i had always heard of the rebel-cum-legend james dean (mostly through my mother's squeals of delight every time he was mentioned -- insert inevitable eye-rolling here), but admittedly had never actually considered watching any of his three films that are hyped with an amount of practically cult-like status. i'll confess that i wasn't exactly enthusiastic about the prospect of watching one of his first films, east of eden -- as a mandatory part of my intro to film course, i'll admit i had little devotion regarding the task -- until i heard that mr. jimmy dean himself played the starring role. at risk of of sounding like a superficial boy-crazy teenager, i'll admit that my excitement increased tenfold when i saw his broody (smoldering, but broody) gaze beneath the glossy cover of the dvd. to be perfectly honest, i don't think i would be able to recount the plot of the movie with the amount of detail that is probably necessary to write about it for my class -- i was far too distracted by a little something -- or someone -- else. needless to say, i even risked the cliche-ness of the quote "dream as if you'll live forever, live as if you'll die today" splashed across my macbook desktop only because his (for lack of a better word) SEXY self apparently was quoted saying this but more importantly because his jude law/brad pitt/james franco-gorgeousness-all-rolled-into-one face is depicted over top of the quote. ...sigh.
i now understand the cult-like, legendary status surrounding this hot piece of ass. i can TOTALLY relate to my mother's squeals when he is mentioned (except after my roommates watched this movie as well, there are three other shrieks to accompany mine).
i guess i am a superficial boy-crazy teenager after all.
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