Streetcar Named Desire' | Critics' Picks | The New York Times
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- Опубликовано: 15 окт 2024
- A. O. Scott looks back at the 1951 classic "A Streetcar Named Desire" and the moment when movie acting changed.
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Brando, himself, told..in his book that he has to fight like a tiger not to be overshadowed by Vivien,s acting. He admires so much that they stayed friends till she died. He always think Vivien was the BEST Blanche ever!!. I think Vivien,s Blanche one of the GEMS in acting. If u look at her eyes, her trembling, her voice....And even..in certain close ups..she never looked so beautiful. REMEMBER Vivien was the ONLY member of the cast outside Actor,s Studio. And she was PERFECT. Carlos
gwtwcarlos
gwtwcarlos absolutely
They said her acting was old-fashioned and it was compared to his but that was perfect for her part. She absolutely nailed it. My perfect movie.
@@gavinbrando8255 Her acting was not a "Method" acting. All the others actors in this film were from the "Method" including Kazan. So it's amazing how she could do such a perfomance with a different training. And the role of Blanche it's a "double" role.. Blanche is acting all the time in the play and film. She needs to "act" to survive. A very difficult role.
Brando and vivien they’re get along. And brando said used think want slept with her. But he respect her husband too much.
Vivien Leigh's talent is incomparable in this role. Powerhouse performance
@jemlucy Brando also said that he himself was miscast. He missed Stanley's 'gaiety' by which he meant Stanley's ability to enjoy life's moments and his own sensual appreciation of life. If you read Williams' description of Stanley he talks about his 'animal joy in his being.' What Brando had in spades were Stanley's contempt for phonys, anger and resentment of the upper classes and basic approach to sex as well as his being physically perfect for the part.
I'm thirteen and I saw this film a few months ago, it is such a marvelous masterpiece, it blew me away. Vivien Leigh at what I consider her best, Marlon Brando being his amazing self, an amazing Tennesse Williams screenplay and a beautiful directing job by Elia Kazan.
Today you are 24!!! Ah, as time goes by.
Omg ur 24 now
@LexiixoxRoxx Even Brando's mother was upset with the audiences' attraction to Stanley when she saw the play.
I totally agree with you yellowrose 32..... Karl Malden said,, all the actors felt a confidence doing the movie from Broadway to Hollywood because they knew the talent of Vivien Leigh could carry the cast.... and she surely did,,,, not taking away from their talent as well.
@LexiixoxRoxx I think Tennessee Williams himself struggled greatly with this while writing the play and found he was both Stanley and Blanch himself. In the end, I think it came down to survival being guaranteed by brutality more than by beauty.
Brando is the greatest actor because of his unmatched acting range. From 1950-60 he played a paraplegic in THE MEN, Stanley Kowalski in STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE, Mexican revolutionary in VIVA ZAPATA, Mark Anthony in JULIUS CEASAR, a Hell's Angel in THE WILD ONE, Terry Malloy in ON THE WATERFRONT, Napoleon in DESIREE, sang and danced in GUYS AND DOLLS, a Japanese man, Sakini in TEAHOUSE OF THE AUGUST MOON, a contrite nazi in YOUNG LIONS then directed ONE EYED JACKS.
Not to mention Don Vito Corleone and Col Kurtz.
I think he would have been great in a prison film, like Birdman or One flew over, and also, as a priest....hanging on to his God by a thread.
Brando is superb..movie is masterful.
I compare Brando's hollering for his wife to James Brown's "please, please, please!"
The two greatest film performances ever: Vivien Leigh and Marlon Brando.
I think Vivien Leig and Clark Gable did a little bid better
@@ClashGamerGTA Brando”s performance will go down in cinematic history. It is shameful that he didn’t review an Oscar.
@13hehe You are right. Vivien is loved and popular today cause she is an artist. One of a kind. She plays the 2 most important women roles in History: Scarlett and Blanche, and for both she was hightly praised, not only for the Oscars. She was a real trooper, an actress by heart. I like when somebody, like u did, think "twice"..and find something new, something better in a perfomance. I really admire your comment. Carlos
Marlon Brando, both off screen and the mannerism of some of his characters on screen, is one of my biggest inspirations. The best and simplest way to describe him is simply "Alpha Male".
And Magic.
