Winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival toronto intl film festival awards central festival central all events. Unjustly outofprint, they live by night may have its minor flaws, but the stark, beautiful camerawork, stolid dialogue and perhaps above all exquisite performances make up for it. Warner bros released rebel without a cause to theaters on october 29, 1955. The tale of youthful defiance, which could have been exploitative but wasnt, provides a rich, but stylized and partly outdated look at the world of the.
In a lonely place, like rebel without a cause, hot blood. Nicholas ray was born raymond nicholas kienzle in 1911, in smalltown galesville, wisconsin, to lena toppen and raymond joseph kienzle. He left the university of chicago after a year, but made such. Nicholas ray directed film which starred james dean, natalie wood, and sal mineo. They live by night, in a lonely place, bigger than life. Combining elements of the western and film noir genres, bad day at black rock 1955 was the first film to openly acknowledge the racism against japanese americans after world war ii. Rays early experience with film came with some radio broadcasting in high school. They live by night 1948 they live by night 1948 user. The film is a social commentary on the world of middleclass teens, their search for love, approval and acceptance, and the emotional upheaval that come along with it. Stern, stewart, rebel without a cause, in best american screenplays, edited. Its true that some of its details and performances dont ring true, especially the cartoonish portrayals of the teens parents. Jun 17, 2015 50 of film noirs most fashionable moments.
Rebel without a cause, starring the infamous james dean and the beautiful natalie wood, was the first film to take an honest and hard look at the lives of a new species. These papers were written primarily by students and provide critical analysis of rebel without a cause. His unforgettable performance is the highlight of a film that was landmark achievement. Movie posters original movie posters posters of movies. Nicholas ray is mostly known for his work, rebel without a cause, but his first work, a dazzling, moving if sentimental film noir, is far better. Starks fashion transforms throughout the film to express his emotions. The film was partially shot in black and white, but the studio then stopped production and reshot in colour. Americanborn film director nicholas ray 19111979 rose to prominence in the 1950s with such films as johnny guitar, they live by night, and his bestknown work, rebel without a cause, which transfo. At film forum, a buttondown eras rebel with a camera the new. Rebel without a cause remastered, digibook packaging on tcm shop. The most complicated aspect of rebel without a cause, and the thing that makes it. Ive got to say, rebel without a cause 1955 is a rich film.
Rebel without a cause is the iconic james dean thing but check out some of nicholas rays other films. Film noir, as a dominant and influential cinematic style, first exploded across american movie screens sometime in 1940. For the best experience please update your browser. It has the look, feel and trappings of a film noir, and a murder takes place in it, but it is really about the dark places in a mans soul and a woman who thinks she.
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. Rebel without a cause gave birth to a whole movie subgenre the juvenile delinquent film, which includes such colorful titles as teenage doll1957, 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. More recently, film critic dennis schwartz, panned the film, writing, nicholas ray rebel without a causein a lonely placeborn to be bad takes a routine womans pic and turns it into a somewhat oddly diverting noir film by using a few of his perverse touches to liven up the dry story. The plot of the film essentially traces jims desire as a teenage boy to. The scenes that follow depict these teens as they try to fit in with their peers and find the love they so desperately need from their families. Perhaps best known for rebel without a cause, american filmmaker nicholas ray directed dozens of film noir movies, including in a lonely place and johnny guitar. From martin scorsese to jeanluc godard and jim jarmusch, rays influence can be seen throughout the work of some of the twentieth centurys greatest directors. Like rebel without a cause, bigger than life couches itself in the conventional forms of domestic drama, filled with subversive and taboo content. Cinematography in on the waterfront, rebel without a cause, and the third man of all the aesthetic components that stylize a film, cinematography, the way in which the camera lens is used as a creative instrument to capture the characters actions and miseenscene, is. Hi resolution digital poster suitable for printing at a4 size and bigger. Rebel without a cause 1955 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. In 2010, he received the marlon riggs award from the san francisco film critics circle for his revival of rare archival titles and his role in the renewed popularity of film noir. Goofs when jim says sorry for standing on the school insignia on his left hand side you can see a boy with a brown jacket on, and a girl with a red jacket on,then the scene cuts to a shot of the gangs feet, then the shot cuts back to the gang walking up the steps,and the boy and girl are now at the top right of the screen.
Filming locations 21 filming dates 1 filming locations. Jim, judy and the others are on the cusp of adulthood, but they began to realize what that means. 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. Signature james byron dean february 8, 1931 september 30, 1955 was an american actor. Warners executives initially proposed, of all people, tab hunter. A film noir more often compared to the work of carl theodor dreyer than its. Jul 22, 20 film noir poster rebel without a cause 7 relive the goldern age of film with this great download. Nov 26, 2016 the revolutionary aspect to rebel without a cause is the power the film gives its teenager characters. 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. Aug, 2009 in a lonely place has been described by the critic kim morgan as one of the most heartbreaking love stories ever committed to film, and love is indeed what its really about. Marlon brandos 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.
