What Made James Dean Great

[@randiholbrook5849]

The directors pursued Jimmy. They didn't do that with any other actors. They knew his greatness and his potential. He called all the shots. They would wait on him; he was that good. He studied the scripts for countless hours until he felt it was right. He wanted to BECOME the character he was playing. He put in more work than other actors because he needed to get "into" the character, really understand him. People don't realize how brilliant he really was. He was a sensation all over the world when he was only 25. How many can say that? (Except maybe for Harry Styles).

[@mymindseyesees2002]

I saw East of Eden when I was fifteen in the late 90’s and thought it was one of the best movies I ever saw.

[@leeflea2874]

It is

[@itravisoni]

Rebel without a cause was great. If He hasn't been hit by Turnupseed He would have had the same status as Steve McQueen.

[@chris55529]

I'm astonished at how well you've expressed the multiple facets of Dean. I've been studying that dude since the '80's, so you can take that as high praise indeed. Also, you've included a lot of the best clips! Your video is better than 90% of the Dean stuff on KZbin. You're awesome, bro.

[@theprisonerofzenda2862]

Powerful, tender and fragile expression. The key of an idol.

[@kazamshah4543]

I fell in love with the guy as soon as I saw him punch Rock Hudsons smug face in Giant.

[@TheBassgoddess]

James Dean made 3 movies. But people forget that he was a busy stage actor in New York. He starred in many live productions that were filmed. Many of these shows are on KZbin & other places online.

[@evanseago2301]

James Dean….THE GOAT, also the king of nuances!!👏🏻👏🏻 amazing video!!

[@cptpepper7731]

Nuances? Maybe back then what he did could be considered nuanced, but by today's standards it's pretty hammy.

[@evanseago2301]

@@cptpepper7731 I respectfully disagree, his acting was one of the most natural and influential, he’s up there with James Stewart, Paul Muni, etc.👏🏻

[@cptpepper7731]

@@evanseago2301 For that time it was. It was completely new and they paved the way for future actors who took what they did to a higher level.

[@evanseago2301]

@@cptpepper7731 definitely true!👍🏼 Still today many consider him one of the best😎👏🏻

[@johnpacino007]

@@evanseago2301 He played himself three times

[@chris55529]

Great video, bro! You caught one of the things people don't usually get: nuance. Dean was all about nuance. Welcome to the club, my friend, you're right on time.

[@RWAC685]

The Reason James Dean Was Great Is Because All 3 Of His Movie Characters Are So Realistic, We Can All Relate To Them, We Have All Try To Buy Our Parents Love Some How. Everyone Wants To Be “Cool” And “Fit-in” in High-school. And Sadly Most Of Us Want All The Money In The World, Because Sadly The More Money People Have The More They Want.

[@afonsolucas2219]

That’s why he’s my favorite actor. He’s the man. I look up to him very much

[@giofrancotrain18essence]

So sad he died so young, he would be a great director/artist.

[@Alevi02]

Sincere condolences. May he rest in peace 🙏

[@angieburnett4341]

Great video, very well said! All that & he was only 24. He will ALWAYS be the epitome of cool 😍🤩

[@paraskevisavvidou6241]

My love 💗💗 Jimmy Dean for ever...

[@sethuribe9741]

Excellent video…truly a great actor and one who will NEVER be forgotten…inspired to do the same one day. Bravo 👏

[@leeflea2874]

Watched the first 30 secs of this and had to turn it off.. 1) Step aside Elvis? James Dean was there before Elvis was ever famous and Elvis even idolised Jimmy 2) Each film Dean made grew his fame? He died before two of his three were made

[@p.j.gannon1646]

This is so great thank s ❤️👏👏

[@brown22sugar25]

This is too good to have 185 views

[@sesaarinen]

Excellent analysis!

[@Marc816]

Rebel Without A Cause made James Dean.

[@cklaurence6414]

Amazing work.!

[@ertanozmerdan3634]

Thanks for this. Good work👏🥇

[@Puma5]

I'm curious, what makes James Dean a method actor?

