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The name James Dean may be a little unfamiliar to our domestic audience, but when Guo Jie looks at the interviews of Hollywood stars, they often mention him.
For the whole of Hollywood, James Dean is a legendary figure, leaving aside the early soy sauce characters who did not have a name, in fact, his real Hollywood acting career is only 16 months, starring in only 3 movies.
But two of the films were nominated for the Oscar for Best Actor, and his acting skills in the film were often used as acting textbooks, while the other film, "Rebel without a Cause," influenced American teenagers in the 50s and was a landmark masterpiece.
The real-life James Dean is a bohemian, rebellious boy, a "bad man" that women like, and many men like him and follow his example to imitate.
But his personality is really difficult to get, and there are many people who have offended. It's just too straight, and this kind of personality is not only in show business, but also unpopular anywhere.
James Dean's hobby is racing and he has won many awards.
On September 30, 1955, just after getting ready for the race, he was hit by a car that violated traffic regulations on the way home, and his sports car was all broken up, and he also died on the spot, only 24 years old.
After his death, even the damaged sports car in the family was looted by fans for souvenirs, and even the cemetery had people who wanted to dig graves, so the police had to send people to guard and protect them.
Let's follow the documentary "James Dean Forever" to see the legendary star's dramatic life.
<h1 class= "pgc-h-arrow-right" >01. Extreme personalities stem from the family of origin</h1>
James Dean was born on February 8, 1931, in Malion, Indiana. It was a difficult time, in the Midst of the Great Depression, but he was born into a good family and his father was a dental technician.
His mother, Millry, was a sensual woman who loved literature and art, often read poetry to james when he was young, and sent his son to dance classes.
When James was 5 years old, the family moved to Los Angeles, California, because of his father's job transfer.
After three years here, her mother, Millry, was diagnosed with cancer and died on July 14, 1940.
James was so sad that he often went to his mother's grave to cry and asked her how he was going to live.
At that time, the father was inconvenient to take care of James because of his work, and contacted his sister, that is, James's aunt's family to take care of the child, and James took the train back to Indiana with his grandmother.
Accompanied by his mother's coffin, his father told James to look after his mother's coffin, so every time the train stopped at the station, James had to run from his carriage to the luggage compartment to see if his mother's coffin was still there.
It's hard to imagine how a child under 10 years of age could have endured such pain alone.
If during this time, his father could be by his side instead of throwing him away to his aunt, perhaps James's personality would not have become so difficult.
Many of his friends said in interviews that James was kind and upright, that he was just insecure and not good at expressing himself, which is a manifestation of a child who lacks the love of his parents.
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James Dean's teenage life was spent at his aunt's house, and her family was also well-off, with a small cottage and a farm, and life was worry-free.
My aunt knew that James loved art, and she often encouraged James to go to church and read articles for everyone.
At school, James was a big fan of sports and often played basketball and baseball. He also joined the orchestra and joined the drama club to learn acting. He has been performing on stage since junior high school.
His drama teacher, Adeline, liked him very much, and Adeline said that although James's personality was a little strange and many classmates found it difficult to communicate, he was actually a very careful person.
Once James took a flower to give to her teacher Adeline, and the next day he asked Adeline to return the flowers, and Adeline thought to herself, if there is a flower to send back, ah.
The next day James came back with a drawing of the flower. He told his teacher, Adeline, so you could have the flower forever, and Adeline kept the painting.
When he graduated from high school, James moved to California to reunite with his father, who wanted to chase his acting dreams in Los Angeles, but was opposed by his father. But he didn't give up, and during his time at the University of California, he took the dramatic arts.
In order to chase his acting dreams, James did not live in the school dormitory, at first he chose to live in the fraternity, in order to pay the rent, he ran to the restaurant to work as a waiter, but because of a word in the restaurant with the fraternity people to fight.
The result was a loss of work and a kick out of the Brotherhood.
Then he persuaded a classmate to share a house outside, in order to pay the rent, both of them went out to work part-time, but James's temper was really too weird, only two weeks of class, he was fired by the boss.
So for a long time, he had to borrow money from everywhere to pay the rent, in order to save money, eat only oatmeal for dinner, and in order to save electricity, he didn't even turn on the lights, and instead lit candles.
During college, he was given a chance to run the dragon suit in the TV series, but the appearance was short and negligible, which hit him greatly, and he decided to leave Hollywood and go to New York to study acting.
It was this trip to New York that changed his life.
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I've written that several of Hollywood's biggest names have studied under the famous performing arts guru Lee Strasberg, such as Marlon Brando, Marilyn Monroe, Al Pacino, and so on.
After arriving in New York, James Dean also entered the Lee Strasberg Acting School, where his acting skills were honed and his skills were also enlightened.
