A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)
By the time it transferred to the screen, Tennessee Williams’ play had become a standard for the new band of edgy actors, fresh from the New York studios of Lee Strasberg and Stella Adler. Known as The Method, their spontaneous acting technique was derided initially as the ‘Mumble School’. But under Elia Kazan’s direction, Marlon Brando’s performance - all sweat and raw animalism - made the critics shut up and take notice of a new generation of angry young men.
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