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UNCUT | A Streetcar Named Desire (1951) Movie Reaction [Trivia Yet To Be Edited]
Added 2024-06-22 13:06:58 +0000 UTCHi all! As promised that it was coming today, here it is! Thank you for both voting for this and for requesting it in the first place.
"A Streetcar Named Desire" (1951), whilst a superbly made film from both acting and cinematography / lighting / writing, it's definitely a domestic nightmare. It portrays Blanche's descent into madness very well. It had me in floods of tears. It's definitely one that shows domestic abuse in it's rawest form, but also shows the heartbreaking story between Blanche and Mitch (whom I thought would have been a wonderful couple!)
Also, it was only until AFTER the film that I realised Vivien Leigh was from "Gone With The Wind", which I saw many years ago. She was wonderful in this!
I hope you all can join me for this one. Please take care and have a lovely day!
Comments
I'm not sure if you were able to catch the implication of that broken mirror, followed by what Stella and Eunice discuss about being able to believe Blanche. The implication is that Stanley did considerably more than cause Blanche to faint.
Maria Torres
2024-07-03 16:22:01 +0000 UTCIt is the other way around: Blanche is the older sister, but remember that age and appearance is a very big issue for Blanche: it's all she can rely on.
Maria Torres
2024-07-03 15:01:32 +0000 UTCWhen you're editing this, you'll probably catch that earlier, Stella is kissing Stanley and specifically asks him not to tell Blanche about the baby yet, and that she didn't tell her sister yet. And note that Stanley goes RIGHT AHEAD and tells her, despite what Stella asked and what he agreed to. What a lovely man...
Maria Torres
2024-07-03 14:51:25 +0000 UTC"Belle Reve" is the name of the estate. It's French for "Beautiful Dream", and of course, like a dream, it's gone.
Maria Torres
2024-07-03 14:41:46 +0000 UTCI was on Blanche's side from the start: she isn't making Stella feel guilty - she's reminding Stella that Blanche was left alone on an estate that needed handling and maintaining by a woman not trained to do so, and surrounded by relatives who were feuding and dying while Blanche had to stand by and care for them. All this time, Stella came back "only for the funerals", and Blanche is right: funerals are simple compared to watching and caring for people who are dying. So Blanche is not, to me, making a big thing out of something small: she's showing us the slope of her disintegration and lack of support.
Maria Torres
2024-07-03 14:34:16 +0000 UTCI saw this movie on broadcast tv growing up, and it was the movie that made me absolutely hate Marlon Brando. I despised him for years, until I saw him in what is now a very un pc role, as Okinawan narrator/supporting character Sakini in "Teahouse of the August Moon", where he was so bright, charming, and literally supportive, that I changed my mind. I also greatly admired him as Antony in "Julius Caesar", a part my Spanish father loved to parody, using the "Friends, Romans, Countrymen" speech as though a soccer fan were speaking it. Yes, that's Vivien Leigh, who originated the role in London, by the way. Stella is Kim Hunter, the original Broadway Stella. So she and Brando are recreating their stage characters for us.
Maria Torres
2024-07-03 14:19:58 +0000 UTCWhat a film, what a play, what directing, what acting, and Marty, what a great reaction. I'm sorry that this seemed to have really put you through the wringer--it indeed deals with difficult subject matters. I will be very interested to see your edited version with your final thoughts and the trivia. Not sure if you are familiar with Tennessee Williams, the great American playwright. He often dealt with difficult or controversial themes and his plays were set in the South, where he was from. He was gay, and there were often themes reflecting that under the surface, as it couldn't be explicit because of the times. In Streetcar it is implied that Blanche's young husband was gay, and when she realized it she mocked him and said he disgusted her and that's when he ran out and did himself in. The original Broadway production opened in 1947 and had largely the same cast as the 1951 film, with the exception of the lead role of Blanche, who was recast with Vivien Leigh. Brando was quite unknown and his performance heavily influenced acting going forward. Leigh was British, of course, and married to Sir Laurence Olivier, but some of her most famous and acclaimed roles were playing Southern American women. She struggled with mental health issues herself, and reportedly said at one point that playing Blanche DuBois contributed to her own issues. Thank you, Marty, for this great reaction!
Scott aka Blue62
2024-06-22 21:30:54 +0000 UTC