Jim, judy and the others are on the cusp of adulthood, but they began to. Here in todays post are some of the locations from the film rebel without a cause. And while that iconic 1950s film, with its audacious, expressionistic colors, its passionate angst and anguish, its. Nicholas ray was an american film director best known for the movie rebel without a cause. Rebel without a cause as in life, teenager jim starks wardrobe is as definitive in defining his personality as his words are. Ray made several more contributions to film noir, most notably the 1950 humphrey bogart movie in a lonely place, about a troubled screenwriter. Unjustly outofprint, they live by night may have its minor flaws, but the stark, beautiful camerawork, stolid dialogue and perhaps above all.
Released right after james deans untimely death, rebel without a cause netted an enormous profit. Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival toronto intl film festival awards central festival central all events. Film noir poster rebel without a cause 7 by soniaschuster. Nicholas ray, american motionpicture writer and director whose reputation as one of the most expressive and distinctive filmmakers of the late 1940s and the 50s is grounded on such stylish heartfelt movies as they live by night 1948, in a lonely place 1950, and, most notably, rebel without a cause. The stuff that feels weird or cheesy is intentional. The poetic longing for connection in rays film will always feel timeless. Rebel without a cause, starring the infamous james dean and the beautiful natalie wood, was the first film to take an honest and hard look at the lives of. His cig is the only point of light in the gloomy film noir and without it, bogart may well have never become such an unforgettable legend. His films feel exaggerated, and campy at times but they have so much energy. All the trivia you can handle about rebel without a cause, 1955, directed by nicholas ray, with james dean, natalie wood, sal mineo. His best films are clustered in his initial rko radio period apart from rebel without a cause, his only truly firstrate film outside that studio. Nicholas rays rebel without a cause slant magazine.
Movie posters featuring movie posters from american and foriegn motion pictures with authentic movie posters, vintage and new film movie posters at mpag. Rebel without a cause 1955 was released in theaters less than one month after the main actor, james dean. Rebel without a cause is essentially a sociological case study in american masculinityits attractions, its limitations, its pathologies, its postures, and its obstacles. The complex characters and conflicting motivations make in a lonely place an unusual film noir, and give an indication of how the genre was expanding to take in a wider range of styles. Gender construction in rebel without a cause winding. Rebel without a cause is included in the library of congress national film registry and is on the american film institutes 1998 list of the 100 greatest american movies of all time.
He is remembered as a cultural icon of teenage disillusionment and social estrangement, as expressed in the title of his most celebrated film, rebel without a cause 1955, in which he starred as troubled teenager jim stark. Elliot lavine has been a film programmer of national repute since 1990, both in the san francisco bay area and now here in portland. Often considered a precursor to the coming of age teen movie, the film stands the test of time as a classic. Van heflin, robert ryan, janet leigh, cathy odonnell, farley granger, robert mitchum, jane greer, gene nelson, sterling hayden, ricardo montalban, sally forrest, claude rains, william bendix. Jun 30, 2009 the americans rebelled against britain and james dean rebelled, well, just because, in the film rebel without a cause. In thats hollywood harperperennial, author peter van gelder wrote the monkey that jimmy is playing with at the beginning of the film is a relic of footage that was lost when, early on in the production, warners decided to do the film in colour.
Ray had directed westerns, comedies, films noir, domestic dramas. Rebel without a cause essays are academic essays for citation. Unlike johnny, his anger was still internalized, waiting for the moment of explosion. Nov 22, 2005 check out the film music of leonard rosenman.
And almost immediately, hollywood studios seized upon this exciting new direction for crime films a dramatically startling combination of german expressionist cinema of the 1920s and french poetic realism films of the 30s, blended into a harshly modern cocktail of. Strong and sleek, and in a wide range of natural colors, these wooden frames work beautifully in any decor and with any poster. Cinematography in on the waterfront, rebel without a cause, and the third man of all the aesthetic components that stylize a film, cinematography, the way in which the camera lens is used as a creative instrument to capture the characters actions and miseenscene, is the artistic pinnacle of analytical cinema studies. The legendary 1955 film, rebel without a cause, about teenage rebellion and highschool angst was both revolutionary and bold for its time. Perhaps best known for rebel without a cause, american filmmaker nicholas ray directed dozens of movies in the film noir genre, including in a lonely place, johnny guitar, and they live by night. East of eden, rebel without a cause by john adams london sinfonietta on amazon music. Nicholas ray biography list of works, study guides. It is at once an apotheosis of his directorial style, the most profitable film of his career, and a. Nick ray, a 14film retrospective of his work, obeys the rules of the film noir genre.
