled teenagers mindset. There is something about its unique visual style that impresses me the most. The tale of youthful defiance, which could have been exploitative but wasnt, provides a rich, but stylized and partly outdated look at the world of the.
E in aumento il suo banca dati di film molto veloce, e possibile sfogliare i filmati per categorie o per anno di produzione. James dean leads the film as jim stark, a highly relatable new kid in town, who merely wants a strong father and a place in this world. Rebel without a cause here is a fairly exciting, suspenseful and provocative, if also occasionally farfetched, melodrama of unhappy youth on another delinquency kick. Nicholas rays film announced the rise of juvenile delinquency among white, uppermiddle class america. Leonard rosenman plays the main theme from rebel without. Apr 29, 2012 expertly playing off of teenage angst, rebel without a cause is a crucial film in the way that it defined modes of expression for that angst.
Rebel without a cause from the guardian the guardian. Sep 26, 2015 so, in explaining why rebel without a cause is one of my favorite movies, and in breaking down why james deans performance resonated with teenagers around the world and defined the very concept. But in rebel without a cause the inspiration was director nicholas ray himself who wrote was nominated for an oscar for best original story for the screen. I saw rebel without a cause one again yesterday, august 7th, nicholas rays birthday. But rebel without a cause was enormously influential at the time, a milestone in the creation of new idea about young people.
The film revolves around protagonist, jim stark, as he starts a new school after running away from several others. As a film that addressed both social problems and a teenage audience, rebel without a cause can be placed within a larger group of widely diverging films, ranging from george lucas american graffiti 1973, to the teen comedies of john hughes, and the more politically charged boys dont cry kimberly peirce, 1999, based on the actual murder of a transgender man in nebraska. Rebel without a cause 1955 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Marlon brando s the wild one 1953 popularized juvenile delinquency in films, and rebel without a cause was one of the better movies that dealt with the topic. This occurs because the force exerted by peer pressure outweighs the force exerted by the socalled authority figures surrounding the film s adolescent characters. The year is 1960, and the families that fled mao zedong in 1949 are. To frame this as the taiwanese rebel without a cause is hardly a stretch.
Watch rebel without a cause full movie video dailymotion. Because he died in a car crash a month before the movie opened in 1955, the performance took on an eerie kind of fame. Rebel without a cause film analysis 960 words bartleby. Rebel without a cause, in keeping with 1950s studio censorship, handles its potentially rrated bombshell topics without the nowexpected ingredients of profanity and explicit sexnudity. Rebel without a cause is the highly influential coming of age drama classic. This guide is useful for exploring topics including pshe education, citizenship, and film studies in. Streaming film e il posto piu comodo va vedere film in streaming online.