If you REALLLY know the movie. Many decades have passed. Many younger folks have no clue how many classic lines they are hearing when they first watch this.
Here's looking at you, kid. Of all the gin joints in all the world, she walks into mine. I'm shocked, shocked to find that gambling is going on in here! (your winnings, sir) We'll always have Paris Round up the usual suspects
The actor who played Major Strasser was Conrad Veidt. He was a famous silent film star during the Weimar Republic in Germany and starred in one of the most influential films of the period, 'The Cabinet of Dr Caligari'; he also starred in 'The Man Who Laughs' and his character was the main influence for the Joker in Batman. He was also staunchly anti-Nazi, declared himself to be Jewish on his 'race card' that Germans were forced to carry (in solidarity with his Jewish wife, even though he was Christian himself), which essentially made him ineligible to work in Germany; was arrested and held by the Gestapo for 2 weeks, undergoing periods of psychological torture and sleep deprivation, because he refused to bow down to the Nazi Party, give the Nazi salute or say 'Heil Hitler', and because he was considered an enemy of the State due to his anti Nazi sentiments. The British Government intervened to get him released, and he left Germany with his wife, along with his wife's family, who I believe he helped smuggle out of the country. When he left Germany for the last time he was under a death sentence from the Nazi's. He went on to assist a number of fellow German artists to escape the Nazis, including Paul Henreid who plays Victor Lazslo in the film. He was so hated by the Nazis that he received personal hate mail from Hitler himself. Most of his fortune was donated to the British war effort against Nazi Germany, and he was the highest paid cast member on Casablanca, with almost his entire fee going straight towards the efforts to halt the Nazi's advance. He died in 1943 at the age of 50, from a massive heart attack (he had an underlying heart condition), so sadly never not got to see the defeat of Hitler and the Nazi party he so despised.
Thanks for sharing. A lot of these actors had interesting back stories that made this project very personal for them. You can really feel the passion in the final result.
YES! I was born in 1950.. saw this Classic film at a very young age. It seems like every time I watch reaction videos my perspective is also altered. And that's partly due to younger people watching and commenting. You made an excellent point. Ilsa's interactions with Rick and Lazlo are very telling. Thanks for sharing
@@PapaEli-pz8ff I was born in 1948, and saw this film numerous times through the years on TV. But it's only recently that I've come to actually understand it and appreciate the deep emotion of it. Back then I knew nothing about "Vichy" so missed that distinction -- "occupied" and "free" France. There are youtube videos clarifying what "Vichy" was. And also about who Norway's "Quisling" was -- a puppet of the occupying Nazis, as was "Vichy" Marshal Phillipe Petain (that's his image on the wall mural at the beginning of the film -- the man shot in front of the mural was underground resistance). At the time the film was made, of course, the audience would have understood that centrally crucial distinction.
I think she loved both men, but her passion was for Rick, while her feelings for Victor were more like a marriage after a couple years and the passion has diminished.
@@kingbeauregard When her husband said he loved her, she could have but did not respond in kind. She respected him, though she was no longer the all-adoring young woman she had been.
Your generation was raised to think of movies as constant, loud action, CGI and other thrill ride elements. It's as if movies started with computers. But the old classics remind us that story and character are always the engine--and age well beyond whatever technology was poppin at the time. One day the movies that look cutting edge now will survive into the future only by their storytelling, not their tech. 👴🏾
Movies that don't include all those pitfalls you mentioned still exist and are very easy to find, there are so many under appreciated gems being overshadowed by this belief that every movie nowadays is a CGI filled franchise reboot
@@birthgravy I think the modern day underappreciated gems aren't being overshadowed by this belief about franchise cinema so much as by franchise cinema's dominance of the multiplex and streaming platforms, along with their armies of social media water bearers. The fix is in. A long time ago, a book called Movie Wars detailed how corporations narrow the mainstream landscape so that most of us are left completely unaware of what great cinema is out there. That book was written long before web 2.0 and Netflix got going. Now we have algorithm-assisted narrowing of the cultural arteries. We have young folks who think of movies as strictly franchise installments and meme fodder.
Perhaps if you watch this movie several more times your score will go up for you will discover more gems you may not have seen the first time. I have watched it more than 20 times, also those with fine reviews like yours, and each time I learn more new things, and it never disappoints.
My grandmother always said that Bogart's appeal was, "..every woman wanted to be with him - every man wanted to * be * him." She was also the person that told me that "Rick's" efforts in Ethiopia and Spain were to show in the script that he had fought against fascists..but had lost so many times that he was just done with it. "Welcome back to the fight.." was her favorite line.
Yes! I agree with your grandmother! Victor's line, just before leaving for Lisbon, said to Rick: "Welcome back to the fight! This time I know our side will win!" Full pride, grand confidence.
On Nov 8, 1942 the first American Army units to see combat in the European theater of WW2 landed in Casablanca and Algeria as part of Operation Torch. My dad among them. The movie came out a couple weeks later on Nov 26, 1942. The whole country was on, as we say, "pins and needles". The movie had a lot more relevance, than just a movie.
NEVER underestimate a movie because it's old. No CGI or outrages stunts, just a great story line, acting and camera angles. A lot of the famous lines from this movie have been used in newer movies and in the 50's the same lines and characters made their way into cartoons like Bugs Bunny.
