| "Rebel without a Cause" on Blu-ray? Yes, please. Rebel is the quintessential James Dean movie. Fucking 58 years after its release Rebel remains that iconic angst movie. Perhaps because it got it right. Perhaps because by the time it was released Dean was dead. Perhaps because... perhaps because it is just a GREAT movie. Dean is marvelous as Jim Stark... the rebel that doesn't ask, "What do ya got," when asked what are you rebelling against. He isn't actively rebelling against anything, unlike Brando in "The Wild One." However, Dean brings a humanity to the iconoclast figure like no other. Dean was an artist. A true artist. One that honed his skills, and worked his craft. All of that shows in ever frame of Rebel. He captured not only a moment, but a universal feeling. One that nearly 60 years later still resonates to the core of many of us that see the seams of this world. Who wants to do a movie night with my soon to be in my hands blu-ray of "Rebel without a Cause?" |
