Rebel Without a Cause (1955)

I know I’ve seen this before, but I could only remember snippets so I thought it was about time to have another go. The initial police station scene is just too overwrought. But, once we see the characters in their more “normal” circumstances, it begins to feel like the classic you expect.

It’s waist-deep in the angst, cruelty, and short attention spans of teenagers as well as the ennui and confusion of the middle-ageds attempting to parent them -- or to remove themselves from that duty. 

Dean is mesmerizing.

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