Rebel Without a Cause - Live Fast, Die Young

A blog for the book Live Fast, Die Young: The Wild Ride of Making Rebel Without a Cause, about the making of the 1955 film Rebel Without a Cause, directed by Nicholas Ray, starring James Dean, Natalie Wood, Sal Mineo, Dennis Hopper, Nick Adams and Jim Backus. Now in Paperback.

Thursday, March 19, 2009

Betsy Blair: 1923-2009

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Actress Betsy Blair , who died in London today at 85, was the first person we interviewed for our book Live Fast, Die Young: The Wild Ride ...
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Tuesday, February 24, 2009

Greil Marcus on Live Fast, Die Young: The Wild Ride of Making Rebel Without a Cause

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Greil Marcus has included Live Fast, Die Young: The Wild Ride of Making Rebel Without a Cause in his " Real Life Rock Top Ten " i...
Thursday, March 06, 2008

Leonard Rosenman, Rebel Without a Cause Composer, 1924-2008

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Perhaps the most poignant memory that Lawrence Frascella and I have of researching our book Live Fast, Die Young: The Wild Ride of Making Re...
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Wednesday, July 11, 2007

Lady Bird Johnson 1912-2007

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I was very sad to hear of the death Lady Bird Johnson, a woman who served as First Lady with uncommon grace. I thought I would share a story...
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Wednesday, February 28, 2007

Lou Reed's Berlin

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The interview I did with Lou Reed for the Bulletin in Australia is up at their site. We talked about his live performance at the Sydney Fe...
Tuesday, January 02, 2007

Edward Copeland Oscar Survey

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Edward Copeland on Film is running his latest Oscar survey , this time on the Best and Worst Best Actress Academy Award choices. Go here a...
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Thursday, December 28, 2006

Alejandro Jodorowsky Interview

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An interview I did with director Alejandro Jodorowsky about the re-release of his film El Topo , which has been unavailable for 30 years,...
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Wednesday, December 27, 2006

Rebel Without a Cause Scenes

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Here are a few scenes from Rebel Without a Cause found on YouTube, which are described in much greater detail in the book Live Fast, Die Yo...
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Saturday, June 24, 2006

Retro Carnival

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Urban Retro Lifestyle is hosting the first Retro Carnival this week, which includes a link to an excerpt from our book Live Fast, Die Young...
Tuesday, March 07, 2006

March Appearances

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The authors of Live Fast, Die Young: The Wild Ride of Making Rebel Without a Cause will be making two appearances this month. We will be at...
Wednesday, February 08, 2006

Happy Birthday, James Dean

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Today is James Dean's birthday. He would have been 75 today. "Dream as if you'll live forever. Live as if you'll die today....
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Sunday, February 05, 2006

Rebel Without a Cause in Entertainment Weekly

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The February 10, 2006, Special Oscar Issue of Entertainment Weekly includes a piece by Live Fast, Die Young: The Wild Ride of Making Rebel ...
Friday, January 27, 2006

Moss Mabry 1918-2006

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We were very saddened to learn that Rebel Without a Cause costume designer Moss Mabry has passed away. In Live Fast, Die Young: The Wild Ri...
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Monday, January 16, 2006

Editor's Choice: New York Times

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Live Fast, Die Young: The Wild Ride of Making Rebel Without a Cause has been listed as an Editor's Choice by the New York Times . Rebel...
Saturday, January 14, 2006

Shelley Winters Has Died

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Shelley Winters, one of the most unique talents in the movies, has died. Winters was a friend and lover of Nicholas Ray and in Live Fast, Di...
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Tuesday, January 03, 2006

New York Times Book Review of "Live Fast, Die Young: The Wild Ride of Making Rebel Without a Cause"

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New York Times Book Review January 8, 2006 By Stephanie Zacharek Nicholas Ray's "Rebel Without a Cause" (1955) is often consid...
Friday, December 30, 2005

Philip Potempa in New Times

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Philip Potempa mentions Live Fast, Die Young: The Wild Ride of Making Rebel Without a Cause in his Offbeat column in New Times: "Our ...
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Saturday, December 10, 2005

All Time Rebel Interview

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Hydie Cheung has just posted an interview with Al Weisel, co-author of Live Fast, Die Young: The Wild Ride of Making Rebel Without a Cause ,...
Wednesday, December 07, 2005

Rebel Without a Cause Christmas

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Go here for a Rebel Without a Cause Christmas .
Thursday, November 24, 2005

Hollywood Reporter on Live Fast, Die Young

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In his review of Live Fast, Die Young: The Wild Ride of Making Rebel Without a Cause in the Hollywood Reporter, Gregory McNamee writes: ...
Sunday, November 20, 2005

Amazon Listmania

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Several Listmania lists on Amazon include the book Live Fast, Die Young: The Wild Ride of Making Rebel Without a Cause . Here are some of th...
Sunday, November 13, 2005

Rebel Without a Cause Production Timeline

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If you want to see when every major scene in Rebel Without a Cause was actually shot go to this Rebel Without a Cause Production Timeline r...
Saturday, November 05, 2005

David Dylan Thomas Interview and Review

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David Dylan Thomas has posted an interview with the authors of Live Fast, Die Young: The Wild Ride of Making Rebel Without a Cause and also...
Sunday, October 30, 2005

Boston Globe on Rebel Without a Cause

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Chris Fujiwara has written a very nice piece on Rebel Without a Cause for the October 30, 2005 edition of the Boston Globe . ''Rebe...
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Sunday, October 23, 2005

Live Fast, Die Young: The Wild Ride of Making Rebel Without a Cause Excerpt

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Here is an excerpt from the first chapter of Live Fast, Die Young: The Wild Ride of Making Rebel Without a Cause : Chapter One: Birth of a R...
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Live Fast, Die Young: The Wild Ride of Making Rebel Without a Cause

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Welcome to the blog for the book Live Fast, Die Young: The Wild Ride of Making Rebel Without a Cause .
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Based in New York City, I have been a freelance writer for more than 10 years, writing for such publications as Premiere, Rolling Stone, Spin, Tracks, George, Travel & Leisure, Out, The Washington Post, Time Out New York, The Bulletin (Australia), New York Newsday and US Magazine, where I was a contributing editor. From 1999 to 2002 I was also the Movies Editor at CDNow, where I launched the video/DVD section. In October 2005 Live Fast, Die Young: The Wild Ride of Making Rebel Without a Cause, the book I co-authored with Larry Frascella, was published by Simon & Schuster/Touchstone.
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