Streetcar Named Desire Themes
How effectively does the film portray the key themes and characters of Williams play?
In 1949, Tennessee Williams released a novel entitled “A Streetcar named Desire”. Two years later Elia Kazan directed and released a movie based on the novel. She tried to recreate the film as closely as she could to the written play. How well did Kazan do this? Did she leave out key parts or did she cover them all? Did she model the characters perfectly according to the novel? Was she spot on or was she way off mark? Does time and era play a part? Are acting, filming techniques and movies different now compared to 1951? Does this create a biased response?
There were many themes in “A Streetcar named Desire”. One of them was violence. There was violence …show more content…
She seemed less two-faced and more frightened. Because of this domineering personality, I saw Blanche as being taller and less fragile at the beginning and only deteriorating as the story progresses. She seemed less glamorous in the film in my perspective.
I saw Mitch to be a lot younger. He did not seem the type of person in the film that Blanche would be attracted towards. However, I think that Kazan had mastered his shy and awkward personality.
The characters I felt were shown accurately were Stella, the Mexican lady, Eunice, the young man and other minor characters. Kazan did an excellent job bringing these characters to life. I believe they are just as the book depicted them.
As many scenes and lines were cut, we didn’t hear all of the stories about Allan Grey and the Dubois Family. This is disappointing because they created a background for Blanche as well as Stella. Without knowing this information, it has changed the story slightly. Reading the book I felt sorry for Blanche and the way in which she was treated. Though in the film I felt as if the director wanted us to see it from Stella’s perspective and be on her
In 1949, Tennessee Williams released a novel entitled “A Streetcar named Desire”. Two years later Elia Kazan directed and released a movie based on the novel. She tried to recreate the film as closely as she could to the written play. How well did Kazan do this? Did she leave out key parts or did she cover them all? Did she model the characters perfectly according to the novel? Was she spot on or was she way off mark? Does time and era play a part? Are acting, filming techniques and movies different now compared to 1951? Does this create a biased response?
There were many themes in “A Streetcar named Desire”. One of them was violence. There was violence …show more content…
She seemed less two-faced and more frightened. Because of this domineering personality, I saw Blanche as being taller and less fragile at the beginning and only deteriorating as the story progresses. She seemed less glamorous in the film in my perspective.
I saw Mitch to be a lot younger. He did not seem the type of person in the film that Blanche would be attracted towards. However, I think that Kazan had mastered his shy and awkward personality.
The characters I felt were shown accurately were Stella, the Mexican lady, Eunice, the young man and other minor characters. Kazan did an excellent job bringing these characters to life. I believe they are just as the book depicted them.
As many scenes and lines were cut, we didn’t hear all of the stories about Allan Grey and the Dubois Family. This is disappointing because they created a background for Blanche as well as Stella. Without knowing this information, it has changed the story slightly. Reading the book I felt sorry for Blanche and the way in which she was treated. Though in the film I felt as if the director wanted us to see it from Stella’s perspective and be on her