Vivien Leigh's peerless elegance

Federico 2022-03-21 09:01:54

Starring Vivien Leigh and Marlon Brando. Probably a movie classic. The general plot is that Blanche's early love tragedy, played by Vivien Leigh, led her to debauchery to fill the abyss of emptiness, but it also ruined her reputation. Unable to stay in her hometown, she goes to her sister who lives in a dirty apartment. The main line of the film is her conflict with Marlon Brando's brother-in-law, which eventually leads to her mental breakdown.

So far, I don't think any actress has been able to portray women's neuroticism, affectation, vanity, and vulnerability as perfectly as Vivien Leigh, probably because she is like that in real life. Her performance is quite theatrical, so that watching this film always feels like watching a stage play. After her marriage to Lawrence Oliver fell apart, she remained in a trance. Acting in this film is like reality, it is so perfect, but it also blurs the inside and outside of the scene, so that after the filming, I was sent to a mental hospital and died soon after.

The fledgling Marlon Brando's image in this film is rough, simple, sexy, and masculine, completely opposite to Vivien Leigh. Marlon Brando is a notoriously unruly prodigal, and it's a very fitting role to play. The youthful, muscular, sweaty vest has an air of masculinity everywhere. Marlon Brando was really an anomaly in that era. He created a new style of performance, abandoned the reserved reservedness of Hollywood, no longer well-dressed and sanctimonious, but with a natural and almost natural performance impact It shocked everyone and shocked the entire Hollywood. This is the method of acting that future generations have always talked about. It is a pity that Marlon Brando was sexy when he was young, and it is another completely different charm when he starred in "The Godfather" more than ten years later.

The two protagonists are so suitable, they don't need to show much, just show their own characteristics and psychology, and it is enough to perform "A Streetcar Named Desire" wonderfully.

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  • Ashleigh 2022-03-27 09:01:06

    7/10. It's really not worth it to be blocked by a friend for the issue of Vivien Leigh. Personally, I don't think it's convincing at all to let a handsome sexy idol like Brando rape such an old and ugly crazy woman with exaggerated and rigid acting skills. ! The whole film looks like a noisy acting, which is annoying, and it doesn't seem so "realistic" now, but Kazan is commendable in terms of moving the camera and scheduling the actors, and the broken scene is very thoughtful.

  • Rosella 2021-12-08 08:01:38

    How does society force people who are sensitive but don’t want to follow the rules to destruction

A Streetcar Named Desire quotes

  • Stanley: How about a few more details on that subject... Let's cop a gander at the bill of sale... What do you mean? She didn't show you no papers, no deed of sale or nothin' like that?... Well then, what was it then? Given away to charity?... Oh I don't care if she hears me. Now let's see the papers... Now listen. Did you ever hear of the Napoleonic code, Stella?... Now just let me enlighten you on a point or two... Now we got here in the state of Louisiana what's known as the Napoleonic code. You see, now according to that, what belongs to the wife belongs to the husband also, and vice versa... It looks to me like you've been swindled baby. And when you get swindled under Napoleonic code, I get swindled too and I don't like to get swindled... Where's the money if the place was sold?

  • Stanley: Take a look at yourself here in a worn-out Mardi Gras outfit, rented for 50 cents from some rag-picker. And with a crazy crown on. Now what kind of a queen do you think you are? Do you know that I've been on to you from the start, and not once did you pull the wool over this boy's eyes? You come in here and you sprinkle the place with powder and you spray perfume and you stick a paper lantern over the light bulb - and, lo and behold, the place has turned to Egypt and you are the Queen of the Nile, sitting on your throne, swilling down my liquor. And do you know what I say? Ha ha! Do you hear me? Ha ha ha!