Melodrama films could be argued to be the most complex classification of films which address the society’s attitudes towards class‚ race‚ and sex. The films Rebel Without A Cause (1955) directed by Nicholas Ray and The Last Picture Show (1971) directed by Peter Bogdanovich are key examples of a shift in the melodrama genre. Rebel Without A Cause depicts the story of a troublemaking teenager‚ Jim Stark‚ with unaffectionate parents‚ who is faced with moving to a new environment. The Last Picture Show
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The 1955 social drama Rebel Without a Cause is a powerful archetype of both its genre and the period of social upheaval that it portrays. Playing the lead role of Jim Stark‚ actor James Dean personifies the films central theme‚ a tortuous longing to belong and be loved‚ unconditionally. The Stark family‚ whove recently migrated to suburban Los Angeles‚ are seeking a fresh start and rehabilitation of their delinquent teenage son. Their aspirations echo the universal theme of yearning for acceptance
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of shooting some puppies‚ his family is divided‚ his mother is always away and his father hasn’t visited him in a long time. Dean is frustrated seeing that his mother is acting like the father of the house‚ she’s always picking at his father (Rebel without a
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When I think of the 1950’s‚ images of jukeboxes‚ Chevy Bel Airs‚ cafes‚ and leather jackets flow through my mind. This is because they are all cultural artifacts that can give us insight into the place or time that it originated in. An artifact that has‚ over time‚ depreciated in its popularity is the 1995 American drama film Rebel Without A Cause. Released on October 27th‚ 1955‚ this film may not be as relevant as it was in the past (you probably wont find it in a millennials’s film collection or
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Without doing any research and background checks on the artist and going off with my previous knowledge I know that the painter‚ Andy Warhol‚ gave birth to the pop-art style. I haven’t ever seen this painting‚ Rebel Without a Cause‚ but I do know many other works from him from my previous art classes. His best-known painting includes a bunch of Campbell’s soup cans
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However‚ realistic novels like Catcher in the Rye and Rebel without a Cause have similar story lines. Both pieces of literature have a “loner” type main character who eventually comes to grow into his or her own‚ or into society. These realistic fiction novels are so similar because they are both coming of age. In
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Mother Teresa: A Rebel For A Cause Many people are helpful in their own ways some help the environment by saving paper and turning of the lights when they are not needed. Some are helpful to animals by volunteering at animal shelters‚ making sure animals are not put down for no use and organizing recycling or trash programs to clean up the wildlife habitats. Lastly‚ some are helpful to people by donating money or clothes to charities or going to poor places around the world to help rebuild the
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powerful woman from the film On the Waterfront‚ contradicts the standards of women in the 1940s and 1950s. Most women were seen as “simple consumption machines” whose only job was worrying about “buying new appliances for the kitchen and searching madly for the perfect laundry detergent” written in Gail Collins’ novel “The Feminine Mystique” (Collins 1). In contrast‚ in the film Rebel Without a Cause‚ Judy‚ a high school student represents an ideal figure for women during this era. Now why do I feel
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When one both reads Catcher in the Rye and sees Rebel Without a Cause‚ he or she can’t help but wonder if the writers‚ Nicholas Ray and J.D. Salinger‚ somehow knew each other‚ or if one writer copied the ideas of the other. Jim Stark and Holden Caulfield‚ the two main characters of the stories‚ have so much in common that if they ever met one another‚ they would immediately become friends. The main theme that applies to both works is teenage rebellion. Holden and Jim seem to get into trouble often
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The 1950’s were quite radical in fact‚ this is the decade that began rock n’ roll‚ the civil rights movement‚ better family living‚ advances in technology‚ Fashion‚ medical research‚ other wonderful things this country was not used to seeing or hearing. The 1950’s were looked at more as a state of mind or a way of living rather than just another decade or time era in American history. Everything was peaceful now‚ which looking back on the two world wars and the great depression this country was not
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