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MOVIE REVIEW Films aren't what they used to be by Margaret Rowland Whatever happened to the time when good films were made for teenagers? Why doesn't Hollywood make films like "Rebel Without A Cause" anymore? 'Rebel Without A Cause was one of the first films to recognize the problems of adolescence. It studied the need for acceptance from peers and the need for love and understan- ding from parents. These problems are still evident in today's society, although the film was made in 1955. James Dean portrays Jim Stark, an angry teenager who needs his father to show him how to be a man. His father is the hen-pecked hus- band who always backs down to his wife's demands. This causes confu- sion in Jim's mind. The opening scene shows Jim ly- ing on a sidewalk in a drunken stupor as he covers up a toy monkey, trying to keep it warm. This reveals the innocence of Jim's youth. He is hauled into the police station where he waits for his parents to arrive. When they do, his mother is arguing with his father over the situation and Jim feels he is about to explode! He reveals his frustration and anger to the Juvenile Detective and takes his pent-up anger out on the desk. When he calms down he says, "If I could have just one day when I wasn't all confused... wasn't ashamed of everything. If I felt I belonged some place." This is what the film's director, Nicholas Ray, called the "spine" of Jim's dilemma - he is nowhere and yet he is never left alone. Out of place everywhere, and yet trapped. While Jim releases his frustra- tion, two others, whom he will even- tually form friendships with, are in Juvenile Hall as well. Judy, played by Natalie Wood, is a 16 year old girl who longs for love from her father. The Juvenile Detective asks, 'Why were you out walking the streets at one o'clock in the morning, Judy? You weren't looking for company, were you?' '"He called me a dirty tramp-my own father!" she cries. She wants to become an adult but her father doesn't understand. Plato, brought to life by Sal Mineo, is like a little lost boy. He comes from a divided family and was brought into Juvenile Hall for shooting some puppies. What Plato needs is a father figure to guide him. The three main characters are brought together by a series of events. When Jim tries to gain ac- ceptance from the gang that Judy hangs around with, they feel a kind of resentment and decide that they should do something about him. The gang, led by a boy named Buzz, aggrevate Jim and cause a confrontation when they call him "chicken." "Chicken" was the name that a kid at another school had called him and when he beat the kid up Jim's parents decided to move. "ollowing a knife fight Buzz sug- gests that he and Jim partake in a "chickie run" where they race two cars to the edge of a cliff. The first one to jump out of his car is a chicken. Unfortunately, Buzz's car goes over the cliff with him still inside. All Your Party Snack Needs ... FRESH NUTS MIXED DRIED FRUITS CORN CHIPS ENERGY MIX When Jim tells his parents what has happened his father brushes the incident aside while his mother says that they have to move. Jim, wan- ting his father to stand up to her, gets no reaction and he explodes in a rage, attacking his father. He runs to the only adult he thinks can help him - the Juvenile Detective. Jim, while Plato is not looking, takes the bullets out of the gun and takes Plato out to the doors. Plato will not come out unless the lights are out and the police back up. When everything goes awry Plato runs out and is shot down. 'But I've got the bullets!" Jim shouts with outstret- ched hands. As they take the dead boy away Jim's father comes over to comfort his son and Judy, Jim's friend now. This film honestly and realistical- ly showed adolescence as it was then and as it is now. It should en- courage communication between parents and their children. It should help the children to realize that keeping all their frustrations within themselves can cause disastrous results. I encourage everyone, young and old, to view this film so you may bet- and before they can do anything Jim ter understand teenagers and runs in to coax the frightened boy yourselves. I give it a well-deserved out. A+++. The gang, angry over Buzz's senseless death and thinking that Jim will tell all, decide to take care of him. They follow Jim, Judy, and Plato to a huge mansion which has been deserted. Here, Plato finds his family and while they talk he falls asleep. He is awakened by the gang members who attack him. Plato, after wounding one of the boys with the gun he had used to kill the puppies, runs to the D.W. Grif- fith Planetarium. The police arrive More Blackstock News (From page 33) account of his work with Family Farm Co-operatives in Zambia. 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