Robert Pattinson, Dane DeHaan, Peter Lucas and Lauren Gallegher star in “Life”.
From rebel to icon. “Life” is inspired by the true story of a friendship that developed between Magnum photographer Dennis Stock (Pattinson) and actor James Dean (DeHaan) when Stock was commissioned to photograph the actor for LIFE magazine in 1955.
Stock was 26 and old before his time, when into his buttoned-down world came fledgling star James Dean, a free spirit who would change popular culture from suits to jeans and from matinee idols to teenage heartthrobs.
The assignment, which took the pair on a photographic journey across the US, from LA to New York and on to Indiana would change Stock’s life and provide the world with some of the most iconic images of the age.
Esquire Magazine calls the film “An incredibly beautiful, elegant piece of filmmaking!”
“It’s worth seeing for [DeHaan's] performance alone.” — Nick Dent (Daily Telegraph)
“An interestingly personal picture about that moment when the shutter snaps, and how it changes the nature of any human interaction.” — Tim Robey (Daily Telegraph)
“ ‘Life’ identifies the key contradiction in Dean’s star persona: A shy, genuinely gifted nonconformist, he was eventually (and posthumously) styled, marketed and managed to appear as untamed and undoctored an individual as possible. Dane DeHaan is magnetic as James Dean!” — Guy Lodge (Variety)