Who Is Nichola Nicholas Ray Film Bigger Than Life?

The storyline of the film Bigger Than Life follows a schoolteacher and family man named Ed Avery. Ed has been suffering of severe pain and is hospitalized and diagnosed with a rare inflammation of the arteries. At this point Ed is told that he will die shortly and agrees to try out an experimental treatment that might save his life. The experimental treatment involves taking doses of hormone cortisone. The treatment works, and Ed retunes back home to his wife and kid. Though not all is good, Ed begins to experience wild mood swings and anger problems as a result of taking these pills, but he must continue to take them or he will die. The cure to his disease ends up manifesting itself into an entirely different problem that greatly affects him and those around him.
Nicholas Ray was a well thought out director and sought to make his film thought provoking. Something about his movies including, Bigger Than Life, with all it flare, made his films both entertaining and provoking. His movies sparked conversations and critical thinking of different contemporary issues and problems in the world ( Senses of Cinema). In the case of Bigger Than Life, this film really scared people at the time who where unsure of the effects of cortisone. Though, while the issue of cortisone usage in this film is at the center, there is a lot more that one can read into. The film also illustrates the norms and conformity of suburban and family life. There is monotonous feel around Ed and his suburban life, which I am sure people watching it could and did probably relate