Review of A Streetcar Named Desire (1951) by Mari J — 17 Jan 2009
A good film. Not a perfect masterpiece in my book because of the clearly theatrical screen adaptation. The performances of ALL the actors (from the smallest parts to Leigh and especially Brando) are spectacular.
Tennessee Williams is great (as always!) and Kazan obviously knows the play inside out but he could have taken more risks with the screen adaptation: let a movie be a movie and a play be a play. For example, there could have been more New Orleans there.
But yeah, fantastic characters: multidimensional. (Brando's) Stanley Kowalski is one of the most intriguing characters I've ever seen and Blanche while being pretty much senseless makes perfect sense to me.
Leigh has the most difficult part in the film, I think. This story, although being melodramatic, still succeeds to be the size of an individual. Very believable: stirs you up inside - both feelings of sympathy and annoyance and everything between them.
WATCHED: January 16, 2009.
This review of A Streetcar Named Desire (1951) was written by Mari J on 17 Jan 2009.
A Streetcar Named Desire has generally received very positive reviews.
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