CASABLANCA IS A BEAUTIFUL CLASSIC! Movie Reaction First Time Watching!
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- CASABLANCA MOVIE REACTION! Today I'll be watching a film I have never seen before Casablanca released in 1942-1943 for the first time. Here's my Casablanca reaction. Watch the ENTIRE Movie with me? Check out: / timotheereacts
Rick Blaine (Humphrey Bogart), who owns a nightclub in Casablanca, discovers his old flame Ilsa (Ingrid Bergman) is in town with her husband, Victor Laszlo (Paul Henreid). Laszlo is a famed rebel, and with Germans on his tail, Ilsa knows Rick can help them get out of the country.
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There is a special magic in old black and white films. No matter how far the time goes, they still attract. These are masterpieces that will live forever.
As Time Goes By...
This is one of the most iconic films in cinematic history. Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman have such great chemistry. That final line, "Here's lookin' at you, kid." Always gets me.
Actually the final line is another one of the most iconic lines in film history "Louis I think this is the start of a beautiful friendship".
@@jamesmoyner7499 It’s never gets old
She wasn't unfaithful. She married Lazlo when she was too young and didn't understand that mature love is different from the great admiration she felt for him. She was older when she thought he died and went into grief and loss of what she thought would be her future. Rick helped her begin healing and she found out the difference between admiration, infatuation, and the mature sexual/spiritual love of an adult. If she married Lazlo before the age of 22 her brain wasn't even fully developed yet, when the frontal lobes can succeed in overriding the amygdala, seat of emotions. She didn't tell Rick Lazlo was alive because she honored her vow, to forsake all others, and Lazlo's judgement about keeping their marriage secret to protect all the people that supported Lazlo. She made the best decision she could at the time, Lazlo was very ill, Rick would be fine, even if heartbroken. She really wouldn't have gone to Casablanca had she known Rick was there. It was still too painful for her too.
Lazlo knew he'd married her very young. If she thought he was dead, he has no problem with her following her nature. He loves her and knows Rick does too, and they, much older men, know ultimately they're both responsible for the pain and danger she's in.
She's overwhelmed and tells Rick he'll have to think for both of them. It's the result of years worth of worry, loss of Lazlo, loss of Rick, loss of her home and country, and the daily theats the SS officer makes to her face, to the man whose cause she believes in completely.
How well would you do in a like situation?
Humphrey Bogart was born in 1899 and Ingrid Bergman was born in 1915. The best way to learn about old movies is to watch them. Great reaction!!!!
This was written before the bombing of Pearl Harbor, so was before the US was at war, and when this was filmed, the Allies were not doing well and everyone was uncertain what was in store, who might win, and that underlying tension gives a depth to the film. Similarly, the last part of the script was unwritten and the cast did not know whether Ilsa would go or stay, who might get shot and how the triangle would be resolved. So the tension about the plot was also part of the performances. The ring shown to Victor when he first arrives had the symbol of the ‘Free French,’ - the Underground. Many of the cast and crew were actual refugees from occupied countries in Europe, so the tears shed while they sang La Marseillaise were real. The director Michael Curtiz was trying to get his family from Hungary to the US during the filming.
The film was looked on partially as a plea for the US to change from trying to be uninvolved, neutral and unconcerned to supporting the Allied cause, which is reflected in the change in Rick. The famous lines at the end about the ‘problems of 3 people not amounting to a hill of beans in this crazy world’ was a common sentiment in wartime for many people who realized that their personal happiness might have to be sacrificed for the greater good of everyone.
Used to be, if you told a Millennial-Z he had to “Watch more classic B&W films”, he would LITERALLY think you were forcing him to do a 20 page NYU film-school essay on the editing and camerawork of Citizen Kane, Seventh Seal and Casablanca.
Now, thanks to CZcams reactions, we have fangirls sobbing “NOOO, Rick was supposed to go together with Ilsa! 😭”
Well I had to do an essay on this film in community college
The last surviving cast member was Madeline LeBeau (1923-2016), who played Yvonne. The tears on her face singing the Marseillaise were very real. She actually did flee Paris when the German army occupied the city and became a refugee in a torturous route which involved Lisbon, Chile, Mexico and Canada before making it to the US. Many in the cast were refugees from the War, and the cast very international (the only two native-born Americans were Rick and Sam)
I love this movie. This is a true classic & one of my favorites. One of the most, if not the most quoted movie ever.
