All this talk about Natalie Wood has made me want to ask a nagging question: Is Rebel Without a Cause really that good. I saw the James Dean mini-doc on A&E last weekend and found it really interesting. But I remember going to see Rebel for the first time five years ago, and I came away feeling disappointed. I can see the claim of the documentary that never before Rebel had teenagers been portrayed so wild (to be translated: accurately, honestly or openly??) by hollywood. But it didn't have any soul-gripping universal message, at least as far as I could see. Would Rebel be as great had Dean not died so tragically? I'll admit that the film has grown on me, but I wonder if this is simply the result of social conditioning. Society sez, "ooooh, Rebel . . .it's great . . .", and eventually I just agree. For whatever it's worth, Buck [log in to unmask]