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A Streetcar
Named Desire (1951)
In director Elia Kazan's brilliant film adaptation
of Tennessee Williams' play:
- the sexy and electrifying image of an animalistic,
muscle-bound, beefy and inarticulate Stanley Kowalski (Oscar-nominated
Marlon Brando) in a torn, sweaty T-shirt, on the street, bellowing
and screaming up to his wife: "Hey Stell lahhhh..."
- pregnant Stella's (Oscar-winning Kim Hunter) descent
on the stairs when Stanley begged for forgiveness from her and they
shared a close embrace - with his ear against her swollen body to
hear their unborn child's heartbeat
- the scene of faded Southern belle Blanche's (Oscar-winning
Vivien Leigh) conversation with a young newspaper boy (Wright King);
he reminded her of her young husband
who had committed suicide, and still neurotically grieving, she
wanted to subconsciously make up for his death; she caused the bashful
young man to linger with small talk, and then seductively offered
herself for a maternal kiss
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Blanche Kissing Young Boy (Wright King)
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- the vicious interplay and tension between Stanley
and Blanche
- the "I'm the King around here..." dinner
scene
- Mitch's (Oscar-winning Karl Malden) scene with Blanche
holding her face up to a naked light bulb
- Blanche exclaimed: "No, not now!" as the
black-shrouded woman selling flowers moved straight toward the front
door, incanting: "Flores
para los muertos" ("Flowers for the dead")
- the final confrontation (assault-rape scene) between
Stanley and Blanche in the apartment

Prelude to Stanley's Rape of Blanche
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Rough-housing/Rape Assault
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Blanche Thrown Into Mirror - Causing Her to Faint or to Be Knocked
Unconscious
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- Blanche was led away to an asylum by an elderly
gentleman with her farewell: "I've always depended on the kindness
of strangers"
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Stanley: "Hey Stell lahhhh..."
Stella Hugging Stanley
Stanley: "I'm the King around here!"

Mitch Holding Blanche's Face Up to Naked Light Bulb

"Flowers for the Dead"

Blanche: "I've always depended on the kindness of strangers"
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