Street Car essay
Sylvester Kilo
Section B
01/25/12
Critique Assignment
A Streetcar Named Desire The first thing that we all notice while watching the movie is the “black and white” color used in filming it. The director Elia Kazan tries to portray the way movies from back in the day were since they didn’t have the color cameras. I acknowledge that the director chose the right actors to play the different personalities involved in Tennessee Williams’ book. The only bad part according to me is that there was no improvisation; they just pretty much did everything that was written in Tennessee Williams’ book. The setting of the play described exactly how undeveloped the technology was back in the day and showed how “dirt bags” like Stanley dressed like. Stanley and Stella didn’t live the life of the rich or middle class, they leaved in a tiny apartment which got Blanche to wonder why Stella left their town to live in this pig style in New Orleans. The music used in this era was a lot more instrumental, by that I mean it was mainly jazz or orchestra music. One of the main parts in the movie were the music is when Stella is walking down the stairs after hearing Stanley screaming her name and asking for forgiveness. If you haven’t noticed, it looks like she is the one following the beat of the song, the song follows HER movements. Kazan the director had a great vision of what Tennessee Williams’ play was all about. There were a lot of similarities between the movie and the book, but the there were only four main points that stroke me the most. Of course it was very obvious of what Stanley will look like; a lowlife man with no class who things he has an almighty authority over everyone, even his friends. Blanche although the youngest, still acts like the more educated and mature one of the sisters. She seems to have a higher IQ in fashion than Stella and she feels like she doesn’t really feel like she has to obey Stanley’s dumb decisions. Another clear similarity was the fact
Section B
01/25/12
Critique Assignment
A Streetcar Named Desire The first thing that we all notice while watching the movie is the “black and white” color used in filming it. The director Elia Kazan tries to portray the way movies from back in the day were since they didn’t have the color cameras. I acknowledge that the director chose the right actors to play the different personalities involved in Tennessee Williams’ book. The only bad part according to me is that there was no improvisation; they just pretty much did everything that was written in Tennessee Williams’ book. The setting of the play described exactly how undeveloped the technology was back in the day and showed how “dirt bags” like Stanley dressed like. Stanley and Stella didn’t live the life of the rich or middle class, they leaved in a tiny apartment which got Blanche to wonder why Stella left their town to live in this pig style in New Orleans. The music used in this era was a lot more instrumental, by that I mean it was mainly jazz or orchestra music. One of the main parts in the movie were the music is when Stella is walking down the stairs after hearing Stanley screaming her name and asking for forgiveness. If you haven’t noticed, it looks like she is the one following the beat of the song, the song follows HER movements. Kazan the director had a great vision of what Tennessee Williams’ play was all about. There were a lot of similarities between the movie and the book, but the there were only four main points that stroke me the most. Of course it was very obvious of what Stanley will look like; a lowlife man with no class who things he has an almighty authority over everyone, even his friends. Blanche although the youngest, still acts like the more educated and mature one of the sisters. She seems to have a higher IQ in fashion than Stella and she feels like she doesn’t really feel like she has to obey Stanley’s dumb decisions. Another clear similarity was the fact