AO5 Flashcards
Name the actors and directos from the film
Elia Kazan - director
Vivien Leigh - Blanche
Marlon Brando - Stanley
What did the guardian say of Stanley in the book
He is, as the stage directions often remind us, an animal
How was streetcar seen when it was first released
When Streetcar was first released it was a firestorm of controversy
Name a quote of Brandi as Stanley
‘Look at the way Brando, as Kowalski, stalks through his little apartment in the French Quarter’
What is said about Brando’s movement
‘There’s a feline grace to Brando’s movement’
What is said of the rape scene
‘The rape of Blanche by Stanley is a pivotal, integral truth in the play, without it the play losses its meaning - Williams
What did critics cry
It was immoral, decadent, vulgar and sinful
What is the play said to concern
“The play concerns the major theme of flight and fugitive”
What is said of blanches manipulation
“She uses her wound as a lure” - John Lahr
Finally what is said of Blanches wishes
“Blanche is stuck between a desire to preserve her tradition… And an attraction to what is going to destroy them” - Elia Kazan
