A Streetcar Named Desire (Two-Disc Special Edition)

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The film, A Streetcar Named Desire, is based ultimately on the extreme cultural differences between Blanche Dubois and Stanley Kowalski. Blanche, a vicarious and unlucky Southern Belle, shows up on her sister's (Stella) doorstep in New Orleans after arriving there on a streetcar route named "Desire." Blanche has a rough background and is hesitant to share the truth of her visit with her sister and brother-in-law Stanley. She tells Stella and Stanley she lost the family mansion, Belle Reve, because of problems with deceased family members that ultimately resulted in financial losses aka Belle Reve. In reality, Blanche was fired from her job as an English teacher for having an affair with a 17-year old student and couldn't afford the home anymore.
Blanche tries to keep this past a secret from everyone, but Stanley is skeptical and makes it difficult for her. Coming from a hard-working, immigrant family, Stanley resents Blanche's luxurious lifestyle in a beautiful mansion in Mississippi. When Stanley learns the reason for Blanche's visit he sets out to make her life as difficult as possible. After being raped by Stanley and confronted with his knowledge Blanche has a nervous breakdown. Stanley commits her into a mental institution and tries to reveal her horrific past.
The 1948 Pulitzer Prizewinning drama, A Streetcar Named Desire, is a sure classic. Tennessee Williams, an American playwright, opened the play on Broadway in December of 1947 and closed in December 1949 at the Ethyl Barrymore Theater. Since day one this play has been a hit. With acting from Broadway's finest like Marlon Brando (Stanley) and Vivien Leigh (Blanche), why would this play not be a sure classic?

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A Streetcar Named Desire (Two-Disc Special Edition)

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"A Streetcar Named Desire" represents how many people were during the time after the war. Mental and issues and alcohol problems. It's a movie about a sister's, Stella, triumph to continue to live her life after her sibling comes to stay with her and her husband. The sibling, named Blanche Dubios comes with emotional baggage that brings a strain to Stella and her husband Stanly's marraige. Although Stella wants to cater to and care for her younger sister, she has to try to please her husband, who is not pleased with Blanche staying with them. The movie contains secrets, lies and a bit of an alcohol problem.

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A Streetcar Named Desire (Two-Disc Special Edition)

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Elia Kazan's adaptation of A Streetcar Named Desire is one to be reconed with. With the cast of superstars, such as Marlon Brando and Vivien Leigh, he was able to show the constraints of raw human emotion at both ends of the primitive and cultural ends. Stanley's stone age actions towards and "ownership" qualities towards Stella is a pure contradicting parallel to the cultural qualities of Blanch. These two main characters battle throughout the movie, and each think they know just what the other is, either the caveman or the Nile queen. Although the movie is in black and white, you cannot deny the significance of the performances, or how it was directed so perfectly. I believe this movie will stay a classic for decades to come.

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