When it was released in 1955; the film Rebel Without a Cause had a revolutionary impact on moviemaking and youth culture; virtually giving birth to our concept of the American teenager. For the first time; Live Fast; Die Young tells the complete story of the explosive making of Rebel; a film that has rocked every generation since its release. Set against a backdrop of the Atomic Age and an old Hollywood studio system on the verge of collapse; it vividly evokes the cataclysmic; immensely influential meeting of four of Hollywoods most passionate artists. When James Dean; Natalie Wood; Sal Mineo; and director Nicholas Ray converged; each was at a crucial point in his or her career. The young actors were grappling with fame; their burgeoning sexuality; and increasingly reckless behavior. As Ray engaged his cast in physical melees and psychosexual seductions of startling intensity; the on- and off-set relationships between his ambitious young actors ignited; sending a shock wave through the film. Through interviews with the surviving members of the cast and crew and firsthand access to both personal and studio archives; Lawrence Frascella and Al Weisel reveal Rebels true drama -- the directors affair with sixteen-year-old Wood; his tempestuous "spiritual marriage" with Dean; and his role in awakening the latent homosexuality of Mineo; who would become the first gay teenager to appear on film. Complete with thirty photographs; including ten never-before-seen photos by famed Dean photographer Dennis Stock; Live Fast; Die Young tells the absorbing inside story of an unforgettable and absolutely essential American film -- a story that is; in many ways; as provocative as the film itself.
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