[@Actortainment]

Thanks for asking! During filming of Rebel Without A Cause he would poke at the father (Jim Backus) And he would get upset with James Dean but the director noticed this and continued to let James Dean Push and Poke At Jim Backus so it would help the performance of his father. Also In Giant he would spend hours a day working on his lasso tricks so he would be able to look like a real cowboy. if you watch the scene with him asking for money from the bank (I believe it was the bank its been a year or so since I saw the movie) He fiddles with his lasso and doing tricks that make it look like he's been doing it for years. Just small details like that, that show the dedication to the craft of his acting! Hope this helped!

[@lrfcarreviews2570]

James Dean played a very similar character in all 3 movies.

[@harryom3497]

Still all are very different

[@crispychip360]

well done

[@TashfikalSami]

Amazing video!

[@bobdereimer5210]

The narration needs work. I enjoyed the film very much. Keep going!

[@giofrancotrain18essence]

Haven't watched Giant, just watched his two movies..

[@SeanChukwuezi]

He was the heath ledger of the 50s 😅

[@Jantonov1]

James Dean's star has faded somewhat since I was young in the late 80's. There was so much James Dean paraphernalia in the 80's. I had two Dean t-shirts. Brando, Marilyn and Newman have stayed hugely popular but I feel like Dean, not as much. Not sure why. And I see I'm right by this video's play count vs. the Paul Newman video.

[@konstantyk.3320]

Newman was several yrs older than Dean and was going nowhere until his pal & rival James Dean died in that horrific car crash 30 Sept. 1955 ... Newman "inherited" Dean's lucrative 7-yr contract by a desperate Warner Bros. and over time developed into a good actor .. He expressed his self-doubt to Baba Walters in 1984 as to whether he would ever had made it on his own had Jimmy lived.

[@athan5891]

Dean was better than Newman. I don't like Newman's voice in films and I can understand that he was acting. Dean was just a dream he had it all.

[@johnpacino007]

His films, looks, style, mannerisms, very appealing when one is under 25 years of age. When you watch his films as a 35 + person, they look like they belong to a teenage age group. Paul Newman's cat on a hot tin roof performance doesn't suffer from that. As it as a more adult feel.

[@p.j.gannon1646]

James Dean only did 3. movies and is a iconic man he will never be forgotten Newman and Brando lived till old age and did lots more movies but will never be as good as James Dean he is still loved today by lots of young people ❤️🙏

[@johnpacino007]

His films, looks, style, mannerisms, are very appealing when one is under 25 years of age. When you watch his films as a 35 + person, they look like they belong to a teenage age group. Paul Newman's cat on a hot tin roof performance doesn't suffer from that. As it as a more adult feel.

[@darnellmajor8895]

Eh, no necessarily true......I'm 34 and THAT'S how long it took for me to catch on to his work so for me it's just a matter of understanding art and not relegating it to age race or whatever.

[@JoeBuck207]

Every look, movement, was beautiful kinda like a 😺

[@HeavyJ713]

The Jim Stark character wanted his parents to put their foot down and be parents. To show that they loved him

[@johnpacino007]

Am amazed how someone got so legendary of such a paucity of work. His three films were really riffs of the same character. The lost little boy. Resentful of parents & authorities. Too suggest, had he lived longer, he'd have topped such powerful character actors like Olivier, Brando. And even what we've got today like in Daniel Day Lewis, is just nonsense. Paul Newman's performance in Cat on a hot tin roof, is better than any of Dean's slouched, mumbling, ( bad impersonation of Brando), perfomance's. Like Monroe. It was looks, style, charisma, over substance. Elvis also survived of very much the same thing. After his first wave of rock & roll diminished. His 1960s films/ music was a washout. And his '70s vegas era. While entertaining to watch & showcased a lot of times, that he still had it as a tremendous stage entertainer & singer. The middle of the road music didn't really go anywhere & his act was just a repeat of the same thing. Year in, year out.

[@patriciacolombini6567]

James dean could play those roles because that is what he was. He depressed me and I could only watch his movie for 15 minutes. Sorry. I could not see him as an actor only a poor soul.

[@katotakashi4561]

たぶんジミーの一番の魅力は鋭い瞳だ!少なくとも僕はそう思う

[@Actortainment]

素晴らしいポイント!彼の目は、彼の演技が観客としての私たちに与えた影響を大きく左右したと思います。

[@chaelsonnen2747]

good stuff

[@HeavyJ713]

Had he lived to be middle aged. I wonder how he would've played the hard bearing out of touch father who doesn't understand his kid.

