tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3809167151867491968.post4347521485139660928..comments2008-07-14T14:57:17.307-05:00Jamie Yateshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08318633423894546202jyates3@hotmail.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3809167151867491968.post-79832716735128118572008-07-14T14:57:00.000-05:002008-07-14T14:57:00.000-05:00That's impressive. To me, that's a sign of the film's values as a whole, when you can accurately analyze a film without a shot of the main character and not really leave anything out. <BR/><BR/>I hesitatingly recommend the book "Live Fast, Die Young: The Wild Ride of Making Rebel Without a Cause" by Lawrence Frascella and Al Weisel. It's basically a gossipy look behind the scenes of the filming (with sexual tensions that rival the actual film), but it occasionally gets into some excellent analysis, like your thoughts on the scenes with Judy and her father. It's worth checking out of the library if you have an afternoon to kill.Jamiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08318633423894546202noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3809167151867491968.post-71696480043039031372008-07-14T14:34:00.000-05:002008-07-14T14:34:00.000-05:00Great reflections, Jamie. I only saw <I>Rebel Without A Cause</I> as an adult, but I found and wore a black trenchcoat almost immediately after seeing <I>Heathers</I>; it must have been part of the same sort of impulse.<BR/><BR/>My own write-up on <I>Rebel</I>, by the way, is here:<BR/><A HREF="http://raccoonfilms.blogspot.com/2007/09/rebel-without-cause-by-nicholas-ray.html" REL="nofollow">here</A>, although I strangely manage to write up the whole thing without a single shot of Dean / Jim.jpbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03733456276611940453noreply@blogger.com