Streetcar - the film

[Glebb]

Streetcar - the film#0

Posted: 4/24/05 at 11:56am

Watched this morning on one of the HBOs.
Had not seen it since God knows when.
Damn, Vivien Leigh is perfect.
I wonder how she differs from Jessica Tandy.
Did anyone notice the resemblance of the actress who played Eunice to Elaine Stritch?

" ...the happiness in the tune convinces me that I'm not afraid."

[onceadancer2]

re: Streetcar - the film#1

Posted: 4/24/05 at 11:59am

Jessica Tandy played Blanche as a rather mean dispirited individual--at least in my opinion. You could feel the audience rooting in favor of Stanley, not Blanche. This is what makes STREETCAR and the parts of Blanche and Stanley so interesting. They can be interpreted in so many different ways. Vivien Leigh was much more successful in portraying Blanche's sympathetic and fragile side. With Tandy, you felt that she could and would never break!

Miriam

Every movement has a meaning--but what the hell does it mean!

[Glebb]

re: Streetcar - the film#2

Posted: 4/24/05 at 12:04pm

Thank you Miriam!
I love Jessica Tandy and your thoughts will help me imagine her as Blanche. :)

" ...the happiness in the tune convinces me that I'm not afraid."

[MTVMANN]

re: Streetcar - the film#3

Posted: 4/24/05 at 12:13pm

I Have and Love this movie!!!!!! Wonderful cast, I think I like Stella(Kim Hunter) the best. When Marlon Brando died there was a poll on what you favorite Brando role was, or what you thought he was best in,ect. anyways, I voted for Streetcar. I just LOVE LOVE LOVE it.

[Carl Magnum]

re: Streetcar - the film#4

Posted: 4/24/05 at 1:00pm

One of my favorite movies. Gets played at least once a month if not more. I have always wondered if Jessica Tandy was a superior Blanche just because she's Jessica Tandy. Although once again Miriam entrances me and now I can se ehow she would be viewed as a much stronger Blanche. What an amazing film though. It just drips with acting. This and GlenGarry Glen Ross are perfect examples of perfect acting in a movie. Complete and total lessons in the craft can be forged by watching these movies.

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[Marquise]

re: Streetcar - the film#5

Posted: 4/24/05 at 3:46pm

The movie is amazing! Kazan, Williams, Brnado, Leigh, Hunter and please let's not forget the often overlooked Karl Malden as "Mitch".

[magruder]

re: Streetcar - the film#6

Posted: 4/24/05 at 6:30pm

What more needs be said?

I was always startled by the remark made by Brando late in life, when he looked at photos or footage of himself from early in his career.

"I was beautiful then. But I'm much nicer now."

"Gif me the cobra jool!"

[Gothampc]

re: Streetcar - the film#7

Posted: 4/24/05 at 8:01pm

I worked with Kim Hunter once and she had wonderful stories about Streetcar. It's well known that Brando and Leigh didn't like each other.

She said, one time on Broadway, at the point where Brando picks her up and heads toward the bedroom, the lights were supposed to go out but somebody must have been snoozing backstage. She said they reached the bedroom and no lights out, so Brando just kept walking through the closet door and offstage. She wondered what the audience thought they would be doing in the closet.

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[PJ]

re: Streetcar - the film#8

Posted: 4/24/05 at 9:39pm

I watched this one for the first time a few weeks ago and was in awe the entire time. Leigh was a hell of an actress and Brando was pretty damn sexy. I can't wait to see what Richardson and Reilly do for the roles.