A Streetcar Named Desire
A Streetcar Named Desire is the story of a southern belle, Blanche Dubois, who, after encountering a series of personal losses, leaves her aristocratic background seeking refuge with her sister and brother-in-law in a dilapidated New Orleans tenement. She doesn';;t understand how Stella, who is expecting her first child, could have picked a husband so lacking in refinement. Stanley Kowalski';;s buddies come over to the house to play cards and one of them, Mitch, finds Blanche attractive until Stanley tells him about what kind of a woman Blanche really is.
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3 April 1924, Omaha, Nebraska, USA
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July 31, 2013
Tennessee Williams filled the tinderbox. Marlon Brando ignited it.
February 09, 2006
...Kazan achieves a sort of theatrical intensity in which the sweaty realism sometimes clashes awkwardly with the stylisation that heightens the dialogue into a kind of poetry.
January 01, 2000
Despite the overwhelming power of Brando's performance, Streetcar is one of the great ensemble pieces in the movies.
May 19, 2012
... a Hollywood landmark, both for pushing the envelope of subject matter allowed on screen by the censors and for showcasing the more naturalistic "method" approach to performance ...
November 07, 2016
The fact it was the fifth most lucrative film in its year of release is a depressing sign of how we have infantilized ourselves as spectators. [Full review in Portuguese.]
June 28, 2007
...if the hothouse style was ever justified, this is the occasion.
May 20, 2003
Inner torments are seldom projected with such sensitivity and clarity on the screen.
November 29, 2014
Seeing the film reminds us instantly of our perennial desire to be swept up into a compelling story.
February 10, 2012
Epic performances in a movie that seethes with atmosphere.
January 01, 2000
Brando's performance as Stanley is one of those rare screen legends that are all they're cracked up to be.
April 25, 2012
An unqualified masterpiece.
February 13, 2001
The camera has done greater justice to the Williams play, catching the nuances and reflected tragedy with an intimacy that is so vital in a story of this type.
