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Title: Live Fast-Die Young: My Life With James Dean by John Gilmore ISBN: 1-56025-169-7 Publisher: Thunder's Mouth Press Pub. Date: 01 September, 1998 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.22 (9 reviews)
Rating: 2
Summary: Gilmore on James Dean
Comment: John Gilmore attempts to dispel the myths that have accumulated surrounding Dean, yet he only succeeds in creating new and less endearing ones. Gilmore also refranes completely from expressing any care or affection for his friend, at any point in the book.
If you can get past the clumsy prose, all you are left with is yet another person trying to cash in on the Dean legacy.
Rating: 5
Summary: RADIANT AND EROTIC
Comment: I guess I can say this is a muscular book, the writing is strong, muscular, and very sensual. James Dean, as portrayed by John Gilmore, a pal from the New York days before Jimmy became a star, then for a brief time after like in the spring of 1955, presents Dean as the real maverick he was, a thorn in Hollywood's side. A saddness eminates from this account as does the hypocricy of the movie business. Dean tried to be real in much the same way as the Beats struggled shortly after Dean's death to break from the suffocating conformity of the mid-1950's. James Dean comes across as a real innovator, not only in his craft and talents, but in his sexuality which is captured on target by Gilmore. A highly worthwhile read; not necessarily the red-ribbon stuff the fans might be chasing, but what's here is the nuts and bolts of a real life personality.
Rating: 5
Summary: Nothing Shocking
Comment: I loved this book, was not shocked by anything his "best friend" Gilmore had to tell us. It's the sort of stuff I'd heard about for years, and it was fun to finally hear about Jimmy through the eyes of someone who actually knew him. Jimmy was a "bad boy" for sure, I got a kick out of it. It's extremely well written and I'd recommend this to any Dean fan (who isn't a complete prude).
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Title: Jimmy Dean on Jimmy Dean by Jimmy Dean ISBN: 0859651266 Publisher: Plexus Publishing (UK) Pub. Date: 01 September, 1994 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Boulevard of Broken Dreams: The Life, Times, and Legend of James Dean by Paul Alexander ISBN: 0452278406 Publisher: Plume Books Pub. Date: 01 May, 1997 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
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Title:Rebel Without a Cause ASIN: 6305558140 Publisher: Warner Studios Pub. Date: 01 June, 2004 List Price(USD): $19.97 Comparison N/A, buy it from Amazon for $16.38 |
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Title: The Death of James Dean by Warren Newton Beath ISBN: 0802131433 Publisher: Grove Press Pub. Date: 01 November, 1988 List Price(USD): $11.95 |
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Title: James Dean: The Biography by Val Holley ISBN: 031215156X Publisher: St. Martin's Press Pub. Date: 01 January, 1997 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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