A street car named desire's film version and its name

  A street car named desire is a great book, compare to the book, the first film adaptation by Elia Kazan made a deeper impression on me. I think the actors of the movie did an effective job showing the personalities of the characters and the conflicts within the book.

  Blanche is a sensitive and prissy character, which was played by Vivien Leigh. I love the how Vivien shows the personalities of Blanches. The Blanche that Leigh played always has a typical terrified and anxious look on her face, but at the same time, her eyes express some sort of expectation. Her expressions effectively carry Blanche’s character. Blanche is scared of many things because her past is impure and she has lied about it. However, she always ignores truths and her poor situation, and keeps on living in her fancy dream. I have to admit that the Blanche that Leigh played is attractive somehow, especially when she is flirting with men. The sweet, excited tone she has when she speaks, the way she looks at men and her gestures can easily create a sexual, ambiguous atmosphere. Which is ironic because she dresses so delicate but she made me feel that she has been dealing with men for a long time.

Stanley, which was played by Marlon Bando, is an emotional, irritable and sexual character. Marlon Bando is the perfect man for the role since he is masculine and he has an attractive look. When Stanley first meets Blanche in his house, he looks down at Blanche’s face and breasts and talks to her with one of corner of his mouth turned up. This expression completely shows his reckless attitude and sensual personality. When he plays the gentle Stanley, he makes audience fall in love with him. However, when he plays the mad Stanley, he turns into a total monster, shouting at everyone and breaking everything in sight.

The name of the book metaphor that desire take characters to their downfall. Blanche take the streetcar named desire to New Orleans, which is a really messed-up place back in the day. She lives in her sister’s house and earns sympathy by lying and making stories up. She ending up raping by her sister’s husband and going crazy, she is sent away at the end. Stella and Stanley’s relationship starts with sexual desires and sex is also what holds their relationship from breaking down after marriage. Their “desire love” loses the battle to the cruel live. Stanley loses Stella at the end because his desire of control, desire of price and desire of sex. Desire is part of our human nature, if we indulge and take no control on it, it will hurt us eventually.