Her first line. A prophecy. Her desires hurt her life, his desires pushed her to hell, and her redemption may only exist outside of death.
I really like the way the heroine appears: the train arrives at the station, the camera is facing a few girls who have just come down, young and beautiful, noisy, surrounded by some men next to them. Then the camera turned slightly, and the girls disappeared, only to see thick steam -- the heroine came out of the steam; a beautiful but too thin woman, veil covering her haggard face, looked around helplessly and lost her way. . Many years ago, she lost her only love, and since then has lived in desire, transitioning from one man to another, in order to find a shoulder to lean on. Then she grew older, felt that her beauty was no longer good, her inheritance was exhausted, and she became disgraced for seducing men, and even lost her job as a teacher, so she had to come to a strange city to seek refuge with her sister. So she became more and more neurotic, and needed others to praise her appearance again and again to feel at ease. Time robbed her of her youth and beauty, so her splendid clothes and her upbringing revealed by her words and deeds became her last possessions. She often mentioned the days when she was in Belle Reve, her hometown. At that time, she was young and beautiful, from a wealthy family, and countless men bowed down to her pomegranate skirt. Compared with today's predicament, she chose to live in memories. In fact, since her husband committed suicide, she has been teetering on the edge of sanity, and her mental state has deteriorated over time, so she has to hold on to the rest so that she can maintain balance , so as not to fall into the abyss of madness. Maybe she brought it on herself. She lost her lover just because she irresponsibly broke his heart, and even if her heart hurts, she doesn't have to be willing to degenerate. However, seeing her powerless every time she seduced a man, seeing her confession to Mitch, and the beautiful dream she finally tried to weave... Who could blame her? In the end, when Stanley's Lushan Zhi grabbed and pushed, she fell into a doomed situation, which was also expected.
The film itself is miserable enough. Later, when I looked at Vivien Leigh's information, her experience in reality was even worse. She suffered from bipolar disorder and tuberculosis for many years, and was later abandoned by her husband. Although she is not a woman, but being abandoned by the man she loves all her life is also a miserable thing, let alone in that situation. There are also similarities with Blanche. No wonder she has a very real feeling in her performance. Those anxiety and depression are probably not pretending.
I've seen synopsis before, and I've always wondered how the hero is so perverted, he has to force a weak woman to death. After watching the movie, I realized that in addition to being rude and grumpy, Stanley is also a normal low-class man who likes to bowl with friends, play poker, and love his wife; he shouted 'Stella!!!!!' from the neighbor downstairs That scene, like a child, was his cutest time. He had good reasons for wanting to force Blanche away. The sister-in-law scolded him in front of his wife and persuaded her to leave him; this was that Stanley was a wrestling, and whoever lost would lose the family. It's understandable that he even ruined Blanche's last chance to be happy. After all, her 'prey' is his old friend. He can't watch such an honest friend get cheated and stand by. But he ended up destroying Blanche with his own hands, then sent her to a mental hospital as if nothing had happened, and said 'Why are you looking at me like that? I've never touched her.' That's really unforgivable. When a man's desires overshadow his compassion, he is no different from a beast.
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