I thought i was a cinephile because i had watched thousands of movies. I was wrong. You can't call yourself a "cinephile" if you have not watched some particular movies. For example, you don't know anything about cinema if you have not watched CASABLANCA (1942), and i watched it a few days ago. That's exactly the case with A STREETCAR.. too. You are basic, cinema wise, if you haven't watched this.

Watching this is like travelling to a distant world/another reality. There is magic in the air, i can't describe it, but i felt like i was watching demigods on the screen. Leigh and Brado are giving glorious performances. Leigh's acting is outdated of course, and that shows how unbelieavable she was: Whereas her acting is indeed outdated, she still shines and viewers have no choice but consider it among the greatest acting performances of all time.

Brando is, lol, of course there are no words for his performance. He seems like he came from the future, the way he talks, the way he moves, his grimaces. It's like he is not an actor from this era. Like his acting method is 20-30 years ahead of his time.

Still, Leigh steals the show. Is her character the richest/more complex/more multilayered character of all time? Possible. There were moments i didn't like her at all, but in the end, i almost cried. She touched my soul. People like her should be protected at all costs. Her fate shattered me.

There was only one thing that bothered me, and i will tell it, even if that makes me an ignorant and sacrilegious moviegoer: The hideous things Kowalsky did in the end of the movie were out of character. I never viewed him as a monster during the first 115 minutes of it. Yes, he was some kind of villain but there were redeeming qualities of his, considering his time era and the cultural oppression of women. I mean, too many men were monsters back then and it was almost socially acceptable behavior. Still, during the first 115 minutes of it, i never thought he was a monster. So, the final minutes confused me. Because he acts like one.

Probably it's my fault and not Tenesse's Williams i guess, that i didn't understand Kowalsky entirely, lol. But still, i can't explain the rape. He loved his wife. He just had a baby. Blanche would soon leave. There is absolute no reason he sexually abuses her, considering that he hadn't shown any flashes before, at all.

In any case, this is a masterpiece. Go watch it.

... of two powerhouse juggernauts. Absolutely dripping with tension, acrimony and bitterness as Blanche DuBois and Stanley Kowalski lock horns in their own uniquely individual way with the backdrop a dark, drenched and run down part of New Orleans. Coupled with a pair of superb supporting performances that amplify and escalate the whole to a unique plateau, you'll feel as though you've been run down by an out of control steam train, flattened by a steamroller to be reformed in a furnace fuelled by fear, frustration and desire.

There is little to be said about this movie that thousands of critics have not stated already. It is a magnificent piece of cinema, with an intricate script delivered by actors at the peak of their talents. Leigh is unbearably brittle and fragile and she dances precariously on the edge of sanity. Marlon Brando embodies a sense of brooding masculinity that other men can only dream of attaining, while creating an enduring cinema icon and delivering one of the all-time great movie lines. From the raucous jazz score to the sleazy production design bathed in smoldering grey, 'Streetcar' is a class-act from beginning to end; sexy, brutal, and endlessly fascinating.