[@edmundsookermany8733]

Dying young!

[@markelinebrayner9730]

Actually if he didn’t died young, he would be bigger than Brando. His acting was superb, natural talent.

[@JoeBuck207]

He was a beautiful man, and I'm not Gay.

[@Actortainment]

Indeed he was my friend

[@jamestheredenginefan5268]

50’s Not 60’s

[@wyattrierson3967]

What about the supposed hookups with Marlon Brando

[@talesfromthequick]

When you’re referring to James Dean it’s James Dean; when it’s the character portrayed by James Dean it’s that character…not clear in this narration

[@dougreed2257]

His legend and 'greatness' is primarily attached too his early death at a young age, his legend was set in stone because of that!! Not a patch on paul Newman or Montgomery clift, a tad overrated in my opinion, not saying he didn't have acting talent, just saying because of dying young he was givin' more acting gravitas than I think he deserved!

[@johnpacino007]

Yeah. Am amazed how someone got so legendary of such a paucity of work. His three films were really riffs of the same character. The lost little boy. Resentful of parents & authorities. Too suggest, had he lived longer, he'd have topped such powerful character actors like Olivier, Brando. And even what we've got today like in Daniel Day Lewis, is just nonsense. Paul Newman's performance in Cat on a hot tin roof, is better than any of Dean's slouched, mumbling, ( bad impressionation of Brando), perfomance's. Like Monroe. It was looks, style, charisma, over substance. Elvis also survived off very much the same thing. After his first wave of rock & roll diminished. His 1960s films/ music was a washout. And his '70s vegas era. While entertaining to watch & showcased a lot of times, that he still had it as a tremendous stage entertainer & singer. The middle of the road music didn't really go anywhere & his act was just a repeat of the same thing. Year in, year out.

[@BobbinRobbin777]

THATS MY PRESIDENTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT

[@Actortainment]

🫡🫡🫡

[@tarunyadav7856]

In India Great dev anand copied his style

[@orvilleclisby6748]

T-shirts look terrible.

[@mrnextlevel]

I find it interesting that you never get to hear what a great actor he was because you can't shut up for 5 seconds

[@Actortainment]

you're right I should just show the whole movie. Silly me

[@bobloblaw9791]

3:15-3:20

[@wesleycook7687]

James Dean was already established long before Elvis was even heard of..He died in 1955.. Elvis copied Dean's hairstyle, grew it out some and dyed it black. Dean made 3 movies from 1953 onwards..Two were released after his Death in 55. Stop sticking Elvis' mug in every snippet about other actors and singers. He has nothing to do with any of them or their success..Dean probably never heard of Elvis Presley..

[@randiholbrook5849]

James Dean was his own man. He didn't care what anyone thought. He didn't cater to anyone. He could be rude, yeah. He was also a rebel. But the powers that be pursued him. He didn't have to do a thing. They came running, chasing after him, and they put up with all his shenanigans - even left his peculiar, eccentric quirkiness in some scenes in the movies. That was because they could 'SEE what so many others don't . . . his incredible potential, his sex appeal, his emotions that were so real that he could cry during a scene with no effort. He would spend hours "getting into the character" he played, concentrating fiercely. That was one of the things that made him such a great actor. At those times they left him alone because they knew he needed it to work his magic. Many envy him. He was THAT good. Underneath his casual, careless demeanor lay incredible talent. He just wasn't conventional, but very, very talented.

[@dinodenver1408]

It was his death that made him great. Otherwise he would have been just another closeted gay actor like Rock Hudson

[@blondstoner7272]

He wasn’t great...

[@leeflea2874]

Neither are u

[@p.j.gannon1646]

He was amazing

[@sparrow-we7ip]

Made more money than yo bum ass😂

[@robertmartin5308]

He was not great, dying made him great…3 movies? WTF

[@FuneralsInTheRain]

He was highly over rated.

[@leeflea2874]

So are u

[@p.j.gannon1646]

Did you mean under rated

[@houstonturna]

@@leeflea2874 lol 😂

[@darnellmajor8895]

His ACTING was overrated but his body of work is TIMELESS!!!!

[@hawaiiusa6147]

Badly researched video. Move aside Elvis? When Dean died, Elvis wasn't even known on a national level. That happened in 1956 when he started to appear on television.