filmmaker NICHOLAS RAY, born August 7, 1911

I do not get Rebel without a cause

Like many Ray films, it's closer to opera or ballet; it takes no place in no known world.

Ebert's "Great Movies" entry on the film makes a lot of the points that are being made in this thread ("Seen today, Rebel Without a Cause plays like a Todd Solondz movie, in which characters with bizarre problems perform a charade of normal behavior"), and is an overall great read: https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/great-movie-rebel-without-a-cause-1955

Some of you seem to be saying that some of these so-called flaws are bad things.

Like many Ray films, it's closer to opera or ballet; it takes no place in no known world.

― So who you gonna call? The martini police (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, July 21, 2021

true

Screenwriter Stewart Stern and bit player Dennis Hopper would team up again 16 years later to make The Last Movie, where Hopper emulates Dean at one point.

Indeed, good point

Ebert's "Great Movies" entry on the film makes a lot of the points that are being made in this thread ("Seen today, Rebel Without a Cause plays like a Todd Solondz movie, in which characters with bizarre problems perform a charade of normal behavior"), and is an overall great read: https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/great-movie-rebel-without-a-cause-1955

― edited for dog profanity (cryptosicko), Wednesday, July 21, 2021 7:46 PM (two hours ago) bookmarkflaglink

Thanks for the link; review is great.

That was pretty good, yeah

I think what put me off the film so early was how completely it seemed to be on Jim's side, which I guess was a bold choice at the time, but came across as the filmmakers congratulating themselves on their tolerance and open-mindedness.

you're tearin me APPAAAAHHHHT

Classic

I couldn't believe the fatherly advice in a frilly apron scene the first time I saw it. Rebel is more subversive and weird than Johnny Guitar imo

And that’s pretty damn weird, so yeah