Postwar Film: Rebel Without A Cause

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Rebel Without a Cause Postwar cinema is characterized by a new accent realism, be it working class stories, it also can be defined by the pursuit of psychological realism. For many in Hollywood this meant a new direction in acting. A generation of method actors now, rather than just acting, had to learn how to be the character learn the emotions or thought process of a character (Lucia, Grundmann, & Simon 2016 pg. 394) Sexuality as a public social science and subject of mass culture infused the 1950s, unlike any previous decade and the movies eventually that came after initially came after started the slow re-evaluation in American morals. Indeed, it was the 1950s that first witnessed the erosion of the once firm production code. After many …show more content…

As in Bombers B-52 and so many of her films to follow, narrative complications involving Wood’s character arise from both the exposure and the repression of erotic dynamics within the family – all with multiple self-reflexive and allegorical implications. The film is also among the first to target a newly acknowledged and profitable teen audience – in part through the casting of James Dean and Sal Mineo, both Method actors who brought a highly publicized and popularized “new” realism to screen performance (Lucia, Grundmann, & Simon 2016 pg. …show more content…

This was the scene after the race. Jim comes home, he lies down on the couch upside down with his mother hears him and run downstairs. Ray used the point of view shot for audience see the image as his mother does. The camera rotates around until he sees his mother's right side up. I believe this screen shot was purposely done to explain how his mother feel about Jim. Because she is always disappointed by him and he seems can’t ever do right in her eye. Ray sent the message very cleverly through cinematography and staging. When his mother comes down Jim explains what happened during the race and that Buzz is dead. He asks his parent’s advice about what to do. They are on the staircase in living room. The mother is on the upper level of stair case which make us feel like she has the most power and the father sits on the bottom of the stairs looks powerless and pitiful, Jim is desperately looking for answers and their guidance in the middle of

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