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James Dean: Sense Memories

Filmmaker Interview with director Gail Levin

American Masters interviewed JAMES DEAN: SENSE MEMORIES filmmaker Gail Levin on making a film about the actor's life and career. American Masters: What got you interested in this project? What drew you to James Dean? Gail Levin: Interestingly enough, there is a sort of circular ...

James Dean

James Dean: Sense Memories

Photographer Dennis Stock on James Dean in 1955

Excerpted from photographer Dennis Stock's book, "James Dean: 50 years Ago." 1955 "...When I look back at Los Angeles in the early fifties, and specifically Sunset Boulevard, it reminds me of the board game in which you try to move clockwise and upward, past designated ...