I was thinking of Cate and Marlon — there is no Stanley at all — but I did think it interesting that Allen chose this as his Streetcar revision. © 2020 Vox Media, LLC. Once a debutante from an exclusive southern heritage, her father wasted the family fortune and she was reduced to beg for help. I hope you get a chance to rent Blue Jasmine soon. I hope you get to see Blue Jasmine soon. Breaking down what went into distinguishing the series’ many matches from one another and from all other onscreen portrayals of the game. Word. ( Log Out /  It was easy, darn right predictable, to see Baldwin in this role—again—the man in charge who is a schmuck. Either way, the end result was a great film! I wouldn’t say I greatly enjoyed either of the films, but it was refreshing [albeit disconcerting] to see that some of the current problems concerning gender across different societal positions are very analogous if not exact to those “back in the day” of Streetcar. I haven’t seen Blue Jasmine yet, but A Streetcar named desire is a really powerful film filled with impressive performances.

The contrast from elegant to trashy is what makes the situation interesting. The association between the two never occurred to me. The fact that she spends hours on the tub represents that she is trying to remove all of the sins that she has committed, she wants so cleanse herself, from her sexual experiences, but she is unable to do so because she cannot erase her illicit past. The comedian chatted with us on Instagram in front of her glorious wall of hats.

MORE ABOUT THE PLOT Everyone agrees— Blue Jasmine is Allen’s modernized version of A Streetcar Named Desire. Even from watching the trailer, it gave me similar vibes to Tennessee William’s classic play A Streetcar Named Desire. I agree that it is a modern adaptation of the previous film. It’s a shame they were born in different eras because Marlon vs Cate would be basically everything I would ever want to see in a movie and at the end of the day we’d all win.
But he sells it beautifully. Sorry, your blog cannot share posts by email. The plot, the themes, the tragedy are both similar. I’m glad Cate won at the Oscars. I’m afraid my memory doesn’t serve me well enough to remember if she mentioned the book at all! Though I’ve yet to see Blue Jamine, yours is the first to relate it to Elia Kazan’s classic adaptation of the Tennessee Williams’ play. I adore Vivien Leigh in ‘Streetcar’ – she plays madness so convincingly. Lurid reflections appear on the walls in odd, sinuous shapes. Vivian Leigh played the fragile Blanche perfectly. Hi Paul! I know Streetcar is on my list, or I think it is. Scene 9: Mitch and Blanche talking alone at the Kowalski's house → she hears the Polka in her head, it then stops as a gun shot is heard. Cate gives her best performance to date. When she’s not insulting Ginger’s dopey-prole boyfriend, Chili (Bobby Cannavale), Jasmine swallows anti-depressants and goes in and out of fugue states, babbling to anyone and no one while we’re whisked back in time to scenes of her life with her husband, Hal (Alec Baldwin), in Manhattan and the Hamptons. Change ), You are commenting using your Google account. The play, yes! The Varsouviana polka symbolizes Blanche's loss of innocence and how the suicide of her beloved was the event that triggered her mental decline and alcoholism. Did Jasmine know her husband was defrauding investors? We’ve all done one of them calls at four o’clock in the morning.”, Samantha Bee’s ‘Panel of Losers’ Won Late Night This Week. Nice interview! This is the first post that I have read to discuss both films together. These two giants would sharpen their excellence on each other. Unfortunately, I haven’t been able to view “Blue Jasmine” yet. This song reminds her of her high-society priviliged life that she no longer has.
Hi Serge.

But he sells it beautifully. Thanks for sharing.

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Joe Neumaier, New York Daily News, offers further info about the plot: In a series of flashbacks, Jasmine’s investment broker ex-husband Hal (Alec Baldwin) is revealed as a philandering sneak. She clutches her throat and then runs into the bathroom. SD, Hi Sandra, wasn’t CB amazing?

It’s a wonderful dark comedy/tragedy. During an interview with Cate Blanchett, she claimed that Woody Allen told her he had never seen Street Car! Change ), It’s 1928. This sets the mood of Blanche being unstable and imagining music that no one else can hear. A Woody Allen film, you should be able to pick it up easily on Netflix or rent it on Amazon. Word.

Blue Jasmine has a similar plot and the point of view from Jasmine is a film showcasing an outstanding talent.

Every time the polka is played, Blanche becomes distracted and irrational; she panics and loses her grip on reality.

So which is better? Do we have to pick a winner?

In her first scene, in which she holds forth in a plane (all the way to the luggage carousel) to an unfortunate fellow passenger, Blanchett seems too theatrical, too fluent. Thank you for commenting . As Jasmine repeatedly explains, this song was playing when she and Hal met. For. “I have always depended on the kindest of strangers.” Poor Blanche.

Cate’s performance is amazing. Both Blanche and Jasmine's husbands commit suicide.

but there was a towering, magnificent Blanch and I wish I could have seen Cate play her live in the real play, not this hodgepodge./. Ooops. (Thumps self on the forehead!). Blue Jasmine received praise from the critics, particularly for Cate Blanchett's performance; additionally, they compared the film to Tennessee Williams' play A Streetcar Named Desire. Top work Cindy.

This is the same in "Blue Jasmine", when Jasmine reveals her husband's crimes to the police, leading to Hal’s arrest and later, his suicide. And I--I'm fading now! I do have a soft spot for her, as you can see, Cindy.

I’m glad that she won too. Jasmine in the film listening to the song Blue Moon in her head, Symbols in "A Streetcar named Desire" and "Blue Jasmine", Hal is exposed as fraudster and taken to jail, She starts selling her jewellery to make money, Their son Danny drops out of Harvard and runs away because he is ashamed of his father's actions, Hal commits suicide → as in "A Streetcar named Desire" this is what sparks Jasmine's madness and she later becomes an alcoholic. (This Is Not a Metaphor.).

Still haven’t managed to catch Blue Jasmine but Streetcar is fantastic. Similarities Substance abuse (Blanche is an alcoholic and Jasmine is an alcoholic who is also addicted to prescription pills). Which she was as surprised about as you and I!

Cate Blanchett captured the fragile, elegant, delusional, sarcastic, loving, self-absorbed Blanche DuBois fantastically. She covers the bare lightbulb in her room to create enchantment, to forget her past and live a make-believe reality.

In the middle of the night, when the polka was playing, Blanche told Allen that he "disgusted" her.

A film devoted to 20s-40s literary greats! However, Cate wins over Vivian and Peter is an interesting alternative to Karl. Photography. While Blue Jasmine  was not a direct replica of A Streetcar Named Desire, it was easy to associate the two if you consider Cate Blanchett played Blanche DuBois successfully in the Sydney traveling production in 2009, (Joel Edgerton was Stanley) and Alec Baldwin played Kowalski on the stage in the 1990s. National Treasure Tiffany ‘New York’ Pollard Returns to VH1 for Reunion Special. In Blue Jasmine, a congressman looking for a woman sophisticated enough to match his lifestyle; Blanchett’s Blanche almost catches herself a big fish. See How Justin Bieber’s 2020 Is Going In YouTube Doc.