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A Streetcar Named Desire : I Don't Want Realism. I Want Magic!

After hearing from Stanley of Blanche's promiscuous past, Mitch (Karl Malden) confronts her (Vivien Leigh) at her sister's apartment.

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dialogue, dolly out, eyeline match, following shot, high angle, long shot, low angle, low-key lighting, medium close-up, medium shot, monologue, music, nondiegetic, one-shot, over the shoulder shot, pan, reaction shot, reverse angle, shot/reverse shot, sound, internal diegetic (or semidiegetic), source lighting, stylized acting, tilt, two-shot

Diversity in Media Representation

LGBTQ: Cisgender Female, LGBTQ: Cisgender Male, LGBTQ: Heterosexual Man, LGBTQ: Heterosexual Woman, Latinx, White, White: White American

"I Don't Want Realism. I Want Magic!" in A Streetcar Named Desire. Directed by Elia Kazan, Charles K. Feldman Group, 1951, Kinolab, https://kinolab.org/FilmClip.php?id=3893

This clip was uploaded by Kinolab.org user Julia Sayette

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