Okay, with DeHaan's track record, maybe he wasn't the right actor for the role of the iconic (that word is an understatement) James Dean. But who is, tell me? I remember watching this film a couple of days before 2020 on a cold night in my bedroom on my laptop. This film had been on my watch list for at least a year and a half, and finally I decided to give it a go. I wasn't disappointed. What most people ignore is that we see a portrait of James Dean mostly before he becomes this world famous movie star, or this dead icon which name appears on the great billboards, covers of magazines and news papers, and in Madonna's song Vogue in between numerous other 20th century icons. That's what makes this film so special. "Who is James Dean and why should we have an item on him in our magazine?", is an opinion stated early on in the film. The more important things are the fact that James Dean's fame doesn't rise to his head, and that he tries as much as possible to stay out of the spot lights. The movie is built around the photos that are taken during his lifetime. Each photo has a story. Life is a breath taking movie. It sucks you in and only lets go at the end. I genuinely liked it.
Review of Life
