Rebel Without a Cause (1955)
The third week of January is devoted to Nicholas Ray movies from 1952 to 1956 and we’ve arrived at what is easily his most iconic and infamous movie and it might have been like other Nicholas Ray movies, acclaimed and retroactively appreciated on a cult film level, but in less than a month of it’s release it’s lead perished in a fatal car crash. Fates collide to make Nicholas Ray’s 1955 film “REBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE” a cornerstone in 50s cinema and would rocket the image of James Dean into the greater cultural zeitgeist of Americana. A much more tragic film when you consider the losses of…
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