The Glass Menagerie: Favorite Scene

[@LeofromFreo]

One shot, one camera shot. No edit. He nails it.

[@lucyk2371]

Devastating....reading this in high school I could not appreciate it...now after living life as an adult I find it so moving. Knowing what it's like to get so close to your dream and then lose it, running away from troubles only to find that you really can't...what an amazing masterpiece.

[@RobTheBernardinosaur]

John Malkovich's acting in this movie was excellent

[@sawyerleemoore]

Beautiful scene. John Malkovich is the perfect Tom. I hope to memorize this monologue as personal challenge. Thanks for uploading.

[@40Pacino]

I always get a little emotional when he says "blow out your candles Laura"

[@SmokingEagle]

No doubt one of his best performances of all time was this movie

[@billdarby1]

So much drama in this final scene and it is just a man wandering around a room lost in his memories. This is my favorite play.

[@ShadowsofthePastTheater]

It's my favorite play too!

[@jibsoz]

Saw this on the big screen when it first came out , absolutely loved it and still do. Brilliant acting from John Malkovich.

[@angelaguerrawilson6130]

I have a sister like Laura. Makes me cry every time

[@dnggitg]

I saw this in the theater back when it was released, and I was profoundly moved by it. It's been a favorite ever since. Used to be readily available on VHS, but it might be on the rare side now. Too bad. This is my favorite Malkovich performance, and I've always admired Karen A. too. I think you're watching the definitive Tom here...though I've always wondered how a young Christopher Walken would play Tom.

[@sfeclitza]

brilliant scene

[@RiverMayfly]

Thank you so much! This is lovely. I liked this Tom a lot, and also the fact that the soliloquy is kept as a whole; it's a masterpiece. (It was horrible to see that other filmic versions have cut out many parts of it.)

[@zachmahan1494]

This is an amazing play. I love this play and I am also doing this monologue for competition and really enjoy the way John does this monologue it is incredible and powerful.

[@ShadowsofthePastTheater]

I realize you wrote this comment ages ago, but what ever happened to the competition? Did you ever end up using the monologue?

[@sfeclitza]

he's very much like biff in the death of a salesman , another underrated role. I LOVE THESE MOVIES :)

[@meesterperfect]

Makes me almost cry. I know just how he feels.

[@MrFalconford]

when actors share apart of themselves with a audience it seems your only response can be thankyou its obvious that laura candle will never go out

[@SergioGonzalez-qt9gt]

Nostalgia can kill you, you can't run away from it or out run it. Tom is realising he needs to let go of things in his past if he is to move on and be happy. He is simultaneously realising that he has regrets in his past. Things he didnt act on, and things he ran away from. I believe the lesson learnt is live life in the now, not in the past, and, when you do this you will not be dangerously nostalgic. The future can be so much more exciting then the past because it is unknown. Having said that, there are so many ways to interpret the themes of this play, your own disposition will influence what message you pull from it. Truly a masterpiece. RIP Prof. James Wilson

[@jacobbroadley]

I prefer this version. It would be great to post the opening scene. I love his first monologue

[@LaurenOwlet]

I feel like John Malkovich is highly underrated. :(

[@LoveJungle420]

That was Malkovich? That was genius!

[@Kletti78]

@ VictoriaWinters1991, It has been released on DVD... I own it. Look on eBay or Amazon for it, Im sure youll find it there ;)

[@CARUMA44]

Victoria, you'll find a region free dvd player on linefor a few bucks more than a regular player. Pioneer makes excellent dvd players. Some web pages from stores in N.Y. sell them for $120.00 or so. I bought 1, 5 years ago and I can play any dvd available from any country.

[@c-force5217]

I love John Malkovich in this film. It makes me wonder who else would be good as Tom for an adaptation of this film if it were made today. I feel John Krasinski would be a great Tom Wingfield. He was great in The Office, Jack Ryan and A Quiet Place, and he would be awesome as Tom.

[@organboi]

Best performance of this play is on Broadway now. Period. Go see for yourself.

[@Kletti78]

@VictoriaWinters1991 if you have a DVD-drive on your computer, you should be able to watch all region DVDs... at least thats what I do, and it usually works fine :)

[@missbabyice]

I'd love to see the whole of this :)

[@TheCarlbags]

hopefully this helps me with my soliloquy tommorow

[@CARUMA44]

Victoria: When you get your dvd player, you'll fin the Paul Newman Version of this film (this one) on Amazon.co.uk in English with Czech subtitles or another version with Dutch Subtitles but more expensive that can also be found at Amazon.com. you may alo try Amazon.fr or Amazon.de or amazon.es. Rgds, I am Carlos and I am a collector and world film buff with 2000 films.

[@Kletti78]

@VictoriaWinters1991 another thing you could try is download VLC videoplayer, I believe this one plays all DVDs, regardless of the region...

[@Kletti78]

@VictoriaWinters1991 that really sucks :( if I ever find a region 1 dvd, Ill let you know :)

[@HOTRODRICO]

i dont get why he tells laura to blow out her candles? what is the symbolisim in that? and why is the apt empty and seemingly burned ? where did his mother and sister. go? it stresses me out.. i want answers.. =(

[@008mesut]

Malkovich'in Tom karakterini oynaması

[@moviemonk1000]

There is a DVD of this but the Susskind Version is much better because of Kate Hepburn and Sam Waterston though Malkevich is always good

[@LeofromFreo]

charles pope yes, I remember seeing the original film version at a cinema in the eighties though it was as part of a retrospective festival. My English teacher took us to see it. Both are exquisite films. Hard to get hold of a good, new DVD.

[@rustypudder4606]

I loved the movie. My class mates hated it. Idk why

[@defrozendonut8715]

they hate art and drama

[@sha11235]

I don't remember this film being a big hit.

[@siralsiral2233]

Holy shit , spit it out already...so damn dramatic....sheesh.

[@gadgetman5311]

Lol

[@GINGERALER]

Sorry, but I think this was the worse screen adaptation of the story. Malkovich is way too pretentious to be taken seriously as a poor warehouse worker in this role. Woodward has a southern accent like I got a southern accent. The person playing Laura gives a dull uninspired performance.

[@michaelursu3281]

Thank you... this isn't how a real, down and out warehouse worker would speak. Too intellectual

[@ShadowsofthePastTheater]

@@michaelursu3281 Then your main issue is with the play itself and not the performance if you don't feel a 'real down and out warehouse worker' would speak like that. Just remember that Williams wrote this play and much of it was based on his own family experiences. Tennessee WAS Tom and his sister, Rose, inspired the character of Laura. When she died, he had 'Blow out your candles, Laura' written on her tombstone.

[@michaelursu]

@@ShadowsofthePastTheater As I get back into acting class, and studying some of my favorite plays "this one being one of them," I'm trying to like this scene. I still think it's too much. That being said I don't NOT like Malkovich, his monologue of Biff in DEATH OF A SALESMAN (you can youtube it) is amazing and more real than this. I guess this is kinda a surreal scene at the end. I saw Christian Slater perform this back in 2005 and really liked his "everyman" vibe

[@ShadowsofthePastTheater]

@@michaelursu I'll have to check out Malkovich as Biff to see the comparison. It's a shame Slater's version (that I know of) isn't available on youtube. I'd like to see that to compare as well. Honestly, Malkovich is probably my first version of Tom so that's probably why I'm partial to his performance. I've also see Montgomery Cliff in the role and I was not impressed...but then to be fair, it was mainly the butchered version of the play. Even Williams panned it. And I'd love to see your interpretation of this scene. Let me know if you ever decide to record it and I'll review it. :)