La valle dell'Eden

Titolo originale: East of Eden
Regia: Elia Kazan |
Anno: 1955
Origine: United States of America |
Generi: Dramma
Tag: individual | california | sibling relationship | based on novel or book | southern usa | birthday | rebel | big wheel | twin brother | love | money | brother against brother | brothel madam | whorehouse | beans | 1910s | fraternal twins | monterey | salinas | mother son reunion |
Cast: James Dean | Julie Harris | Raymond Massey | Richard Davalos | Jo Van Fleet | Burl Ives | Albert Dekker | Lois Smith | Harold Gordon | Nick Dennis | Abdullah Abbas | John Alban | Rose Allen | Frank Baker | Barbara Baxley | John Beradino | Joe Brooks | Nora Bush | Timothy Carey | Jack Carr | Wheaton Chambers | Lonny Chapman | Edward Clark | Harry Cording | Roger Creed | Bryn Davis | Ray Dawe | Anna Dewey | Lester Dorr | Joe Dougherty | Darren Dublin | Franklyn Farnum | Al Ferguson | Cliff Fields | Lloyd Ford | Robert Foulk | Curt Furberg | Robert Gardett | Richard Garrick | John George | Leonard George | Ruth Gillis | John Halloran | Sam Harris | Jonathan Haze | Ramsay Hill | Earle Hodgins | Tex Holden | Diane Howe | Charles Anthony Hughes | Gail Kobe | Effie Laird | Billy Mahan | Mike Marienthal | Frank Mazzola | Philo McCullough | Edward McNally | Ken Miller | Tex Mooney | Ralph Moratz | Robert Morris | Paul Nichols | Artie Ortego | Gil Perkins | William Phillips | Rose Plumer | Patricia Prest | Julian Rivero | Mickey Roth | Henry Rowland | Loretta Rush | Scott Seaton | Sammy Shack | Charles Sherlock | Mario Siletti | Hal Taggart | Bette Treadville | Sid Troy | Sailor Vincent | Max Wagner | Lillian West | Chalky Williams | Diana Deane |

California 1917: Cal, figlio disamato di Adam, si ribella al padre severo, rivaleggia col fratello Aron e scopre che la madre, creduta morta, dirige un bordello. Da una parte del romanzo East of Eden (1952) di John Steinbeck, adattato da Paul Osborne, è una parafrasi (o un'interpretazione?) in chiave psicanalitica della storia di Caino e Abele dove il primo non è malvagio, ma disperato e cerca di trovare nell'amore la salvezza. 1° film a colori di Kazan e il suo 1° in Cinemascope (genialmente usato) e da lui prodotto. È anche il 1° film di Dean protagonista e rimane tuttora soprattutto come il suo ritratto. Oscar a J. Van Fleet nella parte della madre.

Errori

Early in the movie after Cal rides the train to Salinas, there's a modern automobile in the upper ri [...] D
Abra tells Cal she can go to Adam's birthday party the next day because she gets an hour off for lun [...] D
Aron's hair changes from the shot when the sheriff is on the Albrecht's porch (just after the fight) [...] D
Cal follows the lady who turns right into a lane opposite the water tower, and he runs to the corner [...] D
While Cal is talking to Abra on the roof, in the close-ups, the light in her bedroom is seemingly on [...] D
In 1917 Adam Trask unsuccessfully "invents" the refrigerated railroad car to ship produce. In realit [...] D
The film is set in 1917, but the hairstyles of both Cal and Aron are both obviously contemporary hai [...] D
Kate writes the $5,000 check and puts it in the blue envelope, licks it and presses it to seal. Howe [...] D
Towards the end of the movie, the window that Aron breaks is different between shots. D
When Cal is leaving Kate's office, we can hear the doorknob, but in the mirror on the wall we cannot [...] D
In one scene, a band plays "Avalon". The film is set in 1917. "Avalon" was not published until 1920. D
At one point, when the Ferris wheel has stopped, Cal jumps off to help Aron. In one of the next shot [...] D
When Cal leaves home after a fight with his father, Aron asks, "You coming home tonight, Cal?" to wh [...] D
During WWI, a band organ at the carnival plays "Ain't She Sweet", which is from 1927. D
Near the beginning of the movie after Cal climbs up on the train, the position of the sleeves around [...] D
When Adam Trask is being shown how to operate the car he is going to buy, the mechanic takes Adam to [...] D
Will Hamilton's shorts are visible at one point as he is drying off and talking to Cal after his sho [...] D
During WWI, a band organ at the carnival plays "Ain't We Got Fun", which is from 1921. D
After his fight with Aron, Cal goes into a bar to get drunk, a short time after arriving, he says to [...] D
When Cal goes to Kate's bordello/saloon to have a drink, the young gal working as a server questions [...] D