Because he was driving a Porsche to a race to break it in - was stopped for speeding once on the way and was driving 85mph at the time of the accident... The most in-depth analysis I've seen says 75mph at moment of impact compared to around 55 for the Ford... The other car was also going fast for the speed limit but Dean was driving very fast especially after being ticketed once... the reason they were on that road to begin with was to avoid a 25mph downtown area, they wanted to go fast... He was known as a speed guy... Who knows what would have happened if he'd been going slower or had gone through downtown and followed the limit there instead of going on the "racer's road"... Very sad obviously even if he was at fault or partly at fault...

Last edited by Berkeley_Breathes (2016-08-10 23:01:15)

Tomato, tomahto... The point is, they all were f***ed up

I saw Rebel Without a Cause a year or 2 ago - what garbage. Has Dean ever even done a decent movie? He's very photogenic and I'm sure a lot of women find him attractive, but he was supposed to be an actor and his films are (afaik) crap so he doesn't do anything for me. Also he seemed to dress pretty scruffily (although I think he did have a nice tweed sack in Rebel).

Brando dressed better, could act, was a good drummer and a regular at the NY Palladium. He was also an inventor of sorts: http://www.npr.org/2011/07/03/137558144/marlon-brandos-lost-musical-innovation

Last edited by Yuca (2016-08-11 02:37:07)

Speeding and reckless driving is very uncool. Being responsible for severely injuring your passenger is very uncool.

Did I mention I think Dean is uncool?...

But because I am "best big brother ever!" I never shared these views with my little sister.

The Fonz was cool

One of my school chums, she was female, modelled her look on Dean. It was the time of Morrissey's Suedehead video. She was buying into the whole myth of Brando as rebel and whatever angst you wanted to project on him. Later she was a big hit with the lesbians at university and they were constantly giving her lots of attention which was wasted on her as she was straight. Last time I heard of her, she was touring the Army bases in Germany as a folk singer. I wonder what happened to her?

Alec Guinness on the premonition and warning Dean of the dangers of that particular car:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v-nptoFE1Js

Dean was up Brando's arse but Brando didn't care at all for him. He once said about Dean that "he's wearing my last year's clothes and last year's talent"

There's a funny photo of Brando and Dean together with a few other people, and Brando is discreetly giving Dean the middle finger..