Seven minutes of one of the most searing performances in the history of cinema featuring an legendary performances from Marlon Brando as Stanley and Vivien Leigh as the deeply disturbed and tragic Blanche.
Stanley: "Take a look at yourself here in a worn-out Mardi Gras
outfit, rented for 50 cents from some rag-picker. And with a crazy crown on.
Now what kind of a queen do you think you are? Do you know that I've been on to
you from the start, and not once did you pull the wool over this boy's eyes?
You come in here and you sprinkle the place with powder and you spray perfume
and you stick a paper lantern over the light bulb - and, lo and behold, the
place has turned to Egypt and you are the Queen of the Nile, sitting on your
throne, swilling down my liquor. And do you know what I say? Ha ha! Do you hear
me? Ha ha ha!"
This scene explains why Stella could never leave Stanley - and why Marlon was the most incendiary film actor of his and, quite possibly, any other generation.
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