Brilliant film.
So Fisher comes home from attending the Sorbonne in Paris - home of Hot Jazz in the 1920s. Her horizons have been widened by her experience in the metropolitan liberal culture and she may now be said to be like a fish out of water. She has no problem walking down the street in a black area, but she knows she does have a problem in having to submit to the venal, spiteful meat market of the wealthy southern 'debutante season'.
She also knows that the grandson of Governor Dobyne has so much more to offer than the rich kids around her. She knows he had a scholarship to 'Ole Miss' but is now reduced to poverty by the fate and failings of his parents.
Tennessee Williams shows us all of this. The spiteful teasing comments routinely aimed at her; the puerile games of Postman and patty cake; the shallow social scene of the wealthy socialite ladies. Fisher wants something better than all that!
Both Jimmy and Fisher have to fight their inner battles, and find their best selves. Ultimately each of them resolve their inner conflicts, understanding that sometimes perfection is the enemy of the good.
Technically? First class!. Design, wardrobe, lighting, acting. I loved it all!
So Fisher comes home from attending the Sorbonne in Paris - home of Hot Jazz in the 1920s. Her horizons have been widened by her experience in the metropolitan liberal culture and she may now be said to be like a fish out of water. She has no problem walking down the street in a black area, but she knows she does have a problem in having to submit to the venal, spiteful meat market of the wealthy southern 'debutante season'.
She also knows that the grandson of Governor Dobyne has so much more to offer than the rich kids around her. She knows he had a scholarship to 'Ole Miss' but is now reduced to poverty by the fate and failings of his parents.
Tennessee Williams shows us all of this. The spiteful teasing comments routinely aimed at her; the puerile games of Postman and patty cake; the shallow social scene of the wealthy socialite ladies. Fisher wants something better than all that!
Both Jimmy and Fisher have to fight their inner battles, and find their best selves. Ultimately each of them resolve their inner conflicts, understanding that sometimes perfection is the enemy of the good.
Technically? First class!. Design, wardrobe, lighting, acting. I loved it all!