Ep875: REBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE (1955) - Round Table Review
Turns out the kids aren’t alright! Ian, Don, and Mark get all broody and sensitive with a look at Nicholas Ray's landmark 1955 drama, Rebel Without a Cause!
The movie follows three troubled teens who find solace in each other, away from the dysfunctional families and knife-wielding hoodlums that make life nearly unbearable. Jim (James Dean), Judy (Natalie Wood), and Plato (Sal Mineo) navigate the ups and downs 1950s America in ways that scrape at the facade of its post-war idealism.
In this wide-ranging, spoilerfific discussion, the guys marvel at the audacity of Ray's achievements; the subtext (and plain ol' text text) of a story whose layers are still being unraveled today, and touch on why Rebel should remain a film of its time.
Rebel Without a Cause is now available on 4K UHD Blu-ray from Warner Bros. Home Entertainment.
Show Links
Watch the Rebel Without a Cause trailer.
Order Rebel Without a Cause on 4K UHD Blu-ray from Warner Bros.
Watch Ian and Don's review of Casablanca.
Watch Ian and Don's review of The Maltese Falcon.
Get educated with Don Shanahan at Every Movie Has a Lesson…
…and Film Obsessive
...and the Cinephile Hissy Fit Podcast.
Spoil yourself with Mark "The Movie Man" Krawczyk at The Spoiler Room Podcast.
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