The "man alone" dispassionate, objective monotone of the professor with his godlike view of the birth, brief life and fiery death of earth. The reactions of Jimmy and Sal. One of my favourite movie scenes. "That's all. Thank you for your attention."
seeing this scene on the big screen was like nothing else i’ve ever seen. i adore this movie and watch it a lot on my tv/laptop, so i went to a theatre showing recently. you can never fully experience this scene until you see it on a full movie screen. it’s absolutely fantastic.
I can relate to being that new person, trying to make friends and yet there they are, weighing you up, being cool, off-hand. By the time of Buzz and Jim's chicken run, the two were beginning to warm to each other - ruined by sudden tragedy and misguided loyalty to Buzz by his friends threatened a possible friendship between them and Jim. Judy's grief found solace in Jim's company, which gradually turned to love. Good story.
Theres nothing quite like the golden age of Hollywood. Something about it is so mesmerizing. Times must have been so simple back then. Back when you could show up to Hollywood with no money and make something of yourself.
the problems of man are trivial indeed. When we look at the big picture, we are trivial and shallow. Surely our Creator has us here for a better reason than the trivial things we pursue
The genius of James Dean… Nicholas Ray… Still poignant today… James Dean’s Icon has been filtered through Luke Perry, Leonardo DiCaprio, Brad Pitt, River Phoenix… The rebel archetype. I love Dean. ❤️🩹
Even Elvis was a MASSIVE fan of Jimmy! He loved him such he became friends with all his co-stars and would star in King Creole a movie written for James.
It's the subtle emphasis on "burst", and the despondent assured tone of "fire" the gets me, as if the destruction is an irrevocable inevitability. It is so excellently delivered. As well as the delivery of the line "thats all", which is the ultimate double entendre, the punctuation on the inevitable doom to come (in the film and in space) and the quiet questioning into the heavens; little consequence, thats all?
Ah yes, Back before the Civil Rights movement, the Equal Rights Amendment, the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Voting Rights Act, the polio vaccine. When all we had to worry about were the Russians, the bomb, and alien invasion. Before color TV, when we could smoke and not get cancer, drive cars and not wear seatbelts, pay extra for long distance calls, and when we had to go to the bank during the day and wait in line to take out $20. When smog choked our cities and ham and peas in Jello was a food. Its easy to remember the good things. That is what nostalgia does. But eery era has its good and bad. For every Rebel Without a Cause, there is a Plan 9 From Outer Space.
The more things change.... I just wish that the California Academy of Science still had their old projector. Instead they cut the planetarium in half and show a digital movie on the ceiling instead. Boo.
@@TheDude-yw4kn So you're not just racist, you're a lazy, uneducated racist as well. Griffith Park and the Observatory are maintained by the municipality of Los Angeles. Is not a local, state or federal crime for undocumented workers to work for the US government. I don't want to mow lawns for a living, and it is obviously below your own lofty standards or else you would have applied yourself, but I'm glad some people don't mind getting dirty so that thousands of tourists and school children can visit one of the most iconic places to visit in Los Angeles. I was there last Sunday with my visiting sister and it is just as beautiful and wondrous as it was when I first visited it upon arriving in LA 35 years ago.
The planetary lecture tells the viewer a lot about the vastness and power of the universe, verses the absurdity of Man, the Earth on which he dwells, and the various excuses he uses for causing himself endless conflicts, and trouble. As the words of this very monumental message are being taught, the select punks in this scene do exactly the same thing- the "Human" thing- they ignore the professor's wisdom and reveal how dense and banal they are by plotting to victimize another student, one who they feel does not "fit in". The idiotic actions committed by this gang escalate (the "blade game" and the theft of cars) and do not stop until two are left dead, another possibly shot to death (or left alive but critically injured) and several families find themselves dragged into criminal court- which is the drama that exceeds the finale of the film. This is definitely a testimony without a GOOD cause; for many years afterwards- and when Dean was of course, dead- it gave teen-aged youth the stupid excuses to risk their lives in illegal and violent ordeals in order to maintain a sense of "honor"; not giving them common sense by turning AWAY from trouble in order to maintain TRUE honor. This film may be a landmark cult classic to many; but to me- despite the themes of family alienation, bold illusions to same-sex love and the rich and eerie overtones of crimson reds and deep blues, it is the poorest of the three films James Dean ever made, and unfortunately, it is his signature piece. Surprisingly, he did not like the final effort during the only full theater screening he saw with Nat and Sal- where they sat together hidden in the upstairs balcony, incognito- just days before his own catastrophic, car-related death. He felt that his acting was insincere; that he could have done a much better job (and he was correct). He was also put off by the overly emotional reaction of the audience. While inconspicuously pointing to the dispersing crowd, told Nat as they were leaving, that it was "the start of something..." "Something", not good.
good point re: the contrast of the magnitude of the universe although have always felt the subtext of the film points to familial dysfunction as part of the "cause"
@@whitetrailertrashdeepsouth7999 No. Not mumbo jumbo. What I mentioned- but not clearly enough- is that the film was shown at a screening at a small theatre on Wednesday, September 28th, 1955, just two days before Dean's demise. He actually went to see it with Sal Mineo and Natalie Wood and hid in an upper balcony with them, as he was known to be very uncomfortable with crowds. His personal response to the audience's intense reaction at the end, was not positive. Then he was gone- and the film premiered October 27th, 1955 and has been a cult classic ever since.
this is the part that cursed james dean, its like hollywood cast a spell on him, stars, . space, the end ect ect. then he james dean dies in a car wreck. this whole movie predicted his death
James Dean cursed James Dean by driving too fast. If he had lived, he would have eventually made some movies that were crap, like every other great actor of his generation - Brando, Newman, Natalie Wood, Tony Curtis, they all made stinkers at some point. The greatest thing Dean did for his legacy was to die before that could happen.
