Let the roses of dream bloom stubbornly in the gaps of reality

Erna 2021-12-08 08:01:38

This is one of the three movies that Ashang gave me.

"A Streetcar Named Desire"; "African Queen"; "Northwest by Northwest". The order is arranged according to the degree I like.

According to the usual movie-watching habit, I will open a game window, play games, eat snacks and watch movies. It is very pleasant. Of course it is no exception when watching "A Streetcar Named Desire".

At first, I was a little dismissive of Vivien Leigh's acting skills, a little exaggerated, like a stage play. Blanche asked people about his sister’s residence in a charming manner: "Well, they told me to take a streetcar named desire and then transfer to one called cemeteries, and ride six blocks and get off at Elysian Fields." Clicked on Blanche's fate. Desire-tomb-heaven and blessed land.

Seeing his sister Stella in the bowling alley, Blanche refused her sister's request for her husband to meet her in the dim light because she hadn't freshened up yet.

A woman whose biological age may be over 40 years old lives in her heart, a 16-year-old girl who knows nothing about the world. Blanche is such a beautiful woman. Although the years have taken away the appearance of youth, they have deposited a charming charm for her.

She has a full box of gorgeous dresses and bright and expensive jewelry. She said that the most expensive white fox shawl was given by her admirers.

She is obsessed with cleanliness. Before going out and after returning home, she always fills the bathtub with hot water and takes a bath. She said that after taking the bath, she feels refreshed.

She has exquisite demands on life. Even if she lives in the small and dilapidated house of her younger sister and brother-in-law, she would think of buying a Chinese lantern and putting it on an incandescent lamp and decorating a sofa. Later, when she quarreled with Mitchell, I learned that those lanterns dimmed the bright lights, making people unable to see her aging face.

She loves love but she is afraid. This "notorious" woman in her hometown dated different men, including a 17-year-old boy. Why should I use even? No, I don't like my summary like this.

restart.

Back to the day when she first arrived at her sister's house.

Go home from the bowling alley. Blanche met his brother-in-law, Stanley played by Marlon Brando, a strong, sexy but vulgar man. Blanche is coquettish with his brother-in-law, and the brother-in-law also accepts everything. This coquettish style is her instinct. A woman waiting for love, a woman waiting for love that has been imprinted on her face for years, she is extremely sensitive. When she meets a man, that sensitivity will remind her of countless possibilities. Maybe, something will happen between them. Perhaps, he is her destination.

I don't know how many times Blanche has experienced such fantasies, how many times he has experienced disillusions, how many times he has experienced self-healing, and then plucked up the courage and waited again.

She must always be the self at the age of 16, young and beautiful, with countless young men surrounding her all day long. However, the suicide of her first love in the depths of memory, the cruelty of time, the worldly vision, and the despicable man made her have nowhere to stay. She could only make up one lie and seek protection from her sister's home. Yes, she is such a girl (even though she may be nearly 40 years old, but I still want to describe her as a girl.), waiting for love, waiting for such a person in this world, no matter how others comment on her, no matter what you are As time goes by, her beauty will protect her and make her dependent, like a safe haven.

However, the more you wait, the more you expect, and the more you deviate from reality. Blanche created a world for himself, in this world he is the queen, and a millionaire will pick her up to travel the world in a luxurious yacht.

My understanding is: If Blanche represents a dream, then Stanley is a cruel reality. The only thing in common between the two is "desire".

The first conflict between dream and reality was the sale of farm documents. Stanley was so excited that she almost believed that the woman had secretly sold the farm and then used the money to buy the whole box of gorgeous clothes and jewelry. (Frankly speaking, Brando’s true performance is really good, but this selfish, savage man makes me hate) His rudeness to Blanche is because Blanche shakes his position, sharply points out his despicable character, and tears it up. He opened the picture of the "excellent officer" who had always deceived himself. On Blanche's birthday, Stanley smashed the dishes and yelled at his wife and Blanche: "Every man is the king!" The

longest conversation between dream and reality was the night Stella was pregnant and admitted to the hospital. At that time, Brando had already told Mitchelle the story of Blanche. Mitchelle ignored Blanche's eager eyes and ignored her sincere sentence: "Marry me, Mitch." He said coldly: "No, I don' t think I want to marry you anymore.. No, you're not clean enough to bring into the house with my mother." Before, how much Blanche hoped that he could live a peaceful and happy life. I don't know what is wrong with this idea. A beautiful, intelligent, and persistent woman is tortured by reality in this way.

