A Streetcar Named Desire- Page 2

[PJ]

Posted: 1/19/07 at 10:45pm

Ah! I love Vivien Leigh. Such a classic, and rather tragic, beauty from Old Hollywood.

[Glebb]

Posted: 1/19/07 at 10:57pm

I've seen Viv, Ann and Natalie.
Vivien is by far my fave and I've eaten at Galatoire's.

Posted: 1/19/07 at 11:07pm

this version is gorgeous & the script is the most faithful to the original script!!!
Ann-Margret TEARS! IT!! UP!!!!!!

the sepia tones are beautiful & so atmospheric, lots of lovely details that make it a joy to watch again & again!!!

i wore out my vhs copy of it, it truly needs to be released on dvd!
for some reason, it *has* been released on dvd in the uk, but not united states!

[StageManager2]

Posted: 1/19/07 at 11:14pm

What, no Jessica, Glebb? I enjoyed her in the 1995 version.

[Glebb]

Posted: 1/19/07 at 11:20pm

Nope, no Jessica.
I loved her in "Francis" and "Tootsie" but gorgeous as she is, she is just not one of my favorite actresses.

[PJ]

Posted: 1/19/07 at 11:26pm

I've enjoyed many of Lange's film performances, but I did not care for her Blanche at all.

Posted: 1/20/07 at 12:07am

that unwashed grape transported her soul to heaven! Updated On: 1/20/07 at 12:07 AM

[justagirl2]

Posted: 1/20/07 at 12:13am

Erotically-charged? I'm dying right now.

[Glebb]

Posted: 1/20/07 at 8:29am

Updated On: 1/20/07 at 08:29 AM

[MrMidwest]

Posted: 1/20/07 at 8:54am

I thought Treat Williams was kind of horrible in this. Still, daddy looked good. Daddy looked real good.

Posted: 1/20/07 at 9:27am

to whom can we appeal for a us dvd release???

[Carl Magnum]

Posted: 1/20/07 at 9:50am

Haven't seen this version. I HATED the Baldwin/Lange version. Possibly because I'm such a Brando purest. I thought Baldwin was just biting on Brando's style...maybe I need to rewatch it as I was young at the time I saw it. To me the original movie is one of the best examples of PURE acting captured on film, a close second would be Malden and Brando in Waterfront but the other cast members in that give some uneven performances (cough Eva Marie Saint cough). Brando is an acting god in Streetcar. I would have killed to see Jessica Tandy play Blanche, however I think I remember Williams perfering Leigh's take on the role.....could be wrong.


Justagirl; that's pretty much the whole point of the play, well not point(thats the wrong word, but its early and I haven't had my 3rd cup of coffee yet)But Stanley is SO beautiful and SUCH an animal that at first its all fun and games for Blanche but when she realizes that he's so dangerous and visceral and not a pushover like Malden's character(blanking again, it's early) and he's not a man who is confused sexualy like the boy from her past. There is nothing safe about Stanley and that is what draws her to him and pushes her away from him. His danger is attractive and frightning. I could go on. I hope this helps though as to why Stanley is usually cast attractive. John C. Reily didn't really work, from what I've heard, for this reason. I'm sure acting wise he nailed it, but he doesn't exude sexuality or danger above and beyond brute force.

[justagirl2]

Posted: 1/20/07 at 11:46am

Updated On: 3/9/17 at 11:46 AM

[Carl Magnum]

Posted: 1/20/07 at 11:52am

hahah hardly a horrible person. Sympathy for Blanche is hardly needed for the piece as far as I'm concerned. Stella is the one people should feel for. Blanche represents the old south and it's standards and views. What's the interesting point is that Williams is showing us the distructive nature of the old south and it's views on many things, including gays. She is crumbling from the outside in much like the ways of the old south were begining to at the time.

[PJ]

Posted: 1/20/07 at 12:33pm

On the special edition, two disc DVD that was released last year, everyone involved with the movie that came from the Broadway production basically said they preferred Tandy to Leigh. That is, all except for Brando. He supposedly liked Vivien a lot more and found her to be incredibly sexy. Which only helped his own performance in the end.