The fact that this movie was made & took place during WWII makes it even more impactful. Especially for some of the actors, who were French refugees who didn't know if their family's in France were alive & not. You can really see their true emotions during the scene where they start singing '"La Marseillaise", the French national anthem.
The actor who plays Major Strasser is the legendary Conrad Veidt. Veidt was a major star of German silent cinema (among other things he played Cesare in the highly influential 'The Cabinet of Doctor'Caligari' and also starred in the first ever pro gay film that argued for gay rights, Veidt was likely bisexual himself), and also staunchly anti Nazi. He was actually the highest paid actor on Casablanca, and donated the majority of his fee to the ongoing British war effort (he also donated a large portion of his estate and earnings from his previous films to the war effort as well). Because of his fame he could've quite easily remained in Germany and been allowed certain privileges if he went along with Nazis, instead, despite being Protestant, he declared himself to be Jewish on his German 'race card' in solidarity with his Jewish wife, went to do movies in England (two of which were highly sympathetic to Jewish people), and regularly spoke out in public against the Nazi regime. Around 1933/34 he returned to Germany to complete a film he was contracted for, at which point he was arrested and imprisoned by the Gestapo, who subjected him to various psychological torture methods to try and force him into denouncing his anti Nazi views. He didn't budge and eventually (a few weeks from memory of biographies I've read) the British Government and British Gaumont films intervened on his behalf and secured his release. He left Germany for the last time (he would never see his home again) with the Gestapo having issued an execution order for him. He then went on to help his wife's family escape Nazi Germany, as well as helping a number of other Jewish, queer, and left wing artists to escape the Nazis as well (including Paul Henreid, who plays Victor Lazlo in Casablanca). He became a British citizen in 1939, and continued to speak out against Nazism and support the fight against them until his death. Sadly he never got to see the Nazi's defeated, as he died of a massive heart attack at the age of 50 in 1943.
As Casablanca was released in Spain during the Franco's dictatorship, censorship supressed Rick's participation in the Civil War on the side of the Republic.
The emblem on the ringo that the stranger shows Viktor and Ilsa is the Cross of Lorraine, the symbol of the French Resistance.
With the whole world crumbling, we pick this time to fall in love.
So many great lines in this film.
The actor who plays Major Strasser in this, Conrad Veidt, his appearance in the movie "The Man Who Laughs" was one of the inspirations in the creation of the Joker.
He only agreed to accept the role if Strasser was portrayed as evil. An interesting man. Born in Germany and fought for Germany in WWI. Opposed the Nazis and went to Britain with hid Jewish wife. Veidt was not Jewish, but when everyone in the film industry had to declared their race, he entered Jewish on his form.
This movie, man...
When I was in community college, I took an English class that was all about film studies. We watched four (technically five, as one was our final) classic movies in total: Chinatown, The Third Man, North by Northwest, and Casablanca. I LOVED this movie for just its cultural impact after so darn long, but also, its ending line is a hook that sticks with you long after it's over. I recommend watching "Carrotblanca", the Looney Tunes parody of this film. It's got that zany Looney Tunes spirit but it has some heart in there.
Ugarte is played by Peter Lorre, that accent of his is very easy to imitate
I love Carrotblanca it’s so sweet and zany!
You didnt give Ilsa enough credit without knowing the whole story. She wasnt a dumb blonde. That situation was so unique, Great reaction though.
I've watched a lot of millennials react to this, and most of them take the same "hate her" approach, not understanding that unraveling her story is the mystery, to go along with the melodrama of Lazlo's attempt to get out and all the other elements of this great film.
That was really a pretty superficial reaction. Full of prejudice and always preoccupied with making “smart” comments instead of engaging with the complex story.
Director Michael Curtiz was known for his creative use of high-contrast, frequent strong shadows and unusual lighting in black & white film. If you rewatch, notice how the black & white lighting is stylized to create an atmosphere, and reveal both character and to give hints of plot points.
Known films are adventures of robin hood, mildred pierce, yankee doodle dandy many films one of the best directors of the 20th century
I highly recommend you and Clariss reacting to "The African Queen" from 1951 starring Humphrey Bogart, who won the Best Actor Oscar for this film, and Katherine Hepburn. It's a fun adventure film with beautiful and exotic African scenery and has great chemistry between Bogie and Hepburn. A must see for you two.
