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Rebel Aesthetics: Understanding James Dean's Body Expression

Explore the intricate aesthetics of James Dean’s physicality, the cult surrounding his persona, and the impact of method acting on his expressive body language. Uncover the mystery behind the girls devoted to James Dean's legacy and delve into his beliefs in the occult and reincarnation. Drawing inspiration from Konstantin Stanislavski and Lee Strasberg, discover the essence of embodying a character through physical actions and explore the emotional depth required in portraying complex roles. Join Stefan Brandt from Freie Universität Berlin for an enlightening seminar on the iconic star's enigmatic presence.

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Rebel Aesthetics: Understanding James Dean's Body Expression

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  1. VORTRAG Atlantische Akademie Seminar “James Dean” • Stefan Brandt • (Freie Universität Berlin) • Email: slbrandt@web.de • The Pose of a Rebel • Zur Ästhetik des Körperlichen • bei James Dean

  2. - Totenkult um Dean - Method Acting und Körperausdruck - EAST OF EDEN (1954) - Expressive Körperlichkeit und Star-Image

  3. The Girls Who Worship the Corpse of James Dean James Dean – intense believer in the occult, intense student of reincarnation […] pursued death as if it were a beautiful woman […].

  4. Concentrate on the physical action; […] this is when you are already working on a scene with an actual prop, examining the knife; look at it closely, test its edge with your finger, find out whether its handle is firm or not .Konstantin Stanislavski, in: Lee Strasberg, A Dream of Passion (1987) Let your thoughts sink deep into your memories. Do not, however, look for sombre colors just because you are acting the murderer and you want to kill your enemy. Allow your memory, your thought, to paint you the picture of your former friendship with your rival when your friendship with him began, picture to yourself the loving faces of your mother and of his mother, and so on and so forth.Konstantin Stanislavski, in: Lee Strasberg, A Dream of Passion (1987)

  5. I don’t know what’s inside me […]. I don’t know what happens when I act. […] but if I let them dissect me like a rabbit in a clinical research laboratory or something, then I might not be able to produce again. They might sterilize me. That man – [Strasberg] – had no right to tear me down like that. You keep knocking a guy down and you take the guts away from him. And what’s an actor without guts? James Dean

  6. Directing James Dean was like directing the faithful Lassie. I either lectured him or terrorized him, flattered him furiously, tapped him on the shoulder or kicked his backside. He was so instinctive and so stupid in many ways.Konstantin Stanislavski, in: Lee Strasberg, A Dream of Passion (1987)

  7. VORTRAG Atlantische Akademie Seminar “James Dean” • Stefan Brandt • (Freie Universität Berlin) • Email: slbrandt@web.de

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