Joshua Tree, 1951: A Portrait of James Dean

May 24 2012 Unrated 1h 33m
Biography, Drama, Horror

Part period melodrama, part film noir, part 50s road movie "JOSHUA TREE, 1951" is a portrait of screen legend and outsider icon James Dean as you have never seen him before.

Plot

Joshua Tree, 1951 is the provocative and mesmerizing experimental portrait of an icon. Framed in a series of dreamlike, sometimes hallucinatory vignettes, the film draws on striking textures (velvety black-and-white 35mm, grainy bursts of color), highly stylized form, and the poetry of Arthur Rimbaud to question not only the established narrative of James Dean's life but also the process of star-making itself.

Written by

Matthew Mishory

Directed by

Matthew Mishory

Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

Iconoclastic Features, Jay-X Entertainment

Languages

English, Français

Awards

3 wins & 2 nominations

Scores
# of Votes
896
Average Rating
6.1 out of 10
Metascore
NA
Popularity
NA