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      Joshua Tree, 1951: A Portrait of James Dean

      2012 1h 33m Drama LGBTQ+ List
      60% Tomatometer 5 Reviews 60% Audience Score 100+ Ratings The life and work of outsider icon James Dean. Read More Read Less

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      David Wiegand San Francisco Chronicle The movie is art and borders on art-film pretentiousness here and there, but there's no question that it's also mesmerizing and sexy. Jul 16, 2013 Full Review Alissa Simon Variety A prologue featuring French poet Rimbaud underlines Mishory's vision of the American actor as part of a line of iconoclastic artists. But his pre-fame Dean seems more sullen brat than talented maverick. Jan 22, 2013 Full Review Richard Knight Windy City Times Mishory's film walks the same forlorn street as that of Bruce Weber's 1988 Chet Baker documentary, Let's Get Lost, and shares its palpable fascination for an iconic individual cursed by both beauty and artistic genius. Jul 16, 2013 Full Review Terrence Butcher PopMatters Matthew Mishory's A Portrait of James Dean: Joshua Tree, 1951, some will argue, is a triumph of style over substance. Rated: 6/10 Jul 16, 2013 Full Review Jessica Baxter Film Threat Its beauty is marred whenever it opens its mouth. Rated: 2/5 Jan 22, 2013 Full Review Read all reviews

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      Audience Member Its beauty is marred whenever it opens its mouth. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 01/25/23 Full Review Audience Member Gorgeous cinematography derailed by an incoherent story and poor acting and too much "style". Rated 2 out of 5 stars 01/28/23 Full Review Audience Member I'm not sure how I feel about fictionalized speculation about the sexuality of a dead celebrity, but I did enjoy the artistry and acting. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/16/23 Full Review Audience Member At times pretentious, but enough good in it to make it watchable. Great b&w photography. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/01/23 Full Review Audience Member A portrait of pre-fame James Dean as a poetry-quoting bisexual gigolo who dabbles in S&M. Beautifully shot but badly acted, this is celebrity necrophilia dressed up in the shroud of Art. Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 02/08/23 Full Review Audience Member Boring and uninteresting to a degree I didn't know existed. Rated 1 out of 5 stars 01/17/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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      Synopsis The life and work of outsider icon James Dean.
      Director
      Matthew Mishory
      Screenwriter
      Matthew Mishory
      Genre
      Drama, LGBTQ+
      Original Language
      English
      Release Date (Streaming)
      Mar 22, 2016
      Runtime
      1h 33m
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