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A Streetcar Named Desire : Closing Sequence

After Stanley (Marlon Brando) assaults Blanche (Vivien Leigh), she experiences a psychological breakdown. A worried Stella (Kim Hunter) and neighbor, Eunice (Peg Hillias), arrange for Blanche to be taken to the mental hospital. Stella takes the baby and leaves Stanley.

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blocking, camera leading, closing sequence, deep focus, dissolve, dolly in, eyeline match, fade-in, fade-out, following shot, framing, high angle, long shot, match on action, medium close-up, medium long shot, medium shot, mirror shot, music, nondiegetic, pan, reaction shot, reverse angle, sound advance, sound effects, sound lag, sound, internal diegetic (or semidiegetic), special effects, stylized acting, tilt, two-shot

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

"Closing Sequence" in A Streetcar Named Desire. Directed by Elia Kazan, Charles K. Feldman Group, 1951, Kinolab, https://kinolab.org/FilmClip.php?id=3894

This clip was uploaded by Kinolab.org user Julia Sayette

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