In this way, Blanche went crazy after being ravaged by his brother-in-law. The real world collapsed completely in her heart. However, in her own world, she was still beautiful, proud, and like a queen. There will be a handsome millionaire who will pick her up on a yacht and go around the world. She took a bath, washed her hair, and put on a purple tight-fitting hooded top. I asked my sister: "How do I look?" My sister said, "You look so beautiful." She held her head proudly and smiled. The doctor waiting outside is an old gentleman. Blanche said, "No, you're not the one I'm waiting for." He refused to get in the car. Struggling, convulsing. The kind doctor checked her pupils and said, "You don't need to tie her. She's fine." Helped her up and stretched out her arms gracefully. Blanche straightened his hair and said to the doctor: "Whoever you are, I have always depended on the kindness of strangers." Then he took the doctor's arm, proud, like a white swan, walking out of this cemetery. room. Did not look back.

The collision between ideal and reality is difficult to end well. Reality is always trying to kill dreams.

Some people say that the ending of this movie is sad and tragic. I don't think so. Don’t think of the mental hospital as a purgatory. In the movie, the mental hospital is often a sustenance of the director. In this special place, there are no real-life battles and disputes, no gossip that can kill people, and no laymen’s mediocrity. How good is his hypocritical remarks? Helpless sustenance, sad choice. However, what is certain is that Blanche will not be insulted and hurt like that anymore. She can live like a queen in her own world and live happily. Perhaps, it is not her who is sick, but us all living beings in the world.

Later, I searched the Internet about Vivien Leigh. Only then did I know that Vivien Leigh, who was once all-in-one, suffered emotional and career changes when acting in this drama. After the filming, she was sent to a mental hospital like Blanche for treatment. Did she find herself in Blanche? Is she playing a role in the play, or is she herself? Vivien Leigh died miserably when she was in her 50s. What left us was her immortal Scarlett and Blanche.

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  • Nicole 2021-12-08 08:01:38

    Classic~ They told me to take a street car named Desire, change the car to a place called the cemetery, take another 6 blocks, and get off at Paradise Paradise.

  • Crawford 2022-03-26 09:01:05

    Vivien Leigh was definitely a powerful star of that era, playing a woman who was vain, coquettish, coquettish, and romantic, who was hurt by love, and who was extremely lacking in love, eager to love, and a little neurotic.

A Streetcar Named Desire quotes

  • Stanley: Hello... Yeah, Mac... What?

    Blanche: Take your hands off me, Stella. What's the matter with you?

    Stanley: [turns to Blanche] Will you shut up!

    [turns back to the phone]

    Stanley: No, we got a noisy woman in place... Look, I told you I don't want to bowl at Riley's. I had a little trouble with Riley last week. I'm the team captain, ain't I? All right. Then we're not gonna bowl at Riley's. We're gonna bowl at the West Side or at the Gate, and I'll see you.

    [hangs up the phone]

  • [Blanche turns on the radio and the music begins. She dances]

    Steve: What do you say, Mitch?

    [Mitch turns to Blanche]

    Stanley: Come on, Mitch, are you in?

    Mitch: What? No, I'm out!

    Stanley: [to Blanche] Who turned that on in there?

    Blanche: I did. Do you mind?

    Stanley: Well, turn it off!

    Steve: Come on, will you? Let the girls have their music?

    [Stanley goes to their room, angrily and turns off the radio]

    Blanche: Stanley!

    [He turns to Blanche and goes back to Steve and Pablo at the Poker]

    Stanley: There you are. I didn't hear your name it!