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Boulevard of Broken Dreams : The Life, Times and Legend of JAMES DEAN (HC)

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Brand new: A new, unread, unused book in perfect condition with no missing or damaged pages. See the ...
Ex Libris
No
Narrative Type
Nonfiction
Country/Region of Manufacture
United States
Item Height
9 in
Item Width
6 in
Type
biography
Features
1st Edition, Dust Jacket
Intended Audience
Adults
ISBN
9780670849512
EAN
9780670849512
Publication Year
1994
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Book Title
Boulevard of Broken Dreams : the Life, Times and Legend of James Dean
Author
Paul. Alexander
Publisher
Penguin Publishing Group
Genre
Performing Arts, Fiction, Biography & Autobiography
Topic
Film / General, Short Stories (Single Author), General
Item Weight
22.9 Oz
Number of Pages
336 Pages

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Publisher
Penguin Publishing Group
ISBN-10
0670849510
ISBN-13
9780670849512
eBay Product ID (ePID)
1574098

Product Key Features

Publication Year
1994
Book Title
Boulevard of Broken Dreams : the Life, Times and Legend of James Dean
Topic
Film / General, Short Stories (Single Author), General
Number of Pages
336 Pages
Language
English
Genre
Performing Arts, Fiction, Biography & Autobiography
Author
Paul. Alexander
Format
Hardcover

Dimensions

Item Weight
22.9 Oz

Additional Product Features

Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
93-042180
Dewey Edition
20
Dewey Decimal
791.43/028/092 B
Synopsis
This is the first biography of James Dean to look beyond the Hollywood-manufactured cliche to the volatile polarities, conflicted sexuality, and childhood trauma of the person himself. James Dean's legendary status as a Hollywood icon is reconsidered in Boulevard of Broken Dreams, which explores the process by which he became the electric and exciting actor who came to stand for a whole generation's feelings of rebellion.What no one knew at the highlight of his career was that Dean had suffered agonies of torment over his own sexual ambivalence and the concealment that Hollywood studio mores made necessary. Author Paul Alexander talks to Dean's contemporaries, unearths all available source material, and re-creates not only the closed and closeted world of Hollywood in the '50s but the bucolic serenity of Dean's hometown in Indiana as well.This revisionist, passionate portrait, based on many new and documented sources and featuring shocking photographs, argues that Dean's angst-ridden compliance in public with rigid sexual expectations helped fuel the fury and electricity of his acting. Its conclusions will be a revelation to film buffs, gay readers, pop-culture aficionados, and everyone concerned with the ethics of image versus reality.", This is the first biography of James Dean to look beyond the Hollywood-manufactured cliche to the volatile polarities, conflicted sexuality, and childhood trauma of the person himself. James Dean's legendary status as a Hollywood icon is reconsidered in Boulevard of Broken Dreams, which explores the process by which he became the electric and exciting actor who came to stand for a whole generation's feelings of rebellion.What no one knew at the highlight of his career was that Dean had suffered agonies of torment over his own sexual ambivalence and the concealment that Hollywood studio mores made necessary. Author Paul Alexander talks to Dean's contemporaries, unearths all available source material, and re-creates not only the closed and closeted world of Hollywood in the ?50s but the bucolic serenity of Dean's hometown in Indiana as well.This revisionist, passionate portrait, based on many new and documented sources and featuring shocking photographs, argues that Dean's angst-ridden compliance'in public'with rigid sexual expectations helped fuel the fury and electricity of his acting. Its conclusions will be a revelation to film buffs, gay readers, pop-culture aficionados, and everyone concerned with the ethics of image versus reality., This is the first biography of James Dean to look beyond the Hollywood-manufactured cliché to the volatile polarities, conflicted sexuality, and childhood trauma of the person himself. James Dean's legendary status as a Hollywood icon is reconsidered in Boulevard of Broken Dreams, which explores the process by which he became the electric and exciting actor who came to stand for a whole generation's feelings of rebellion.What no one knew at the highlight of his career was that Dean had suffered agonies of torment over his own sexual ambivalence and the concealment that Hollywood studio mores made necessary. Author Paul Alexander talks to Dean's contemporaries, unearths all available source material, and re-creates not only the closed and closeted world of Hollywood in the '50s but the bucolic serenity of Dean's hometown in Indiana as well.This revisionist, passionate portrait, based on many new and documented sources and featuring shocking photographs, argues that Dean's angst-ridden compliance--in public--with rigid sexual expectations helped fuel the fury and electricity of his acting. Its conclusions will be a revelation to film buffs, gay readers, pop-culture aficionados, and everyone concerned with the ethics of image versus reality.
LC Classification Number
PN2287.D33A84 1994

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  • by ky_1P6arQIG@Deleted
    12 May, 2010

    Ummm... Interesting, But Biased Book About James Dean

    Yes, I did find it entertaining and well written... BUT, I feel that the author Paul Alexander went to great lengths to set forth his case that James Dean was a homosexual, saying in this biography that Jimmy Dean's romances with women were, mostly, fabrications by his Studio's publicity department, casual platonic friendships or smoke-screens to deny his own true nature. Well... I have read too many other fine accounts of James Dean's life, among them--- Val Holley's " James Dean--- The Biography", Donald Spoto's " Rebel : The Legend and Times of James Dean", George Perry's pictorial biography of James Dean, Joe Hyman's " James Dean : Little Boy Lost ", Liz Sheridan's " Dizzy and Jimmy : A Love Story "... They, and other materials, caused me to conclude that he was ---bisexual. Paul ...

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