And not on just the Sal Mineo part. James Dean is bisexual. Natalie Wood is dating the bad boy to get back at the daddy. Daddy is rejecting her because her budding sexuality is overwhelming him. Jim Backus is almost a eunuch. There's this threesome going on between Wood, Dean, and Mineo. And the gay is killed at the end. The only straight guy seems to be Wood's bad boy boyfriend. But then he has a tender moment with Dean before he dies.
Rebel Without A Cause-1955- it's a big commentary on sexuality
| by Anonymous | reply 10 | February 18, 2018 10:43 PM |
I always thought this black and white screentest plays better than the same scene in the movie. The gay subtext becomes overt here.
And then the end with Wood, Mineo, and Dean mugging for the camera. Both Mineo and Wood look at Dean longingly, and Dean flirts back with both like he'd fuck either one.
| by Anonymous | reply 1 | February 18, 2018 8:34 PM |
This a small film with some very undistinguished people in it.
| by Anonymous | reply 2 | February 18, 2018 8:39 PM |
I've always found tall and dark-haired Corey Allen (Buzz) much more attractive than short blondie James Dean in this film. But Corey quickly got a little pudgy and prematurely middle age-looking by decade's end. Dean, of course, is forever preserved in youthful glow.
| by Anonymous | reply 3 | February 18, 2018 8:48 PM |
dean was my firt jak off fantasia....
| by Anonymous | reply 4 | February 18, 2018 9:05 PM |
I found James Dean's overacting in the "TEARING ME APART" scene pretty funny.
| by Anonymous | reply 5 | February 18, 2018 9:33 PM |
^ Yes. Comedian Jim Backus trying to be a serious actor is pretty funny too.
And that Natalie is such a Weed.
| by Anonymous | reply 6 | February 18, 2018 9:40 PM |
Natalie Wood was always bad in everything.
| by Anonymous | reply 7 | February 18, 2018 9:43 PM |
Especially the Pacific.
| by Anonymous | reply 8 | February 18, 2018 9:43 PM |
Mineo seems kind of bitchy in R1’s clip, blowing smoke straight in Wood’s face.
| by Anonymous | reply 9 | February 18, 2018 9:52 PM |
"You can come out. It's okay. People will still like you." And then BOOM. Plato gets blown away.
I always wondered if it was an accident or whether Dean committed suicide after he saw the final edit of this movie.
| by Anonymous | reply 10 | February 18, 2018 10:43 PM |