A Streetcar Named Desire

Unspooled

Paul Scheer & Amy Nicholson

Film Reviews, Tv & Film

4.5 • 5K Ratings

🗓️ 28 May 2020

⏱️ 113 minutes

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Summary

Paul & Amy roll into 1951's Southern Gothic Tennessee Williams drama A Streetcar Named Desire! They compare the opposite physicality of Marlon Brando and Vivien Leigh, analyze the buildup to Brando's famous scream, and listen to a montage of musical Streetcar references. Plus: Brian Lohmann from the Impro Theater discusses improvising in the style of Tennessee Williams. For Blade Runner week, give us your rendition of the "tears in rain” speech! Call it in to the Unspooled voicemail line at 747-666-5824. Follow us on Twitter @Unspooled, get more info at unspooledpod.com and don’t forget to rate, review & subscribe to us on Apple Podcasts. Also check out our live Spool Party episodes on youtube.com/earwolf! Photo credit: Kim Troxall You can watch the Tennessee Williams UnScripted show we talk about in our interview with Brian here: https://vimeo.com/291407149/46ddada77a Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	The year is 1951 and don't you just love those afternoons when a podcast isn't a podcast,
0:06.4	but a little piece of eternity dropped into your hands.
0:10.0	The movie, a street car named desire.
0:31.0	Hello, I'm Amy Nicholson and welcome to unspoiled.
0:35.6	I'm Amy Nicholson.
0:37.0	And I'm Paul Sheer and this is the podcast where we watch one film from the A.F.I.
0:41.6	is top 100 best films of all timeless to see if they are really as good as people say,
0:46.6	do they hold up and how have the influence of films we watch now?
0:50.2	Today we're talking about a street car named desire.
0:53.2	But before we get into that, just want to remind people that we are still raising money for charity.
0:58.4	If you go to tpublic.com slash stores slash unspoiled, you can get your very own unspoiled shirt
1:05.4	that is kind of influenced by rear window.
1:09.4	It's raising money for an amazing charity.
1:11.4	100% of all the proceeds is going directly to that charity.
1:15.6	So we're excited about that.
1:16.6	So get over there if you can.
1:17.6	If you have a few extra dollars on you, give something, get something.
1:20.8	It works out perfectly.
1:22.6	And also this Monday, if you were listening to this before Monday, the first of June,
1:27.7	we're doing our next spool party.
1:30.4	We're doing a spool party on our YouTube channel and it is going to be for none other than
1:35.0	the great classic coming to America.
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