Un Tranvia Llamado Deseo

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Blu-ray review
Movie 5.0
Video 4.0
Audio 4.0
Extras 4.0
Overall 4.5

A Streetcar Named Desire has lost little if any of its impact in the 60 years since its original release. Though the film had to make several rather substantial changes from the original play to get by the censors, overall the film rather adeptly alludes to pretty much everything Williams was getting at, if perhaps in a slightly more circumspect way than in the original stage version. (This Blu-ray presents the restored version of the film which was previously released on DVD and which includes several snippets excised from the original release.) Younger audience who can't quite understand what the fuss ever was over Marlon Brando may be awestruck by the intense physicality of the actor at this early stage in his career, and the performances of Leigh, Hunter and Malden (all of whom won well deserved Oscars) are the stuff of legend. This new Blu-ray does a film classic proud, with excellent video and audio and a wealth of supplementary material. Highly recommended.