Walk the Line<\/em> (2005).<\/p>\nOne of the great things about this film is that it is not simply a collection of Dean\u2019s filmography; it is an intimate portrayal of the personal life of one of the most famous actors in Hollywood history. <\/span>We see perhaps why<\/em> Dean acted out the way he did. <\/span>His broken, tumultuous home life and his disastrous love affair all give insight into the insecure, enigmatic life of the Idol. <\/span>While the film is admittedly speculation mixed with fact, the true focus is on portraying the actor as a human\u2014not just a legend. <\/span>One of the most important aspects of that, I feel, are the developments of the relationships (or sometimes lack thereof) Dean built with his friends, family, and professional peers, which is truly captivating to watch.<\/p>\nFranco\u2019s chemistry with Valentina Cervi as Pier Angeli, Michael Moriarity as Winton Dean, and Sam Gould as Martin Landau is entirely believable. <\/span>Every performance is strong and powerful. <\/span>While Cervi has little wiggle room to show off her acting abilities, she is convincing as Dean\u2019s heartbreakingly beautiful love interest. <\/span>Edward Hermann\u2019s performance as Raymond Massey is classy and sophisticated. <\/span>Moriarity plays a quintessential distant father figure.<\/p>\nI have reasonable reservations about the film. <\/span>It, much like Dean\u2019s life, is tragically short. <\/span>I am happy to sit through a beautifully crafted three-hour long movie. <\/span>There are several scenes that could have (and should have!) been expanded. <\/span>I think the relationship between Dean and Christine could have been elaborated on more, as well as his friendship with Martin Landau and several other actors of the time. <\/span>It\u2019s scandalous how downplayed James Dean\u2019s sexuality is in this interpretation of his life. <\/span>Other than these few discrepancies, James Dean<\/em> is a stunning film.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Reviewed by Vee Rice. Viewed on DVD. Mark Rydell\u2019s biopic James Dean (2001) follows the life of 1950s Hollywood phenomenon, James Byron Dean. This made-for-TV movie peeks into the short, fast life of the iconic method actor. James Franco gives a marvelous performance as the young rebel. This is one of the most extraordinary biographic […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":170,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[67,3,74],"tags":[85,83,84],"class_list":["post-2369","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-dvd","category-films","category-tv-programming","tag-biopic","tag-james-dean","tag-james-franco"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/studentfilmreviews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2369","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/studentfilmreviews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/studentfilmreviews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/studentfilmreviews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/170"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/studentfilmreviews.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2369"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/studentfilmreviews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2369\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/studentfilmreviews.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2369"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/studentfilmreviews.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2369"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/studentfilmreviews.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2369"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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