Öster om Eden

East of Eden

...det är fortfarande en ytterst sevärd klassiker, en stark berättelse och ett påtagligt bevis på vad som gjorde James Dean till den stjärna och legend han är.

...looks superb and James Dean’s shouting matches with patriarch Raymond Massey remain potent.

Dean has outstripped even Brando in iconographical status, and there's a reason for that: he was a crazed exhibitionist who, in the last few years of his life, was almost always in front of a camera.

...the sub-plot about Cal reconnecting with his mother is beautifully played.

...catches fire in the clashes between Dean (as the bad brother) and Raymond Massey as his stiff-necked dad.