Don’t overlook the tricky role of light in this play: sometimes dark, sometimes multicolored and spinning, sometimes dim (“come closer, I cant see you”), sometimes bright. Sometimes what lights up our life (beauty or beast) seduces us, and like a flying insect, we fly blindly too close and burn.
Vivien Leigh is simply incredible!
@yellowrose32 love Vivian but her style of acting is overshadowed by Brando here, Brando's comes off more natural and hers seem stage-y and goofy in comparison to Brando and Karl Malden, though maybe the staginess is appropriate for this character. I wouldn't say she's bad or anything that's just the background she comes from. People watch a film not thinking about Vivian the great legend, they get immersed into the characters and it just so happens that for many, Brando really shined.
Vivien Leigh's personal favorite performance was WATERLOO BRIDGE.
Great review!
@LexiixoxRoxx ya i agree that coincidentally her style of acting is appropriate for this role, don't get me wrong i'm not trying to bring her down lol i love vivian! and have seen quite a few of her films, so i can safely say i think that is her style of acting, it's certainly a contrast to Brando's, and in this film, the contrast worked nicely. But obviously people have preferences, this was my first Brando film so it introduced him to me and left a big impression :)
@13hehe Had she performed in the same style of acting as Brando, her role as Blanche would not have seemed at all believable. So it actually worked out extremely well that her acting background was different because that is what Blanche is all about. She is immensley stage-y and rightly so. This was not a coincience on Vivien's part. She knew the difference between stage acting and film acting (as we can see in GWTW, Waterloo Bridge, THW, etc...) but this "goofiness" was crucial to the part.
Elia Kazan directed both films.
Aspect ratio ?
such a seductive man
Brando top!
@13hehe I get quite passionate whenever Vivien Leigh is concerned in terms of acting because she is my favorite actress of all time and was/is often criticized on certain points- one of them being Streetcar which I have noticed recently. It's just that so many people fail to see how Blanche herself IS supposed to behave in an exaggerated fashion, it's her temperament. But of course people can prefer Brando. I just felt like clarifying. I think he's one of the greatest actors of all time.
@cek2592 the Godfather wasn't a terrible film either
ok cool out you guy Vivien Leigh's performance really wasn't too good. She overacted and most ppl thought her performance was tooo goofy. out of the other three actors Brando, Karl Malden, and Kim Hunter, she had the worst. They should of kept Jessica Tandy as Stella. The only reason they used her was to make more money at the box office
I choose brutality ;)
Brando was good in this film, and in " On The Waterfront", but nothing else.
Godfather? Last tango in Paris? Apocalypse now?
That's certainly a minority point of view.
See him as the Godfather before saying that
This is fun. It's like saying chopin was good on his ballads and someone comes saying BUT WHAT ABOUT THE SCHERZOS, like bro, I know that art is the one famously objective practice out there but you gotta understand no one cares about name dropping
@@alondraperez-ramirez8363 A lot of these people are trolling. Everyone knows Godfather was one of the best pictures ever made.
@Shatwb2 Woah woah woah get yout facts straight old sport. Blanche herself is overreactive and goofy therefore Vivien's portrayal was SPOT ON. Perfect even. Marlon Brando himself preferred her to Jessica Tandy who, FYI, played Blanche not Stella. I always laugh when people criticize Vivien for being too "stage-y" considering that's EXACTLY how the part is supposed to be played. Have you even read the play? Vivien Leigh was certainly NOT the worst. In my opinion, she was the best.
@1915fas And yet if Stella weren't so fucking stupid, Stanley would have been left all alone in the end cause even Mitch and the others don't believe him now. Plus it isn't worth it to choose brutality. Stanley is a revolting and horrible person. Blanche is much kinder and her intentions are pure despite her actions.
He based Stanley on his dad. No wonder he was in therapy...what a childhood.
@13hehe Really? Wow I wish my friends adored her! I'm trying to get them all to see GWTW :) In fact, this Friday my friend is coming over to watch it. The ones I've showed it to have loved it. One, my best friend, has seen it five times ;) Yes that's true. Streetcar is indeed originally a play. Vivien played Blanche for 8 months on stage in the London West End. As for Waterloo Bridge, I ADORE that film! It was actually Vivien's favorite :)
@yellowrose32 AMEN!
@BlackMysticFire Seriously? How anyone would choose brutality is beyond me.
@1915fas Haha seriously? Wow, I didn't know that! Sensible woman.