Release Date: 1951
Genre: Drama
Director: Elia Kazan
IMDb Page: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0044081/
Description of Movie: Starring Hollywood's own Marlon Brando, it follows Blanche Dubois, a woman who goes to visit her sister Stella in New Orleans. She deals with the abuse of her brother-in-law, becomes haunted by the past and ultimately loses grip with herself entirely.
Review: Stunning, just stunning. The performances given by Vivien Leigh and Marlon Brando are spectacular. This film is really the definition of a 'Hollywood classic'. The screenplay written by the playwright Tenessee Williams. Fantastic. Marlon Brando being a brutish sex god. Fantastic. It's such a breathtaking journey into the mental breakdown of a woman barely holding it together. The way that Marlon and Vivien manage to create this kind of sexual tension between them even though they are enemies throughout the film is so interesting and fun to watch. All of the actors bring their best abilities to the screen to make this drama as gritty and greasy as possible, you really feel the poverty, the dirt under Brando's nails, the state that New Orleans is in, the swealtering heat. How Blanche desperately tries to stay a prim and proper lady against the wishes of an entire town is just too depressing to bear, it's so well done, a beautiful film and I truly recommend all to watch.
Overall Letter Grade: A
Buy, Rent or Skip?: Rent (rent because it's really one of those films you can watch only once and a while, plus it's pretty lengthy.)
"STELLA! STELLA!"
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