gentle rebel

Albert 2022-03-20 09:01:45

The scene where James Dean pushes his father is really awesome, he yells stand up for me, glares at his mother and expects his father to be brave. Obviously a father but more like a son, obviously a son but he wants to teach his father how to become a man. The relationship between James Dean and Judy and John is also very complicated. Judy and John both grew up in an environment without a father, and have a serious Electra complex. And Jim seems to be their father, and the three form a twisted and strange family in an abandoned castle. John looked at Judy even a little jealous.

But the rebellion without a reason is actually a gentle rebellion. Although it seems to be domineering, it is not a bad boy. Always speak in an inarticulate tone, always look at you with 45-degree eyes and frown at you, the reason for a duel is to fight against a cowardly father, step on the school badge but still say sorry, and also put a coat on the neurotic John. Put on the jacket for fear of him being cold. So I think the only real rebel is John. The last rebel in the film dies, and the other so-called rebel still submits to the social system, as if telling you that if you don't act obediently, you will not end well, which is sad and ironic. In the end, the inexplicable reconciliation of the male protagonist's parents and the eyes we all know make me want to laugh.

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  • Mylene 2022-03-22 09:01:48

    The first Nicholas Ray. In 1955, the big studio, Shengsheng produced the feeling that New Hollywood only had more than ten years later... It is not difficult to see that it is a powerful anomaly, but unfortunately I don't feel it. "You will learn when you are older, Jim." "Well, I don't think I want to learn that way."

  • Kamryn 2022-03-21 09:01:54

    #11thBJIFF# ​​The confusion and ferocity of post-war teenagers in the wide-screen format makes people sigh, but in addition, like other business cards that have been dubbed a certain "epoch", it seems that there are too many loose and meaningless plot references. For a profound subject, it is necessary to reciprocate dismemberment in order to read the profound words, so how can we talk about video narrative? Dean's temperament is still too adult, and he can't act the disillusionment of youthful rebellion and degeneration. Plato, who was originally more brilliant, is also suppressed by the strong Electra/homosexual complex.

Rebel Without a Cause quotes

  • Jim Stark: I don't think I want anything, I'm nervous.

    Frank Stark: My first day of school, I was so nervous, Mother made me eat so much, I couldn't swallow until recess.

  • Jim Stark: Did you make my sandwiches?

    Mrs. Carol Stark: There's meatloaf and, peanut butter.

    [Jim laughs]

    Mrs. Stark, Jim's grandmother: What did I tell you?

    [condescendingly]

    Mrs. Stark, Jim's grandmother: Peanut butter.

    Mrs. Carol Stark: Well there's a thermos of orange juice and apple sauce cake to go with it.

    Mrs. Stark, Jim's grandmother: [to Jim] And *I* made that.