A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE A- USA (122 mi) 1951 d: Elia Kazan While Marlon Brando introduces theatrical realism with his intense, in-your-face demeanor, Vivien Leigh, in contrast, seems rather pathetic in her exaggerated, near silent era performance. The character of Blanche DuBois is supposedly based on Tennessee Williams’s sister Rose who had lifelong mental health problems until a lobotomy left her completely unreachable. While the story is steamy and sensual, featuring the physicality of…