Please do The African Queen, it’s such a rewarding experience, in the same vein as this
This movie is pretty old, but it’s still a classic. Did you know that if you listen very closely, the song “As Time Goes By” from this movie plays in the background during the Warner Bros. logo. Not to mention this movie still has a very memorable line in my opinion.
“Here’s looking at you, kid.”
One of the best films ever made and always will be. The 1942 film "Casablanca" has more quotes on the AFI 100 Best Movie Quotes List than any other film--six. It ranks as the best-written screenplay of all time. It is #2 on my permanent best films list after only Walt Disney's 1964 "Mary Poppins."
Asking for 1940s classic film recommendations? Here we go! Citizen Kane, The Maltese Falcon, Out of the Past, The Third Man, Double Indemnity, The Treasure of the Sierra Madre, Wizard of Oz if you want to push into the 30s. I could go on and on and I'd love to say more about any of these films if you are at all curious. If you ever push into silent film Chaplin and Buster Keaton films are a lot of fun, though it's the German and Russian silents that really pushed the limits of filmmaking at the time. Hope you dive in, there's a lot of fun to be had.
Little Caesar, The Public Enemy, G-Men, High Sierra, Key Largo, Angels with Dirty Faces, The Roaring Twenties, Petrified Forest, White Heat
The Third Man is a Masterful Noir film
@@3Kings_Industries If I had to pick one film from the ones I suggested that he would like I'd pick that one.
@@3Kings_Industries I think he'd enjoy the two great neo-noirs more, if only for the color...Chinatown and LA Confidential. But yes, The Third Man is a great film.
@@flarrfan both fantastic Neo-Npir genre films. Especially Chinatown.
But, there is something about the old Black & White classics. The use of shadows is a lost art. The gradients, the subtle suspense, the emotion...
A very old movie but still a classic
The dynamic 1950 duo: "Sunset Blvd." & "All About Eve"
When they filmed the movie, the cast did not know the ending. Ingrid Bergman was told to play it down the middle. Even she didn't know which man she was going to get in the end. They even filmed two different endings.
It's strange that people say they react to the classics and almost no one reacts to Ben Hur(1959), which for decades was the absolute champion in number of Oscars.
A true timeless classic 😄
Ahh, Humphrey Bogart is the original Original Gangsta! (Literally, in several movies.) He even made a slight speech impediment look cool.
So, as Bogey would say, "Shwell reaction, Shweetheart."
NEVER say Ingrid Bergman belongs to the streets. Never!! 😡
Many millennials don't seem to have the patience for the kind of plot development that goes into 20th century classics...
Would love it if you watched more old classics. There are so many good one to choose from. I would start with Gaslight , Rear Window, and Laura.
Such an iconic movie! Best Humphrey Bogart movie ever!
My dad’s favorite black and white movie.
Oldies, but goodies: The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938); Harvey (1950); The Day The Earth Stood Still (1951); The Party (1968)
The ideal film to watch after Casablanca is NOTORIOUS (1946).
Awesome reaction of my favorite movie!!!!😊😊😊😊
So is my dad.
Casablanca movie really is a great classic.
This was during the war. Many of the actors and extras were refugees from Nazi Europe, so the emotion and tears during the singing of the French national anthem were real.
For more B&W classics you should see:
It's a Wonderful Life
The Maltese Falcon
Great Expectations
The Big Sleep
Stalag 17
Liberty Valence
Anatomy of a Murder
Winchester 73
Roman Holiday
To Kill a Mockingbird
To Have and Have Not
Laura
Kansas City Confidential
Gentleman's Agreement
Wuthering Heights
The Thin Man
The Desperate Hours
Gilda
The Best Years of Our Lives
Key Largo
Nightfall
Young Frankenstein
House of Strangers
The Grapes of Wrath
Mr Smith Goes to Washington
Citizen Kane
Boomerang
High Noon
How Green Was My Valley
Pride of the Yankees
The Hustler
Other classics I'd recommend are: Mister Roberts made in 1955, True Grit from 1968, The Caine Mutiny released in1954, Witness for the Prosecution made in 1957, The Good The Bad And The Ugly released 1966, The Manchurian Candidate from 1962 and The Asphalt Jungle produced in 1950.
"True Grit," my favorite Western film and #3 on my permanent best films list, debuted in early July 1969.
