James Dean (James Dean, February 8, 1931-September 30, 1955), was born in Indiana, USA, an American actor.
In 1952, he participated in the Broadway drama "Saw the Jaguar" for the first time, in 1954 in the Broadway drama "Immoral Man"
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, and starred in the movies " East of Eden " and " Rebel Without a Cause " in 1955
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. He died in a car accident on September 30, 1955, at the age of 24
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In 1999, he was named by the American Film Institute as one of the "25 Greatest Screen Legends in a Century" (ranked 18th)
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Early Experience
James Dean was born in a small town in Indiana on February 8, 1931. His father was a dentist and his mother was the daughter of a farmer. The family moved to California at the age of 4. Influenced by his mother since childhood, he loved art and poetry, and his mother also gave him obvious encouragement. When Dean was 8 years old, his mother died of cancer
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After that, he spent an unsocial boyhood on his aunt's farm in Indiana. Only performances and sports can make him enthusiastic. After graduating from high school, James went to Los Angeles to defect to his father. However, under his father's opposition, James failed to major in his favorite acting subject, but he still taught himself various acting courses and soon emerged in campus drama. After being introduced by a friend, James went to New York to apply for an actor studio
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Performing Experience
1951 to 1952, James in the film " Fixed Bayonets! " "Sailor accidentally" "Huaichun Ruyan" played some of the unnamed bit-part actor
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In 1953, James Dean acted as an extra in the film " Trouble Along the Way "
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In 1954, James was selected to participate in the Broadway drama "Immoral Man", playing a blackmailing Arab in the play. James won the 1954 Daniel Bloom Award for Best Newcomer for this play. After that, James signed a contract with Warner Corporation. Director Ilya Kazan invited him to audition in the film " East of Eden " after watching his performance . After successful audition, James played the protagonist "Carl" in the film
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In 1955, she starred in the movie " Rebel Without A in the Cause ", and played the heroine Natalia Nikolaevna Zakharenko cooperation
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Personal Life
James Dean feelings
In 1952, when James Dean was studying acting in New York, he had a relationship with the dancer Liz Sheridan
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In 1955, James Dean and Barbara Glenn began dating, and the two broke up after a few months of dating
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In 1955, when James was filming the film "East of Eden" for Warner Corporation, he met by chance the Italian actress Pierre Angelipi who also filmed for Warner Corporation. After they met, they fell in love with each other. When James temporarily left California for New York, Pierre's mother betrothed her to singer Vic Damon
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James Dean passes away
James Dean had a bad habit when he was alive, that is speeding. On September 30, 1955, James Dean accidentally collided with a Ford car due to speeding, and the car crashed and died. After James Dean died, his body was buried in Fairmont Park Cemetery
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Character Evaluation
Dean's ideals have been branded with too much growth pain, which does not prevent him from becoming a spiritual giant. His performance destroyed the traditional way of performing arts, and at the same time changed the way people think. Although I dare not say whether the future punk trend is related to him, at least it is certain that he is a conscious forerunner who reflects on philosophy and has influenced countless latecomers. Behind Dean's hangout outfit, one can see a sincere heart, which may be rebellious and a bit bad, but still beautiful
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For Europeans and Americans born after the mid-1940s, they can never bypass a young man who has only lived for 24 years in their youth coordinates, and this young man is James Dean. In "Rebel Without a Cause", no matter how James Dean redeems his soul in the movie, he always fights against everything in front of him with a lonely figure, even if he squints his eyes and roots in the play. The folds of the cigarette smiled without detracting from his young and handsome face
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Extended Reading
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Therese
2022-01-07 15:52:46
Grand melodrama
Elijah Kazan is very powerful, Steinbeck is such an ambitious masterpiece, he changed it into a melodrama of less than 2 hours, directly from Cal’s search for mother, the emotional entanglement between brothers, father and son, mother and son, and men and women. Everything is covered. James Dean...
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Aaliyah
2022-01-07 15:52:46
"East of Eden", a movie that judges kindness
This is a movie that judges "kindness".
For his own goodness, the father does not participate in all forms of evil-he keeps his youngest son away from the battlefield, but he strictly abides by the duties of a recruiter and calls others to the front line; he hides it so that his son thinks that...
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Tate
2022-01-07 15:52:46
The magical moment...the magic of the movie...After the screening of the East of Eden/The Slumber, The End, but heard crying, a young male audience crying in the seat, we all left the scene in silence, fearing to be disturbed By the end of the movie, the father and son reconciled. I don’t know if this fan’s father is no longer there, so he was so touched. That’s the magical part of the movie...
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Tate
2022-04-23 07:03:19
The whole movie has the sensitive temperament brought by James Dean, there is a kind of twisted and inexplicable feeling, so it seems that the reconciliation at the end is really annoying.
East of Eden quotes
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title card:
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In northern California, the Santa Lucia Mountains, dark and brooding, stand like a wall between the peaceful agricultural town of Salinas and the rough and tumble fishing port of Monterey, fifteen miles away.
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Bank Teller:
Nice fat deposit - you're sure in the right business, Sally.
Sally:
Thank you.
[to Kate as she walks away]
Sally:
Well, good morning.
Kate:
[approaches the teller window]
Deposit.
Bank Teller:
Another nice deposit. You and Sally are sure in the right business.
Kate:
I'm in a hurry please.
[snatches her bank book from his hand and leaves as Cal stealthily follows her]
