Even critics who consider Giant to be too sprawling a saga, more impressive in ambition than execution, agree that the scenes between James Dean and Elizabeth Taylor generate heat, and that the racial element is poignant and ahead of its times.
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East of Eden (1955): Kazan’s Drama, Starring James Dean and Julie Harris
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Steinbeck's book, East of Eden, was published in l952, the year Member of the Wedding was released. Elia Kazan's film is a suitable companion piece to Fred Zinnemann's 1952 Member of the Wedding, which explores a young female's adolescence. The protagonists of these films share a similar name, Adam. In Member, it's Frankie's last name; in East of Eden, the patriarch's first name, Adam Trask. There is another link: Julie Harris, the star of Member, plays Abra, the girl both boys love. The two films also exhibit similar ideology concerning the “cure” they prescribe for the problems of loneliness, identity formation, and integration into the larger society.