HAPPY NEW YEAR TIM🍾🍾🥳🥳🎉🎉 "here,s looking at you kid" and casablanca is an iconic and a CLASSIC black and white film🎥🎬👌and tim please do a movie reaction to the goonies it's a wonderfull life the never ending story and the wizard of oz
Recommendations: Hitchcock (Rear Window, North by Northwest, Psycho)...Billy Wilder (Sunset Blvd., Some Like It Hot, The Apartment). All six of these are on the American Film Institute all-time top 100. Three more in the classic Film Noir category: the granddaddy of them all, The Maltese Falcon (1941), Chinatown (1974) and LA Confidential (1997).
Probably the Best movie ever .
Excellent ❤❤
I recommend you Gilda, what you may remember for Shawshank Redemption.
From the 50's, The naked jungle, Ben Hur and The African Queen.
Filmed during II World War, Canterville Ghost (1944).
We said "bro" at exactly the same time. That is frickin funny.
Love your reactions to the classics! I highly recommend "Sunset Boulevard" (1950)--I think you'd enjoy it.
And Wilder's two other greats, Some Like It Hot and The Apartment.
@@flarrfanalso double indemnity
@@skyeslaton3435 Can't recommend a classic noir unless one has already seen the granddaddy of noir, The Maltese Falcon.
Classics in glorious black and white:
Belinda (1948)
Fury (1936)
Miracle on 34th Street (1947)
To be or not to be (1942)
You can't take it with you (1938)
The Manchurian candidate (1962)
Suddenly (1954)
Gilda (1946)
Brigning up Baby (1938)
Arsénico and old lace (1944)
Rebecca (1940)
Stagecoach (1944)
Pánico in the streets (1950)
Gaslight (1944)
Fail safe (1964)
Invasion of the body snatchers (1956)
Lots of great recs but...No millennial will get the humor of Mad 4 World. One has tried and failed. The only spark of recognition from her was for the Three Stooges. I love Mad 4 World but its comedy is almost entirely based on audience recognition of the greatest comedians of the mid-20th century all crammed into one epic of cinema history. If you don't know why the guy in the Maxwell says "Well!" you won't laugh at it.
Casablanca, what a classic.
Lawrence of Arabia (1960) is essential viewing.
the greatest movie ever made!
Metaphorically, this movie is about the US entering the war despite a lot of emotional resistance. There is even an explicit s of lines, "What time is it in America" with Am replying "December1941." That doesn't make sense, as a time, but December 1942 is the month of the Pearl Harbor attack, which pulled the US into the war. I've also always thought it wasn't a coincidence that "casa blanca" means "white house."
Recommendations: My all-time favorite: The Best Years of Our Lives. Other top Bogart moves: Treasure of the Sierra Madre, The African Queen, The Maltese Falcon (best noir ever). A brace of Hitchcock: Lifeboat, The 39 Steps, The Lady Vanishes. Anything by Capra, especially It's a Wonderful Life and Meet John Doe for Christmas. Comedies: The Shop Around the Corner (Christmas), The Philadelphia Story, His Girl Friday. Science Fiction: The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951, NOT the hideous modern remake).
The French Franc in 1942 was worth considerably less in US dollars of the time.
20,000 F was worth about $400 at that time. But the USD was very strong then. The average US family income was below $2000 a year.
Happy New Year Tim and Clariss 🎉
Two Billy Wilder classics: “Sunset Blvd.”-perhaps the greatest film noir of all time, decadent, macabre. “One, Two, Three”-Fast, hilarious; Jimmy Cagney drives this madcap comedy.
Casablanca was WWII, Gone With The Wind was the Civil War.
Great movie! Other classics
Key Largo - Stalag 17 - Rope - To Kill a Mockingbird - Patton
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This is the Beginning of a Beautiful Movie … which fun fact Casablanca is the most quotable movie of all time
Did you hear about the director who wanted to re-make Casablanca but when he took it to the studio, they told him he would "regret it, maybe not today, maybe not tomorrow, but soon and for the rest of your life."
@@flarrfan That’s an interesting fact 🤨
This is the best 'propaganda film' ever.
When the play and early versions were written, the U.S. was officially neutral and there was a STRONG 'America First' isolationist movement in the country. When Rick says "it's December 1941 in America" he places the events quite possibly before Pearl Harbor and the quick progression to declared war. This film was released shortly after the U.S. got officially involved in the war. It's a repudiation of feigned 'neutrality" and implores the audience to stand up and take a side. It was a great morale builder for the sacrifices required to fight the Axis powers, yet it played as a romance, a drama, a thriller and ultimately a film about not standing on the sidelines. When this film came out it was FAR from certain which side would prevail. Yet it makes its points both subtlety, subliminally, and bluntly - mostly through the dialog of Viktor Laszlo. It's a brilliant script (imo) executed to perfection by this ideal (from background player to headliners) cast.
