rec.arts.movies.past-films

In the Year of the Golden Pig, the Great and Powerful calvin declared:
> On Feb 6, 11:17 pm, Tom Amolad wrote:
>> On Feb 6, 6:09 pm, calvin wrote:
>>
>>> Rebel Without a Cause
>> What on earth's unclear about this one? It's the perfect title.
>
> I've never thought the James Dean character (Jim Stark)
> was rebelling against anything. The Natalie Wood
> character was, and the Sal Mineo character; but he
> was just going with the flow.
>

The title's ironic. Remember the scene where Jim tells his parents
about the chicky race and says he's going to the cops, and they tell
him no way, no how? Then when he does go to the cops, the one guy
who'll listen isn't there and the desk sergeant tells him to get
lost. The point is that he wants to do right, but society keeps
pushing him onto the wrong path.

--
Sean O'Hara <>
Dewey Finn: Your kids have all really touched me, and I'm pretty
sure that I've touched them.
-The School of Rock