My Favorite Classics

What's the deal with this Vivien Leigh? She plays Blanche Dubois, this dramatic, anxious, mentally unstable woman. And she is either a very good actress or a very bad one, I couldn't decide. I just couldn't help but wanting to slap her in the face! Somehow her dramatic style of acting, and the natural intensity of Brando amplify the irritation I felt towards her. I guess that's a good thing right?
(So if you have decided on this, let me know, if there are any suggestions on which movies I should watch to find out, by all means, let me know!)

Anyways, I loved that claustrophobic atmosphere and the bad, bestial sex that Stanley Kowalsky (Brando) oozed.

WAUW THIS MOVIE IS WAY AHEAD OF IT'S TIME!!!
What I particularly like is how Lang (the direcor) shows us how the crime affects every layer of the community, without forcing his moral standards on the viewer.

Every scene is useful and complements the story, not one is wasted on useless background information.

It, or rather I, started out a little rusty, but then it went full speed!! Once I got acquainted with the characters and the style it sucked me in. I'm not really sure why, but somehow it made me think of Tim Burton, I think it was the slightly dreamy, nightmarishly atmosphere it emanated. Some frames you just want to freeze, frame and hang on the wall. Excellent piece! :)

Great chemistry between Eddie (Newman) and Sarah (Laurie), very convincing. Sarah slurred her way into my heart without any effort, I'd really like to see more of her.

Fast Eddie, you can charm your way into my game anytime ;)

Wow, I didn't even recognize Liz Taylor!
I'm glad I saw it, because her role in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (which I saw a couple of days before) doesn't do her justice!
She was phenomenal!
Martha (Taylor) and George (Richard Burton) have a venomous chemistry between them, it was a feast!

George Segal (as Nick) didn't really leave an impression on me, but his goody-goody role left more room for Sandy Dennis to excel, I loved her.

I love it how a movie can surprise you if you don't read to much about it beforehand. It was the same with this one, I can't wait to watch it again.
(And the dialogue throughout the movie is ffing brilliant..)

I enjoyed this movie immensely! Although I liked Deans goofy character, Taylor and Hudson made the biggest impression on me.
I don't want to bother you with what the movie is about, but what I can say that it's more than a story about the life of a family, it also covers some very interesting social themes.

This movie had everything that I missed in the Maltese Falcon (which I saw a couple of days ago).
Although it's running time is very generous, it didn't take any effort to watch it all the way through.

You just can't help but love Norma Desmond! The way she moves her hands; the way she tilts her head; the way she dresses; the way she talks in this wonderful melodramatic way, accompanied with even more melodramatic facial expressions.
Should I go on? (don't worry, I won't)

Norma Desmond (played by Gloria Swanson) is playing the star and leading lady of her (sad) life. And her new 'houseboy' get's a lot more than he bargained for!

The things that people are capable of through the process of dehumanization caused by fear and the basic human 'need' to explain and control the world around them (trough myth and religion) are exemplified in this movie focusing on the persecution of witches (mostly women) in the middle ages.

That's my take on it anyway, I'm not sure if the director intended to put it down like that.
What surprised me is that he drew a parallel between the symptoms of hysteria in 'modern society' and the symptoms that indicated women as witches in the middle ages. "Poor little hysterical witch! In the middle ages you were in conflict with the church. Now it is with the law" Somehow that proves to me that he is missing the point. Any way, I'm glad psychology is more advanced today, although in some cases it's just a matter of putting a different label on it.
I'm looking forward to seeing more movies like this, so if you read this and come up with one: fill me in!!

I loved this movie, Barbara Stanwyck totally won me over with her sexy, witty and cunning role, definitely want to see more of her!. And Henry Fonda, what a silly goof.

I'm usually not a fan of romantic comedies, but I'm happy to make an exception here!

I'm a sucker for movies about siblings, this one is a modern version of Cain and Abel.

Dean plays Cal, the "bad son", and Julie Harris plays Abra, his brothers girlfriend. I fell in love with Harris almost immediately, she has this disarming, natural and naughty way about her. You gotta love that scene where they're lying in that field with yellow flowers, they complement each other perfectly. This was Dean's first movie, and it's not that hard to imagine why his popularity went through the roof after it's release.

During the making of the film Raymond Massey (Cal's father) and Dean hated each other, during the bible-scene at the table he even whispered obscenities at Massey. Kazan, the director knew this and used it to spark the bad father-son relationship they have in the movie.

Oh and you gotta love Jo van Fleet, who plays Cal's tough and 'estranged' mother.

Intense acting by Celia Johnson who plays Laura Jesson. Beautiful movie...

I love this woman to pieces! The more I see of her, the more I'm convinced what a phenomenal actress she is! And boy is she HOT!!!

I was looking forward to a good cry, but I was a nervous wreck after finishing it. This movie is f***ing intense!
Gena Rowlands won several awards for her performance as Mabel Longhetti for best actress, but I'm really curious who got the Oscar that year, because she should have gotten it!

I guess this movie is about madness. And I was confronted with my own perceptions and uncomfort with people who 'suffer' from 'psychiatric illness'. The scene that illustrated that the most is the one where she's waiting at the busstop for the school-bus to arrive, to pick up her kids. She's trying to get some people to tell her what time it is, but she scares them and you see her become increasingly agitated because they don't want to stop and tell her the time. I think this is one one of my favorite scenes because her body language, and the way she walks synchronize with the character she's playing. She totally convinced me there.

After adding the trailer to Flixter and watching it a couple of times, I also have to comment on the outstanding performance of Peter Falk who plays Mabel Longhetti's husband Nick. The movie portrays the fascinating, beautiful and sometimes destructive relationship between the two. There are moments that you can't help but wonder which one of them is 'mad'.

For me, Gena Rowlands' performance is definitely one of the most memorable in my movie-watching-history.

Although the description might sound boring, this is actually a very nice and fresh (for lack of a better word) movie.
Not only the young Cybill Shepherd, Jeff Bridges and Tymothy Bottoms are a joy to watch, the 'older' women (Ellen Burstyn and Cloris Leachman) complete it.

I loved this movie. It has this clammy, sweltering feel to it. Ava Gardner was beautiful in her role as the nervous and passionate Maxine. Richard Burton was just as entertaining as in Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf.

The movie is based on a play by Tennessee Williams, and perhaps because of that, the words and dialogs are superb (for me personally anyway).
The characters of the three women are antagonistic and that's what makes it a joy to watch.

Another plus: I thought the movie would be about a man lusting for different women, but that's not at all the direction it took!