This film is a classic for obvious reasons. One watch will prove it. And the next 100 watches will only cement its reputation.
I like old movies
I think Ilsa married Viktor confusing admiration with love.
Now we're doing classics? Neat! My favorite Humphrey Bogart film after that one Bugs Bunny short where he wants to eat him fried.
It's a wondeful life (1946). I dare you to finish watching it with dry eyes.
I cry every single time.
When the police captain says to the Nazi "Everybody comes to Rick's," he was quoting the actual original title of the play. For the movie they renamed it Casablanca, and made many changes in the story. the famous quotes from the movie will probably go over your head...miles over your head. Glad you're not one of those who thinks if you watch a black and white movie you'll catch a venereal disease or something...lol
Not sure if anyone has brought this up, but the value of the French Franc in 1942 was quite a bit lower than in later years. It was devalued at least once in the late 60s/early 70s, perhaps more. So 20,000 Francs were worth a lot less.
The French franc has been revalued a number of times after WWII. In 1960 by a factor of 100. So I think wartime francs sound a lot more valuable than they were. During the wartime occupation 20 francs - 1 Deutschmark.
Ingrid Bergman OP
Anything by Billy Wilder, Hitchcock, Frank Capra and from England - the Ealing comedies and Powell and Pressburger !!! ❤️❤️❤️
We see this now as WWII History, but it was Current Events when it came out, with an intriguing plausible scenario intertwined. Nobody knew who would win at this stage of the war, and US/Allies were lagging far behind at this point. B & W shows the contrasts of shadows better than any evolution of color film - particularly important regarding Film Noir. This is one movie that every cinephile has (or wants) in their personal collection. Many of the cast and extras are real life refugees from war-torn Europe. Along this same plot-line, you'll enjoy TO HAVE AND HAVE NOT (1944) - as director Howard Hawks bet his friend Ernest Hemingway he could take his worst novel and make it a great film, and did. Set on the Vichy French island of Martinique, Bogart is paired with his future wife (Lauren Bacall) in her film debut and their chemistry is real, with Jazz provided by Hoagy Carmichael. The movie barely resembles the erstwhile novel, Thank God. Probably the Highwater Mark for Film Noir was SUNSET BOULEVARD (1950), nominated for 11 Academy Awards - Gloria Swanson's third Oscar nomination, as she essentially plays a caricature of herself, having starred in films since 1915.
The debut of A Time Goes By and the movie that put WB's iconic "Steiner Fanfare" on the map!
Love this film, Casablanca and republic serials inspired Indiana Jones. Black and white films I recommend is Maltese Falcon, Double Indemnity, and Breathless.
The Story takes place in 1941 right before the Attack on Pearl Harbor.
The film was made in 1943.
The outside world had YET to learn of the atrocities of the Concentration Camps. To us? It's gut-wrenching. At the time the script was written? Not as serious a threat.
Have you seen Citizen Kane? If you haven’t, don’t google it as the ending is incredibly easy to spoil. I was spoiled at age 10 by an Alf comic book.
‘Casablanca’ is renowned and is justly acknowledged as one of the most romantic films of all time but it is much more than the tale of a love triangle. Of course, it shows that the power of love can affect the human psyche, as demonstrated by Rick’s metamorphosis, but, actually, the film is one of the most subtle pieces of propaganda ever made.
Made in the bleakest times of WW2, this film has so many levels to it that it takes many viewings to appreciate them. The main theme is not romance but self-sacrifice as its message to the world at war is to give up the personal agenda for the common cause. It reminds wartime audiences, many of whom have loved ones fighting abroad, that their situation is the same as that of Rick, Ilsa and Victor.
Rick’s initial selfishness, (‘I stick my neck out for nobody’ and ‘the problems of the world are not in my department…’), is a metaphor for USA indifference. It must be remembered that the events and politics are harder to comprehend and put into perspective for current audiences than for those living through WW2, not knowing who the victors would be.
The script can be considered as a 'State of the Union' address, both for home and foreign policies, in which there are references to Civil Rights, as embodied in Sam, and, of course, the debate about America’s involvement in the conflict. Basically, the film is politically motivated because it is a plea to America to join the war. Please note that the action takes place in pre-Pearl Harbour, December, 1941.
