I enjoyed the watching the film A Streetcar Named Desire, as well as reading the play. I thought it was very interesting how similar my mental images from the play and the images from the movie were. This showed me that the descriptions that were written in the play were obviously very detailed and allowed me to receive a very good mental image of what Tennessee Williams was picturing when writing the play.
The movie did give certain aspects of the story a better image though. Blanche was much more believable in the movie than the play. I was unable to grasp how mentally disturbed Blanche was in the play. The movie shows very well how mentally disturbed Blanche becomes throughout the story. By the end of the movie Blanche looks horrible and completely out of her mind. Her hair was a mess, her facial expressions were desperate and she was no longer able to portray the southern belle that she displayed in the beginning. In the movie she looked like she was the perfect example of a person about to be put in a psychiatric hospital.
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The end of the movie was a little different than the play. I felt as though it gave a more accurate portrayal of what was happening around the house at the time. The men that were there playing poker seemed to look at
Overall I liked both versions of A Streetcar Named Desire, but thought that the film gave me a little better grasp on what was happening. The rape scene in the film showed what was about to happen, but the book only led you to believe what may happen. I felt the detail showed in the movie did a better job showing the whole story.
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I have to say that your images would e similar because the play was basically drawn directly from someone interruption. They wanted the film convincing and interesting and overall eye appealing. They want the audience to see this movie and go away from it thinking that it was wonderufl how accurate it was to the story.
I agree that the movie does a much better job portraying how the characters really are. I also did not realize how crazy Blanche was until we watched the film version. It was funny how in the beginning Blanche seemed to be some sort of a pulled together Southern Bell. I feel like every time we saw her in the film she looked more and more of a distraught mess. Then finally at the end, i was glad to see her go to the institution. By that time we were all sure she was absolutely out of her mind.
The film also made Stanley look crazy. I thought the scene that you mentioned about clearing the table was really scary. I thought he was going to kill someone. I think that he should have had to go to the institution as well.
I have to agree with you about how the movie did better job showing the characters of Stanley and Blanche. I liked it a lot better because of this. Stanley especially because he shined a lot more in the movie. In the play he just seemed blah. Blanche seemed too over dramatic is the play, but in the movie you could see just how crazy she was.
I did not get the same mental images from the play compared to what was depicted in the movie. For one, I pictured Stella to be really pretty, and still hold some of the characters of a souther belle- I thought the actress who played her was very plain looking, and not attractive at all. But I have to agree with the movie being helpful when it came to Blanche's character. I mean, I thought she was a little out of it when reading the play, I definitely didn't think she was normal by any means. But then, we see the movie. Her always talking rapidly, or the way she would physically cower from the light was a very goood depiction of how crazy she was. After reading the play, I really didn't feel that Blanche needed to be in a mental hospital. I mean, sure Stella had to get rid of her, since she even says "I could not believe her story and go on living with Stanley" but I thought the crazy house was a big jump. After watchin the movie I see that it was completely necessary. I liked the ending to the movie alot better, when Mitch attacks Stanley as if he knew that he had raped Blanche, and how Stella actually leaves him- to me that seemed like a more realistic ending then her just sending her sister the looney bin and living with a rapist.
Yes your right Blanche was definetly more believable. In the movie she was very dramatic she was definetly out of her mind. Stanley in the movie was not only mean he was a monster. I didnt like him at all. I didnt like him in the reading and i especially hated him in the movie. He was a Pig. It seems like he had more control over stella in the movie then in the story.
So i really agree with you that the movie did do a great job with capturing images and detail from the play. It was very well depicted. I also think charachter wise that Blanche and Stanley were portrayed very well. Blanche was this person that you said looked like she should be in a mental ward towards the end of the movie. You really got to see her just lose it. I also liked how you said her facial expressions were very well portrayed and how the southern belle just disappeared.
I also enjoyed watching this movie and reading the play. I couldn't wait to get to the end to find out what was going to happen to Blanche. Blanche definately seemed a lot more dramatic in the movie. By watching her in the movie, you were able to tell a lot about here by looking at her body language and facial expressions. I agree with you, by watching the movie Blanche did seem like someone who belongs in a psychiatric hospital.
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