Both Elizabeth Taylor and Paul Newman have passed away, but they have left this masterpiece, which won 5 Oscar nominations. I don’t need to describe the excitement of this work. I will tell you some behind-the-scenes highlights.
About Taylor: Yupo was only 26 years old when she took the play, and she was the mother of three children, a single mother, and a widow. She was only 10 days into the crew, and her third husband, Michael Todd, died in a plane crash in New Mexico. Left her a daughter. Adding to the two sons left by her second husband, Michael Wilding, Michael Wilding, she needs to raise three children. Taylor took only a few days off and returned to the crew to continue filming. Can you imagine the mood behind her superb performance in front of the camera? Some critics say that the United States in the 1950s is fortunate to have Elizabeth Taylor, a superstar who combines the beauty that makes your heartbeat stop and the real acting ability. It is said that this role is also the dream of Marilyn Monroe, but I think Monroe is not Taylor's opponent in this drama.
Regarding Paul Newman, the role of Paul Newman is actually very difficult to play in this drama, but he still did it. He was traveling around Hollywood and Broadway at the time, from movies to drama stages, it is not an exaggeration to say that he is a great actor. .
Regarding the script: This is adapted from the stage play of Mr. Tennessee Williams. Mr. Tennessee has nine plays made into movies in his life. This is the best known to the public as "A Streetcar Named Desire".
The censorship of American films in the 1950s imposed very harsh restrictions on sex and homosexuality. Therefore, many descriptions and performances of desire and homosexuality in this Tennessee work had to be drastically modified or abridged in order to be able to appear on the big screen. Works like "Pushing Hands" and "Brokeback Mountain" were unimaginable in that era. Tennessee was very dissatisfied with the modification of the work, believing that this was the main reason why the film did not win the Oscars. But I personally think that if the focus is too much on these two aspects, it is a good thing for some audiences, but for more audiences, such as the family drama and ethical drama described in this drama, it is not necessarily a good thing. . If there is a loss, there will be a gain. Click it to stop, leave it blank, it is better.
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