The screenplay is so intelligently written. It is a masterpiece of complexity, containing subliminal political opinions and messages all carried along on a thrilling plot with brilliant one-liners and memorable quotes, together with comedic elements and contemporary, social commentaries. Even the support actors make major contributions to the enjoyment.
Michael Curtiz’s direction is multi-faceted: Documentary, Film Noir, German Expressionism, Flashback etc. He is the master of creating the plot via seamlessly connecting a series of rapid-fire vignettes.
There is subtle direction and cinematography. For example, Ilsa wears black and white clothes and is cast in shadows and in a mirror which symbolise the ambiguity of her role.
POINTS OF INTEREST AND NOTES FOR SUBSEQUENT VIEWINGS.
This is the the first non-musical movie to use music almost as an another protagonist, (which Tarantino does now). For example, ‘As Time Goes By’ is a valuable recurring theme and, in Paris, Rick and Ilsa dance to ‘Perfidia’ which means untrustworthiness. Also, ‘Love for Sale’ is played during the dialogue when the Bulgarian girl tells Rick about her ‘offer’ from Renault.
Each character represents a country e.g. Two Japanese plotting; the Italian on the tail of the German; American indifference; French collaborators; the British robbed by foreign policy. Even the Balkan problem , (still ongoing), is mentioned via the Bulgarian couple. Quite evidently, Rick’s actions symbolise the USA in its change in policy from isolationism to participation and ‘….the beginning of a beautiful friendship…’ is the USA and Europe joining forces to fight Nazism.
The significance of Letters of Transit is a metaphor for the might of America’s power and resources and must be delivered to the right side.
Victor often tells Isla that he loves her but she never reciprocates, except for saying ‘ I know’. She tells Rick she loves him several times.
The ‘La Marseillaise’ scene is the pivotal moment in which both Ilsa and Rick realise that saving Victor is more important than their own personal relationship. It also comes in just as Rick and Victor are about to argue over Ilsa but both drop the issue when they hear the music. This scene is rousing now but imagine how it must have felt for audiences right in the middle of the war when Germany seemed invincible and modern viewers need to put it in perspective in terms of world events full of Nazi and Japanese domination and when the outcome looked very bleak.
The facial close-ups used throughout the film speak a thousand words: but particularly note Ilsa during ‘La Marseillaise’ when her expressions eventually show her admiration of Victor’s power and her realisation that this must be preserved at all costs.
There are also many ‘adult’ themes which escaped the censors: one example is the scene between Rick and the Bulgarian bride in which Rick suggests that Renault’s ‘broadmindedness’ hints at underagesex/ménage a trois. Another is Rick’s and Ilsa’s last tryst in which it is clearly implied that they have made love.
POINTS TO WATCH
‘It’s December, 1941 in Casablanca: what time is it in New York?...
I bet they are asleep all over America’. PEARL HARBOUR
‘Even Nazis can’t kill that fast’
CONCENTRATION CAMPS
‘I don’t buy or sell human beings..’
CIVIL RIGHTS
In any case... there is so much alcohol!!!! On this note, please watch out for glasses knocked over and glasses set upright…
The Bulgarian couple keeps appearing many times as a symbol of hope and determination.
In the bar room fight over Yvonne, Rick attacks the German only and not the Frenchman.
Captain Renault dumps the bottle of Vichy water to represent his rejection of the Nazi- collaborating French Government which was located in Vichy.
Just one example of the excellent and complex scriptwriting occurs immediately after the roulette scene. The girl thanks Rick for letting her husband win and Rick replies, ‘He’s just a lucky guy’, which, on the face of it, refers to the gambling, but, in Rick’s mind, means that the husband is ‘lucky’ because his partner truly loves him.
Please imagine what hope the dialogue must have projected when Ilsa states that she’ll wear the blue dress again when Paris is liberated. Nobody then knew when this would be.
The quotes from the film are now embedded in popular culture and are mostly said by Rick. However, Captain Renault has some of the best lines: e.g. when asking Rick why he had to leave America, he says, ‘I’d like to think you killed a man: it’s the romantic in me’ ; a gunshot to his heart would be his ‘..least vulnerable part..’; when told where the Letters of Transit were hidden in the piano, ‘’…it’s my fault for not being musical…’: on making the bet with Rick, …’make it 10,000 - I’m only a poor corrupt official…’
The end-product is a combination of superb screenwriting/ direction/acting and every other production aspect combined with a modicum of unpredictable luck. As I’ve said, ‘Casablanca’ requires multiple viewings and gets better with age and even its theme song, ‘As Time Goes By’ serendipitously reflects this!!
