The editorial board of the 1905 Film Handbook had praised Nicholas Ray, and Godard once said that "the film is Nicholas Ray". As one of the representatives of Hollywood film noir, Nicholas Ray's influence on film history is enough to bear such an evaluation.
After many social upheavals and changes, Nicholas Ray questioned American social issues with his film creation, and his experience in architecture at the University of Chicago gave his film works extremely stylized composition and color, and even in Hollywood, he was one of the most maverick authors and directors.
Therefore, even with the praise of the "Film Handbook", Nicholas Ray, who rebelled earlier than "New Hollywood", is often ignored by film history.
After joining Raiden in 1948, Nicholas Ray began his film noir work, including his first feature-length feature film, The Night's Escape Duck (1948), and In a Lonely Place (1950), known as the pinnacle of his film noir. The former was the first "Outlaw Duck" themed film, while the success of the latter laid the foundation for the authorship of Nicholas Ray's subsequent filmmaking career.
After entering the 1950s, Nicholas Ray, who worked in different film companies, handed over a number of important works in succession, ushering in the peak of his creation. "Desert Freak" (1954) as the anti-genre classic of Westerns, women for the first time became the protagonists of Western showdowns, the rebellious spirit embodied in the film, heralded the arrival of his most prestigious film "Rebellion without Cause".
1955's Rebel without Cause took his authorship to the extreme, and the reflections and discussions provoked by the Film depicting the Beat Generation in the United States at the time made the film an important sociocultural event. This was followed by "Above Life" (1956), which continued to make a deep observation of American society, which led Nicholas Ray to be shortlisted for the Golden Lion in the main competition for the first time at the 17th Venice Film Festival.
This year is the 110th anniversary of the birth of Nicholas Lei, the 11th Beijing International Film Festival "Beijing Screening" unit launched the "Master Review - Nicholas Lei" section, paying tribute to this Hollywood film master, "Lonely Suspect" and "Rebel without Cause" are 4K versions, welcome fans and friends to the North Film Festival to share the light and shadow charm of classic works in film history.
Night Escape Mandarin Duck (1948)
Nicholas Ray directed the tube, ushering in a new century of the outlaw Mandarin duck road movie genre.
The Lonely Suspect (1950)
Nicholas Ray's classic film noir, the foundation of authorship.
Desert Freak (1954)
Women are first competing for the western battlefield, anti-genre classic masterpieces.
Rebellion without Cause (1955)
Nicholas Ray's most prestigious film work, "The Beat Generation", tells the story of the youth of the era in the mouth of James Dean.
Above Life (1956)
The fall of the American middle class, stylized color game images, shortlisted for the Golden Lion Award in the main competition of the 17th Venice Film Festival.