However, students who study under Li encounter a problem when performing, and the methodological performance they learn is completely different from the traditional performance method, so it is very likely that they disagree with the director who adheres to the traditional performance style.
During his time in New York, James was given the opportunity to appear in the Broadway play "The Immoral Man", but because of his different opinions on the performance, the two clashed, and after a few weeks of acting, James quit the show.
In addition, he also played soy sauce in some of the films. In order to make a living, he can only do odd jobs everywhere, waiters, cashiers and many other jobs have been done, life is very poor, which also allows him to experience the difficulty of survival.
It wasn't until 1954 that director Ilya Kazan, after watching his theatrical performances, praised him and invited him back to Hollywood to shoot the movie East of Eden.
Released on March 9, 1955, the film was the only of three films starring James in Hollywood to be released while he was alive, after he was killed in a car accident on September 30 of that same year.
He was also the first actor in Hollywood to receive an Oscar nomination for Best Actor after his death, which is a real shame. If he is still alive, I believe he will definitely get an Oscar.
In this film, James Dean can be said to be the true color, he showed everyone superb acting skills, playing a son who longed for his father's love but rebelled, contradictory and entangled.
On set, he didn't get along very well with Raymond Massey, who played his father in the film, who was a more conservative personality, while James had a straight personality and was a younger generation who was more self-sufficient.
Therefore, both of them, whether in the play or outside the play, are typical representatives of the American youth and the older generation in the 50s.
In the following film, Rebel Without a Cause, James Dean played a similar role again.
This time he played a more grounded character of a new generation of American teenagers, because of the director's trust and support, James was very open when shooting.
Because of this role, James Dean became an idol in the minds of many American teenagers at that time, but unfortunately he died when the film was released, but it did not prevent the audience from becoming obsessed with him.
The third film, and James's last film, Giant, was directed by Oscar winner George Stevens and actress elizabeth Taylor, a first-line Star in Hollywood.
This is an epic blockbuster, the timeline spans thirty years, James in the film from youth to middle age, he played Jeter was originally a stubborn and difficult long-term worker, but fell in love with the hostess.
Later, he dug up oil and turned into a millionaire, but found that money still could not fill the emptiness in his heart. This is simply a realistic portrayal of James, for him at that time, fame did not let him out of his inner predicament.
The film was released on October 10, 1956, and James Dean was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor twice.
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James's affectionate life is quite numerous, with a long list of women he has interacted with, such as Terry Moore, Ursula Anders, Liz Sheridan, Barbara Glenn, etc., and there are also rumors that he is unisex.
But his favorite woman is Pierre Angeli, an actress from Italy, who met while James was filming the film East of Eden, and Pierre shot the movie "Holy Grail" in the next studio.
The two were glued together, and James put Pierre's hair in a small bottle and put it around his neck, showing it to everyone that it was my girlfriend's hair.
However, James's personality is unpleasant and he always quarrels with Pierre, whose mother dislikes the rebellious boy, and eventually Pierre listens to his mother and marries singer Vic Damon.
On Pierre's wedding day, James rode a motorcycle and parked opposite the church entrance, and when Pierre and her husband came out of the church, James deliberately started the locomotive to make a rumbling sound to show his grief.
During the filming of the film Rebels for No Reason, James bought a Porsche sports car, became obsessed with racing, and developed it into his second career, going to race outside of filming.
However, no one expected that this hobby would take the life of James Dean.
On September 30, 1955, 24-year-old James and his racing technician Woodwych went to pick up his new car, and when they were walking back, at an intersection, an oncoming Ford car suddenly turned, and James could not avoid colliding with it.
Woodwych, who was sitting in the sub-seat, was thrown out and seriously injured, but James in the driver's seat was not so lucky, with multiple fractures on his body, a broken neck, and died on the spot.
When the news came out, it was difficult for fans to accept such a reality.
The Hollywood star, who is obsessed with both men and women, although his acting career in Hollywood is only 16 months, after his death, his influence is still no less than that of the living star, and many fans still insist on writing to him.
He received more letters after his death than those who were alive with A-list stars.
The house where he lived was looted, and even the smashed sports car was stolen and its whereabouts are still unknown. There were also rumors that someone was going to the cemetery to dig up a coffin, for which the police had to send someone to protect his cemetery.
The grave was saved, but one of James's statues was stolen, and it was crazy.
In the eyes of Americans, James Dean is not only a star, he is also a benchmark for the young Generation of Americans in the 50s, and his debauchery and ego are the directions that that generation is pursuing.
He dared to assert himself and to rebel against conventional wisdom.
Therefore, even though he has left, his spirit has long been imprinted in the hearts of that generation, becoming their spiritual food and faith.
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Author: Candy Fruit, self-media author, pay attention to hot spots and character growth stories, want to use words and pictures to warm and heal the heart, welcome everyone to pay attention to and leave a message.
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