You said you had seen Gone With the Wind, well, in the same year that film came out--1939--ALL the top actresses wanted the role of Scarlett, but those who failed found themselves in The Women (1939) a classic comedy with nothing in the cast except women, IF you watch it, remember ALL of the adult women (except those too old) auditioned to play Scarlett.
Hai ragione, bellissimo ❤
Casablanca is my city
I Never Heard Of This Movie Before
19:55 Don't you remember? She told Rick there was another man but that he was dead?
The King and I a must watch!
Hitchcock’s “Rope” and “The Bad Seed” are worth a viewing
Great 0:06
movies i would love to see you react to:
wizard of oz
angels with dirty faces
harold and maude
cabaret
The old Francs always were inflated. It was a thousand for small things.
Here’s watching you react to a classic, kid!
While you’re at it, you should also check out Maltese Falcon and Passion of Joan of Arc.
Since you've now seen at least part of Casablanca, may I suggest you first gag yourself, then run the entire movie again , so that your constant talking doesn't interfere with your actually HEARING what is going on?
Old favorite movies? Oh, I have a bunch.
If we stay on the subject of romance it has to be His Girl Friday from 1940. It stars Cary Grant and Rosalind Russell. IMdB says "Comedy/drama/romance". (It has also been referred to as a "screwball comedy" or "fast-talk movie".) I call it a romcom from when they were both romantic and funny. This is a very dialogue driven comedy where the writers made a masterpiece and the actors deliver perfectly.
Another comedy that never gets old is Arsenic and Old Lace. Classic Halloween murder horror comedy that wasn't even scary when it was made in the early 40s. This one also "happens" to star Cary Grant, now with Priscilla Lane as the lucky woman he's in love with. Grant was so good in his pure comedic roles. That handsome hunk was wasted playing heroes in all those thrillers and adventure movies, but thankfully he did a few comedies too.
If you want more Humphrey Bogart we have to watch some noir films.
My favorite with him is The Maltese Falcon (1941). A perfect cast with Sydney Greenstreet and Peter Lorre from Casablanca, playing kind of similar roles. Greenstreet is as ruthless and Lorre is even more sneaky and peculiar. They are topped of with others like Mary Astor and Elisha Cook Jr. just to mention a couple of favorites.
The Big Sleep is another classic noir from 1946. The rumor is that the story got so convoluted that even the writers didn't actually know exactly what was going on. But it's great! Bogart plays against his fourth wife, Lauren Bacall. (The one he stuck with for the rest of his life.)
One of the best noirs out there is Double Indemnity (1944) where Edward G. Robinson gets to play something else than the usual gangsters that he portrayed so many times on the silver screen. His carcter is actually quite sympathetic for an insurance analyst. But it's Fred MacMurray and Barbara Stanwyck that plays the main roles in this classic crime drama.
Sunset Blvd (1950) is a must see. More drama than crime thriller. But as most noir films it starts with a murder.
IMdB links to them:
His Girl Friday - www.imdb.com/title/tt0032599/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0_tt_8_nm_0_q_his%2520girl%2520friday
Arsenic and Old Lace - www.imdb.com/title/tt0036613/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0_tt_8_nm_0_q_Arsenic%2520and%2520Old%2520Lace
The Maltese Falcon - www.imdb.com/title/tt0033870/?ref_=tt_sims_tt_i_2
The Big Sleep - www.imdb.com/title/tt0038355/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0_tt_7_nm_1_q_the%2520big%2520sleep
Double Indemnity - www.imdb.com/title/tt0036775/?ref_=tt_sims_tt_i_9
Sunset Blvd - www.imdb.com/title/tt0043014/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_2_tt_7_nm_1_q_sunset%2520
Enough with this. Now lets watch this reaction...
