A curio. An early work from Robert Altman, a documentary about the recently deceased James Dean. Because it's Altman it is visually interesting. It benefits from lots of contemporary footage - chats with people who knew Dean, stills, clips from premieres of his films.
They didn't get the best talent to talk - people who vaguely knew him at his home down and college, some kind-of ex girlfriends.
You can tell it's made by people of talent. They got Sandy Stern to write it, so the narration (with Martin Gabel's bombastic tones) has a poetic quality.
Interesting. I mean, Dean comes across as a pretentious wanker, to me at any rate, but interesting movie.
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