James Dean, Bob Dylan, and the Spyder’s Curse

James Dean, man. Three movies, and then he was gone, just like that. Dead before Rebel Without a Cause was even released.

There was a time when James Dean was the embodiment of teenage angst and juvenile delinquency, thanks to Rebel. That staid grey lady, The New York Times, flipped out in its review of Rebel, calling it “a picture to make hair stand on end,” “violent, brutal and…