Can you react to "The Nutcracker and the Four Realms"? 🙂💖🔥
I recently discovered Hollywood party 1934 . Its a good way to see multiple stars with out having to watch multiple movies
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World will also give you a ton of stars and with a lot more plot
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other fun ones
Arsnic and Old Lace
Night at the Opera
Swiss Miss
The Naughty Nineties
Mr Smith Goes to Washinton
The Maltese Falcon
Sunset Boulevard
King Kong' (1931)
the fly 1958
Dracula
Frankenstein
The Bride of Frankenstein
Creature from the Black Lagoon
The Wolfman
The Mummy
Lasie Come Home
Babes in Toyland 1934
Flash Gordon's Trip to Mars
The Adventures of Robin Hood
Heidi 1937
The Wizard of Oz
Gone with the Wind
Mr. Deeds Goes To Town
Goodbye Mr Chips
The Invisible Man
Royal Wedding
Top Hat
Metropolis
Phantom Of the Opera 1925
Hunchback of Notre Dame 1923
The Littlest Rebel
Tarzan the Ape Man
Zorro Rides Again
Son of Zorro
The Bat
The Man Who Laughs
He who gets Slapped
The Greatest Show On Earth
Gulliver's Travels 1939
Tarzan and His Mate
Hound of the Baskervilles
The Man in the Iron Mask
Ghost Breakers
The Ten Commandments
Ben-Hur
Spartacus
Freaks
Steam Boat Willie
White Zombie
Night of the Living Dead
Elephant Man
Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp
Flowers and Trees
Gertie the dinosaur
Poor Cinderella
Snow-White 1933
Snow-White 1937
On the Town
Anchors aweigh
Meet Me in St. Louis
Mr. Belvedere Goes to College
Lilies of the Field
Young Tom Edison
Edison, the Man
Stars and Stripes Forever
The Glen Miller Story
Cheaper by the Dozen 1950
A Night To Remeber
The Great Zigfried
Superman (Original Fleischer Restoration)
Superman and the Mole Men
Batman 1943
a little girl who would not believe in santa 1907
Flash Gordon: The Peril from Planet Mongo
The Hidden Fortress
Clash of the Titans
Jason and the Argonauts
the day the Earth stood Still
Forbidden Planet
War of the Worlds
the Time Machan
Freaks
bridge on the river kwai
The Great Esscape
dr zhivago
YES ! Thank you ! :D Please let me suggest THE CAINE MUTINY (1954) or THE BIG COUNTRY (1958).
21:59 Seems more like spite rather than principal.
21:16 Victor is a Resistance Leader. I don't know what it pays but it has very uncertain hours so yes, if they're careful they probably have time to come to the same place twice in the same week. Especially if there are members from other resistance movements also visiting the club.
So I don't know whether or not they have money but, in a sense, they do work.
Go see The Third Man, The Philadelphia Story, The Best Years of Our Lives
Classics about II World War filmed during (or very near) II World War:
Mrs. Miniver (1942)
Objective Burma (1945)
To be or not to be (1942)
The great dictator (1940)
To have and have not (1944)
Lifeboat(1944)
Canterville Ghost (1944,).
The Cross of Lorraine (1943).
Hey Tim first great reaction. Sec I have a reaction idea for you. Another old movie reaction ABBOTT & COSTELLO MEET FRANKENSTEIN a classic horror/comedy I think you and Clariss would enjoy👍👍
This movie is great in manipulating the audience by letting information flow naturally. Slowly everything is revealed and just as slowly you get to know what is actually going on.
The only problem is the historical background as there is a lot people back when the movie came out knew, but today not so many do.
The Nazis had taken over about half of France and the new French Government in Vichy had to walk a tight line or the rest would have taken over as well (which later happened anyway). Essentially they became a puppet state and that included the colonies like Casablanca. So in theory the French police could ignore the 3rd Reichs demands, but that could have meant possible military action against them and of course the French government in Vichy.
That's the symbolism behind Captain Renault throwing the 'Vichy Water' into the trash. That's him saying what he thinks about his government.
And all that while WWII was still going on.
P.S. It might sound like it, but I have no opinion on the Vichy government. I know they could and have been seen by many as traitors for making France a German puppet state. I simply don't know enough to have an opinion.
Check out Great Escape
9:00 It's amazing the things you can get used to if you have to. Like all of us in lockdown - though in hindsight as tough as it was never going out and always having to wear a mask....war sounds a lot more difficult.....
Watch Sherlock Holmes, please.
Yes❤ Love this.. Please react also to 1994 IRON WILL
Any least favorite black and white films?
Please watch these b/w classics: THE APARTMENT, LAURA and STAGE DOOR.
Definitely watch Arsenic & Old Lace, and Some Like It Hot. Both timeless screwball comedies.
Several key scenes and/or iconic lines were entirely skipped. Please do not cuss in your remarks--it lacks class and is extremely offensive.