In Nicholas Ray’s 1955 classic, a tortured teen hero wears a blood red jacket, his henpecked father wears a frilly apron, and high-school angst is elevated to the level of opera. At the center of everything: James Dean, who gives a fearlessly hammy performance in his most iconic role. Tonight, Rebel will be introduced by the man who wrote it: Stewart Stern, whose contributions guaranteed the film had enough creepy depth to offset the melodrama. (Northwest Film Forum, 1515 12th Ave, www.nwfilmforum.org.
8 pm, $6–$9.)
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SPOILER: actually there’s a cause. It’s vagina.
Seriously, RYAC is very very clear on what’s making Jim Stark a basket case: Those Damn Uppity Women. If his dad had only tightened his belt, slugged back a whiskey and smacked his wife back into the kitchen, the whole tragedy could have been avoided.
If you think I’m exaggerating in the slightest, go see the movie.
er, “RWAC”. Anyway, carry on.