You’re Tearing Me Apart!
Or, a few words about Nicholas Ray’s Born to be Bad (1950) and Rebel Without a Cause (1955).
Or, a few words about Nicholas Ray’s Born to be Bad (1950) and Rebel Without a Cause (1955).
What she whispers to him is less important than the unexpected moment of silent intimacy shared between these two lovers in a crowded, noisy room. The whole film is in that image — Dix bowing his head to her as a gesture of trust; Laurel closing her eyes in hope of love, then opening them to the sight of a detective entering the room.