1. Nicholas Ray - History and Rebellion
... beneath the end title. Ray's low budget dictated that the new film be shot in black and white, but when East of Eden (1955 - directed by Harvey Hart, and one of Deans first films) really took off at the box office, the existing footage was scrapped and re-shot in colour. ... violence by unrequited affection for a handsome outlaw. Lust rules nearly everyone in this film, and in ways that generally fall outside the boundaries of mainstream Hollywood's sexual economy; one look at Joan Crawford's butch Western outfit, complete with string tie, should be enough to signal that this ... broad a...
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