From Paper to Film

In general it is pretty well known that novels and plays are in fact more detailed than a movie is capable of portraying.  In A Streetcar Named Desire there were some changes in which i noticed. But the movie itself did it hit well on where the novel lacked, or to be more precise helped viewer feel a closer connection with the characters. Some changes that I noticed were that some scenes were included into the movie for which were not originally included into the play.Such as, Blanche informing Mitch of how her husband died, here the scene was altered so that the two characters were on a deck overseeing the water. In additionally the endings are entirely different; while the play exhibits Stella staying with Stanley, the movie has Stella leaving Stanley. Ultimately i agreed with this decision because he did after all rape Blanche. I enjoyed the movie scenes for which the actors performed their roles to par. It allowed for the audience to not only be visually encapsulated into the play but as well as being connected as if they are a local neighbor watching in on all this drama taking place.