WTF?! How could people accept this overacting back then?!!
I thought he was great!
| by Anonymous | reply 1 | October 22, 2018 4:16 PM |
BECAUSE everyone else under emoted in the preceding 50 years. It was a shock to see 'real' emotional pain on film, especially from a male.
| by Anonymous | reply 2 | October 22, 2018 4:25 PM |
He was cute so, just like today, good looking people are given every chance
| by Anonymous | reply 4 | October 22, 2018 4:26 PM |
He was good, but yes, he overacted in this scene. Meanwhile It’s one of his most iconic.
| by Anonymous | reply 5 | November 10, 2018 12:52 AM |
Stick a fork in him he's done!
| by Anonymous | reply 6 | November 10, 2018 1:49 AM |
THANK you, OP. I cringed with embarrassment when I finally watched "Rebel Without a Cause." He was pretty good in that movie otherwise, but if you want to see him really stink up the screen, try "East of Eden."
| by Anonymous | reply 7 | November 10, 2018 1:51 AM |
R7 I felt he was great in East or Eden
| by Anonymous | reply 8 | November 10, 2018 2:56 AM |
Dennis Hopper said Dean's acting/persona was part Monty Clift saying "forgive me", part Marlon Brando saying "fuck you" and somewhere in between was Jimmy Dean.
| by Anonymous | reply 9 | November 10, 2018 3:09 AM |
I thought he was very believable in this scene. No doubt he got the emotion from himself. James Dean was a very tormented soul.
| by Anonymous | reply 10 | November 10, 2018 3:13 AM |
R9 Dennis Hopper would always speak of Dean like they were best friends when in reality Dean couldn’t stand him. Dean hardly liked anyone and could be very cold.
I remember Sal Mineo saying in an interview how Dean would be your best friend one day then the next would walk right by you like you don’t exist and make you feel like shit. Mineo was only 16 and this would always make him feel bad and have him thinking he did something wrong to Dean.
| by Anonymous | reply 11 | November 10, 2018 3:16 AM |
Dean was SO fucked up. Which is why he stuck a nerve whenever he was onscreen. He was so intense and yet so vulnerable. That was a unique combination back then. I've seen all three of his movies. He really was one of those movie stars that you can't take your eyes off of whenever he's in a scene.
| by Anonymous | reply 12 | November 10, 2018 3:55 AM |
I saw this on the big screen lately and it was incredible, an almost perfect film. They started filming it in B+W but when they saw the magic they had they switched to color.
None of the actors were "stars"; the biggest one was probably Wood, who had been a child actor then got stuck in anonymous adolescent roles in forgettable films. This film made her (and Dean, posthumously) a star.
| by Anonymous | reply 13 | November 10, 2018 3:56 AM |
Have you ever dealt with teenagers…. they over act.
| by Anonymous | reply 14 | November 10, 2018 5:25 AM |
But rarely are they lauded for that.
| by Anonymous | reply 15 | November 10, 2018 5:19 PM |