A Streetcar Named Desire
film — USA — 1951

8.0
Now that`s one thing you`re bound to call a classic. Tennesee Williams is the author of the play of the same name. I really watched it only because it was a central theme in "All about my mother" but who cares about what I do and why? So, there`s Stella who`s quite happy with her husband Stanley Kowalski, despite him being a common person (but he`s Marlon Brando, so she has her reasons for that). But when her neurotic sister Blanche arrives, everything goes a bit bad. Blanche has a very bad relationship with Stanley, and he uses a whole lot of ugly moments from her past in order to show her where her place is. The ending is a very sad one, and a very appropriate one as well. The storyline is actually quite simple, but the film seemed to me being very powerful. I`m probably not such a fan of films made in the 1950s but this one truly was a very good film.
2005-03-07
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