Ive introduced numerous nonnoir films over the years at the tcm classic film festivalrebel without a cause, the best years of our lives, brians song, the heiress, the party, etc. Rebel without a cause is a 1955 american drama film about emotionally confused suburban, middleclass teenagers. Cinematography in on the waterfront, rebel without a cause. Film noir poster rebel without a cause 7 relive the goldern age of film with this great download.
Ok, bad comparison, but i thought i would work it in somehow. The opening of rebel without a cause introduces three upper middle class rebellious teens, jim, judy, and plato, and their respective troubled family relationships. Formerly owned by silent film star roscoe fatty arbuckle, the 1912 house made its silver screen debut in rebel without a cause, looming behind james dean as he drunkenly played with a. The film ray made the following year, bigger than life, tells the story of a normal suburban father james mason who becomes addicted to cortisone. After a conversation with lew wasserman about the kind of film he wanted to make, wa s s e r man sent ray over to wa rn e r brothers. Presents tv series including a safedriving interview withdrawn from airing following deans september 30, 1955 death about rebel without a cause. The 15 best noir films of the 1950s taste of cinema. The revolutionary aspect to rebel without a cause is the power the film gives its teenager characters. Rebel without a cause, american film drama 1955, a classic tale of.
The birth of the modern teenager cinenation medium. Rebel without a cause study guide contains a biography of director. Rebel without a cause began as a blackandwhite, academyradio 4. Nicholas ray was born raymond nicholas kienzle in 1911, in smalltown galesville, wisconsin, to lena toppen and raymond joseph kienzle, a contractor and builder. Stored and shipped rolled up, usually near mint condition. Rebel without a cause is a 1955 drama directed by nicholas ray. Rebel without a cause 1955 tt0048545 after moving to a new town, troublemaking teen jim stark is supposed to have a clean slate, although being the new kid in town brings its own problems. Angelika film center offers special event programming, like cry baby matinee where you can relax and enjoy a movie without worrying about unexpected tantrums or feedings in the dark.
A 14film retrospective of the work of nicholas ray begins at film forum. Authority and selfexpression in rebel without a cause and shadowboxing. We keep the lights dimmed, the sound volume down, and the movies coming. 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. But it takes only a blink to visualize rebel without a cause as a movie so audacious it can only be poetry, a kind of cinematic free verse whose tone saves it from caricature and the now. The groundbreaking film stars james dean, natalie wood and sal mineo. Getting ready for their chickierun, jim james dean and buzz corey allen converse, ebullient judy natalie wood cheering both on, in nicholas rays rebel without a cause, 1955. Posted on february 6, 2017 march 28, 2017 by windingexpressions. In both east of eden and rebel without a cause james dean embodied a restless youngster unable to cope with his future because of the insecurity of the present and the failings of his parents. Classics edition contains recently recovered screen tests and outtakes that show intriguing variations on what ended up in the final film. James deans rebel without a cause house, once owned by. Rebel without a cause describes how camus would drastically change his stance in his second trilogy of worksthe plague, the just assassins, and the rebelwhich are part of camuss cycle of revolt. Rebel without a cause 1955 movie clip why do we do this.
The quarry is a western noir undone by its anonymity. Rebel without a cause bluray used very good blurayws. Specialized printingink process results in superior quality, has the tonalitieshues of original print. Rebel without a cause remains the film for which ray is best known. 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 conformist mid1950s from the perspective of the main adolescent male character a troubled teen with ineffectual parents, who faces a new school environment. Rebel without a cause describes how camus would drastically change his stance in his second trilogy of worksthe plague, the just assassins, and the rebel which are part of camuss cycle of revolt. Film noir poster rebel without a cause 7 by soniaschuster issuu. Some of its charm and sympathy endure to this day, but rebel without a cause has aged in an undeniably awkward fashion, and the result is a film that simply doesnt hold up. Before rebel without a cause, james dean and natalie wood appeared together in the general electric tv production, i am a fool, in december 1954. In this analysis i focus on the film s themes of sexuality. Courtesy of wikipedia rebel without a cause is a 1955 american drama film about emotionally confused suburban, middleclass teenagers filmed in cinemascope. Rebel without a cause 1955 is a film that sympathetically views rebellious, american, restless, misunderstood, middleclass youth. Before the feature are three behindthecameras segments from the warner bros.