Casablanca 1942

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  Casablanca was released by Warner Brothers studio in 1942. The Motion picture was directed by Micheal Curtiz. The movie was filmed during the early 1940’s and it considered one of the many classical films. In fact, the American Film Institute voted Casablanca the #3 film of all time. The film starred Humphrey and Bogart and Ingrid Bergman. Casablanca was very popular because how much it related to the audience during that time. It was mentioned in the Flashback textbook, the film was “released during the darkest days of World War 11, and Bogart’s ultimate romantic gesture-giving up the woman he loves and always will for the greater good- struck a responsive chord among Americans.”Casablanca earned three academy awards which included; “best picture,” “best director” and “best Screenplay.”

 

                              

2.      http://www.filmsite.org/casa.html

The article named Casablanca 1942, from Film site Movie Review discussed the wonderful aspects of the film. The article starts off by explaining the classical film being the much-love romantic melodrama, which found itself on the top-ten lists of great American films. The article then continues by saying Casablanca incredible rich and smoky atmosphere created a certain mood to the film. The specific dark shadows and lighting also enhanced the strength of several powerful romantic and political scenes. The article named Casablanca “one of the most popular, magical, and flawless films of all times”. The incredible film featured themes which included lost love, honor, and duty. The film also illustrated the wonderful connection among each character. The review then gives a detailed summary of the film.  

 

3.      The Film Site Movie review article relates to the film by first appreciating its classical love-melodramatic style, but by recognizing the many significant aspects of the film as well. For example, the article mentioned the great emotional connection between the characters, which made the film so interesting to watch during this era.  The audience had the opportunity to relate the film from what they were going through in their own personal life.  A great example in the film which goes back to what the article mentioned was the relationship between character Rick and Lisa. Their conversation had so much depth and meaningful responses.  The connection between the two truly had a strong impact to the film dramatic scenes. For example, when Rick selflessly sends Lisa on to the plane out of Casablanca, the film emotionally impacted the audiences.

                    

4.      I really didn’t find Casablanca that interesting what so ever. But I can appreciate the storyline and where it was coming from. I like how the director used what was currently happening to the nation to create a good theme to the film. The melodramatic scenes were extremely predictable and I knew Rick and Lisa would never stay together. But overall I did like the dark shadows in the film because it did add a sense of urgency to see what is going to happen next.