American media such as "Men" and "Biography" have jointly selected the top ten cultural icons in the United States. In addition to well-known celebrities such as John F. Kennedy, Marilyn Monroe and Hemingway, James Dean is also on the list. After 24 years, he has only starred in three movies, but he has influenced the aesthetics of a generation of young Americans by relying on "Rebel Without a Cause".
"Rebel Without a Cause" was filmed in 1955 and tells the story of a day in the life of three young men, Jim, Judy and Plato, who were rejected by their families.
The movie opens with Jim drunkenly. He is lying on the ground, holding a toy monkey in his hand, curled up, bored and helpless. With the sound of the alarm, the scene turns to the police station. Judy who caught Judy, Plato who shot small animals, and the kind police officer called their families to bail.
In the morning, Jim, who had been transferred many times because of fights, entered Daosheng Middle School. He was ridiculed by the gangsters headed by Buzz as soon as he entered the school, including Judy. He went to the planetarium to take a get out of class and started to learn how to croak. He didn't expect to anger Buzz. After class, Plato, who was trying to get close, came to warn Jim that he was in trouble. Sure enough, Buzz and the others surrounded Jim's car to provoke him, and Jim, who could not escape, had to go down to communicate. The two fought one-on-one with a knife. Buzz lost, and he was unwilling to tell Jim to play Cliff Speed.
In the evening, Jim drove to the edge of the cliff for an appointment, where many people had already gathered, including Judy and Plato. Judy was the referee. Jim and Buzz drove all the way to the cliff. Before the finish line, Jim braked and jumped the car in time, but Buzz, who was arrogant because of the cufflinks, had no way to get out. He even fell into the car. Death on the cliff.
The others dispersed in a hurry. Jim sent the frightened Judy home and said goodbye to Plato. After returning home, he confessed to his parents what he had done and asked to surrender. He did not expect the hype at home. Jim left home angrily, and met Judy after a circle. The two went to an abandoned house next to the planetarium, and then Plato, who had a gun in his pocket, came to Jim, and the three young people had a good time inside. , the family members are anxious to call the police. Outside the door, the accomplices who avenged Buzz also found...
"Rebel Without a Cause" was born at a time when the "Beat Generation" was in vogue. Like the novel "The Catcher in the Rye", the male protagonist Jim had no goals. The howls that appear many times in the book echo the "Howl" of the "Beat poet" Ginsburg's masterpiece, and the lack of fatherhood and same-sex friendship are the standard features of such themes. Jim's father is a man who is afraid of his wife and a submissive man. There is no role model for Jim who wants to grow from a boy to a man; Judy's father hates his daughter to be close to him, so the love-deprived Judy gets it by making a boyfriend. Consolation; Plato's parents are not around, and once he is alone, he will not let go once he grasps a little warmth. In the film, John changed his name to Plato directly, indicating that the friendship between him and Jim was more attachment and ambiguous.
The rebellious and confused tone of the film has influenced many subsequent films , such as the "Three Walks" in the New Wave films, "My Private Iowa" and "Angry Youth" all have their shadows. In mainland films, Lou Ye's "Weekend Lover" is barely one.
It seems that the emotions of a generation are reflected in the handsome face of James Dean , when he is alone, he is miserable, he is lonely, he is vulnerable, he is afraid, he is crying secretly, in the crowd, he is smoking a cigarette, his forehead is cynical. Qi Zi, desperately trying to be brave, even though he knew there was nothing. Dean has created the image of a bad boy who is not bad at heart, but can always do wrong. His endearing childishness, his pretending to be sophisticated and serious, and his mysterious atmosphere due to detachment all fascinate the audience.
Dean's look in "Rebel Without a Cause" has become a fashion classic. A messy hairdo shows off a casual look, red jacket, cropped T-shirt, jeans and boots, the kind you see in Taxi Driver. T-shirts were considered underwear in the United States before the 1950s, but Marlon Brando became a sex symbol after wearing it in "A Streetcar Named Desire". Dean's white T-shirts are not tight but close-fitting, enchanting without losing Handsome, most suitable for those rock singers to show their bodies.
Natalie Wood plays the heroine Judy, a girl who is tossing between different boyfriends to find security, and she is one of the main driving forces of Jim's resistance. Natalie's look in the film is beautiful, retro, with brown curly hair and an orange scarf, often shown in short skirts, with youthful vitality and mature elegance.
Sal Mineo plays Plato, from a weak child to a murderer, the most repressed and timid person is the most easily incited and the most outrageous, just like Linier in "Dead Poets Society". The plot of Plato's feet wearing socks of different colors also reminds the author of the writer boyfriend of Pine Nuo's toes in "The Life of the Disgusted Pine Nuts", and those socks seem to be their fate.
Strangely, none of the three leading actors in "Rebel Without a Cause" lived a peaceful old age. In September 1955, before the film was released, James Dean, who was obsessed with racing cars, was speeding on the highway and accidentally crashed his car, killing his car.
In 1976, Ami Mineo was robbed and killed on his way home from a show.
In 1981, Natalie Wood drowned in a quarrel while her husband and friends were on a yacht trip to the island.
Hollywood has no shortage of quirky stories, which makes Rebel Without a Cause all the more legendary because it has all the elements that were popular at the time.
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