The ambiguity and contradiction in the street car

Jaclyn 2021-12-08 08:01:38

Fortunately, I found the restored version, which means that there are four minutes of the scene that you can’t see in the early DVD version. Because the censorship was cut off. They are all very small details, such as:

1. After Stanley hit Stella and called her loudly at the top of the stairs, Stella slowly opened the door, and then slowly walked down the stairs towards Stanley... Her face was gentle, The free, deeply attracted expression was deleted. In fact, it was the expression that revealed the bond between her and him: Lust. And the background music was originally a sexy Jazz, but it was later changed to describe the reunion of two men and women who are extremely in love. This is a modification that I cannot tolerate, and it feels a lot has changed.
2. Blanche said to the young boy: I want to kiss you. Originally: I want to kiss you, on the mouth.
3. In the scene of rape, a few lines of Stanley were deleted. Only Blanche backed away in horror.

There are also some places that feel very confusing, such as why Blanche's marriage failed. What the film says is that her young 19-year-old husband knows nothing but poetry, and keeps changing jobs. But the real reason seems to be that the boy is gay. In fact, there are some small tips in the film. For example, Blanche described him as careful and sensitive, and he would always hear him cry in the middle of the night pretending to be asleep. But this kind of topic could not be mentioned at that time.

The movie was changed from the stage play of the same name. Blanche was originally played by an actor named Jessica. But it was replaced when it was changed to a movie, and it was played by Vivien Leigh. This is because the other actors are also newcomers, so a star is needed to support the scene. Either Jessica was replaced, maybe Marlon Brando was replaced. Sorry for her, otherwise she might be famous! And both the director and the male protagonist prefer her to Vivien. But there may be no Malone today.

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Extended Reading
  • Zola 2022-03-28 09:01:03

    #Shanghai Film Festival# It’s especially interesting to compare the recently watched Blue Jasmine, the actress Vivien Leigh’s performance is still better than the actress Kate, but the milfs are able to do well with Gu Ying’s self-pity, how could it be that Vivien Leigh could play Blanche , this is the tragedy of the times and character, an example of how an out-of-time literary woman kills herself.

  • Donna 2022-03-25 09:01:08

    They told me to take a streetcar named Desire, change to a place called the cemetery, take another 6 blocks, and get off at Paradise. The most unbearable is Vivien Leigh's old face, and the most amazing is Marlon Brando's savage and raw sexiness... I wonder if there is another bad embryo in this world who can be as sexy and aggressive as him.

A Streetcar Named Desire quotes

  • Mitch: Oh I don't mind you being older than what I thought. But all the rest of it. That pitch about your ideals being so old-fashioned and all the malarkey that you've been dishin' out all summer. Oh, I knew you weren't sixteen anymore. But I was fool enough to believe you was straight."

  • Blanche: Straight? What's 'straight'? A line can be straight, or a street. But the heart of a human being?