James Dean - The Rare Movies

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This DVD is essential viewing for all fans of james Dean, the androgynous rebel & perpetual adolescent, & for students of the post-war counter-culture that briefly infiltrated the American TV networks in the 1950s. James Dean had a mesmeric screen persona yet he only made three films: East of Eden, Rebel without a Cause & Giant. Its an interesting, but little known fact, that he polished his craft through his long apprenticeship in front of the camera, albeit on the small screen. Between his arrival in New York in 1951 & his departure for Hollywood two years later, Dean appeared in some forty TV shows. David Loehr presents three of Deans rare movies alongside other footage of Jimmy on screen including a Pepsi commercial, a Highway Safety advert, movie trailers, race footage & East of Eden out-takes (plus an audio interview). In all three films Dean displays his archetypal screen characteristics: misunderstood angst-ridden youth with shades of crazy mixed-up.. .