Un tram che si chiama desiderio (1951)
Blanche Dubois, vedova sessualmente repressa, va ad abitare a New Orleans in casa della sorella Stella, cerca di farsi sposare da un maturo corteggiatore, ha un ambiguo rapporto di seduzione col rozzo cognato che si chiude con uno stupro e scivola nella follia. Tratto da un dramma in undici scene di Tennessee Williams (messo in scena dallo stesso Kazan nel 1947 con gli stessi interpreti principali e Jessica Tandy nella parte di Blanche). Kazan usa la cinepresa come un microscopio che penetra nella psicologia dei personaggi, punta sulla crudeltà del linguaggio nell'esibizione dei corpi, del sudore o dell'odore, scarta una scelta naturalistica nella scenografia, si affida alla violenza della parola per suggerire le pulsioni di morte che dominano il testo. 9 nomination agli Oscar e 3 statuette per V. Leigh, K. Hunter, K. Malden. Rieditato nel 1993 con i 4 minuti a suo tempo censurati. Rifatto 2 volte per la TV.
Direttore:
Elia Kazan
Scrittori:
Oscar Saul, Tennessee Williams.
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Vivien Leigh as Blanche DuBois |
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Marlon Brando as Stanley Kowalski |
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Kim Hunter as Stella Kowalski |
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Karl Malden as Harold Mitchell |
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Rudy Bond as Steve |
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Nick Dennis as Pablo Gonzales |
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Peg Hillias as Eunice |
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Wright King as A Collector |
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Richard Garrick as A Doctor |
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Ann Dere as The Matron |
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Edna Thomas as The Mexican Woman |
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Mickey Kuhn as A Sailor |
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Mel Archer as Foreman (uncredited) |
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Walter Bacon as Club Patron (uncredited) |
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Dahn Ben Amotz as Minor Role (uncredited) |
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Marietta Canty as Giggling Woman with Eunice (uncredited) |
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John George as Passerby (uncredited) |
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John Gonetos as Vendor (uncredited) |
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Chester Jones as Street Vendor (uncredited) |
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Lyle Latell as Policeman (uncredited) |
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Joe Brooks as Worker (uncredited) |
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Mike Morelli as Bowling Alley Patron (uncredited) |
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William H. O'Brien as Waiter (uncredited) |
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Maxie Thrower as Passerby (uncredited) |
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Charles Wagenheim as Passerby (uncredited) |
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John B. Williams as Vendor (uncredited) |
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Buck Woods as Vendor (uncredited) |
| Camera | Harry Stradling Sr. | Director of Photography |
| Writing | Tennessee Williams | Theatre Play |
| Writing | Oscar Saul | Screenplay |
| Editing | David Weisbart | Editor |
| Directing | Elia Kazan | Director |
| Art | George James Hopkins | Set Decoration |
| Sound | Alex North | Original Music Composer |
| Art | Richard Day | Art Direction |
| Production | Charles K. Feldman | Producer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Gordon Bau | Makeup Artist |
| Writing | Tennessee Williams | Screenplay |
| Sound | C.A. Riggs | Sound Designer |
| Art | Donald P. Desmond | Construction Coordinator |
| Sound | Francis E. Stahl | Boom Operator |
| Sound | Nathan Levinson | Sound |
| Costume & Make-Up | Otis Malcolm | Makeup Artist |
| Directing | Don Alvarado | Assistant Director |
| Sound | Maurice De Packh | Orchestrator |
| Costume & Make-Up | Ray Forman | Hairstylist |
| Sound | Ray Heindorf | Music Director |
| Directing | John Prettyman | Assistant Director |
| Art | Bertram Tuttle | Supervising Art Director |