Thank you, Thomas. Thank you FRR! I choke up when people in the club stand and start singing the French national anthem. I guess it's the thought of them standing up to the nazis.
Me too. Bear in mind this film was made during WW2, and many of those actors had just fled the Nazis in Europe to America, and their homes were under Nazi occupation at the time. So the emotion is real.
The original words to La Marseillaise are quite brutal. The last line, "qu'un sang impur abreuve nos sillons," literally calls for blood flowing in the fields, "may a foul blood irrigate our furrows."
@@jerbil9353 Peter Loree, who played the guy with the letters in the first place, had left Germany because he was Jewish, but he had left a few years prior. By the time of this movie, he could speak English, but his first movies, such as Alfred Hitchcock's1934 The Man Who Knew Too Much, he had to learn his lines phonetically.
While this was being filmed, the Allies were not doing well and the world genuinely didn’t know what the outcome of the war was likely to be, so it gives an authentic tension and unspoken fear in all the characters which underlies the entire film. Most of the cast and crew were either refugees themselves or were trying to get family, friends or colleagues out of occupied territory, which also adds to a real sense of anxiety in the dialogue and overall atmosphere.
@@lsbill27 The movie was released in 42 so it was probably made before or at the time of Pearl Harbor attack in 41. Some equate Rick’s character to the US before we entered the war. Many here were isolationists and wanted nothing to do with Europe and the war. It wasn’t until Pearl Harbor that this country came together.
You all noticed and put together things most reactors don't get or put together. Respect! Most of the cast were refugees from Europe, so they had a deep understanding of what was on the line. When they shot the dueling anthems scene that is genuine feelings and real tears, not just acting. You picked up a lot others didn't get but still watch the movie again without talking. This is the kind of movie you pick up more every time you watch!
"Casablanca" is #2 on the Top 100 All-Time list of films, behind "Citizen Kane". You might want to check out "12 Angry Men" (1957) for one of the best scripts ever written for the movies.
some of the best films ever made were from this era. 1939, alone, released about 12 first rate, top notch films. the japanese bombed pearl harbor during its production making "casablanca" an excellent propaganda piece about self-sacrifice for the greater good. there's many bogie classics to choose from. i recommend "the treasure of the sierra madre" (1948). directed by john huston, who's father walter huston co-stars giving a performance for the ages! a truly remarkable film. thanks for the video.
@@jnagarya519 I can acknowledge all the keen cinematographic tricks of Citizen Kane, but for me it was a "watch once" experience. IMO, Casablanca is far more enjoyable, re-watch after re-watch.
I love Casablanca, I watched CItizeen Kane, just couldn't get into it. Another movie that is one of my all time favorites, black and white, every scen works everyone perfectly casted "From here to Eternity", with Montgomery Clift, Burt Lancaster, Frank Sinatra, Donna Reed and Deborah Kerr.
@@hannejeppesen1809 I've probably seen "Citizen Kane" a dozen times over the years. It always gave me the creeps; there's something dark and off about the tone of it. And I've had the same sense with other Orson Welles films, so that isn't unique to "Citizen Kane". "Casablanca" is solid in its urgency, its commitment, its emotional consistency.
@@jnagarya519 I could not have said it better myself - the praise for CK was all political. The movie is a hit piece on Randolph Hearst, who was in a political battle with the Hollywood Studios. The Studios and Hollywood hierarchy used their political influence to have the movie labeled the best of all times - a complete joke. It's like the Emperor's New Clothes - people feel they have to repeat it so that they're seen as having Good Taste.
Many of the actors had fled Europe because of the war. Madeleine Lebeau, who played Yvonne, is a case in point. She and her husband (who played the croupier) fled France ahead of the Germans with the intent of going to Chile, but when they got to Mexico it was discovered that their visas were forged. They were stuck in Mexico for a while, until they were able to obtain temporary Canadian passports and use those to go to the U.S. The similarity of her situation to Yvonne's wasn't lost on her. Her tears during the singing of La Marseillaise were real. Humphrey Bogart was in so many great movies: The Petrified Forest, High Sierra, The Maltese Falcon, To Have and Have Not, The Big Sleep, The Treasure of the Sierra Madre, Key Largo, The African Queen, The Caine Mutiny, Sabrina. To me, he's the epitome of a movie star. Ingrid Bergman was a great actress, and was one of the true beauties of classic Hollywood. Some of her best movies are Gaslight, Spellbound, and Notorious. Unfortunately, her career was derailed because she had an affair with an Italian director while married to someone else, and the bad publicity made Hollywood producers reluctant to cast her. If such a thing happened today, I doubt there would be such a strong reaction by the American public. Actress Isabella Rossellini is Ingrid Bergman's daughter. Some other black-and-white movies you might want to react to: The Third Man (1949) Some Like It Hot (1959) The Apartment (1960) 12 Angry Men (1957) Roman Holiday (1953) The Maltese Falcon (1941) Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)
The political situation for Captain Renault: Germany had invaded France and occupied most of the country with German troops, including the capital of France, the city of Paris. Germany allowed part of France to remain unoccupied under a puppet government, which had its headquarters in the city of Vichy. The Vichy government was allowed to pretend to be independent as long as they did what the Germans told them to do. Casablanca was a French colonial city under control of the Vichy puppet government, and that's who Renault worked for. So, just like the Vichy government, Renault was allowed to pretend to be "the master of my fate" as long as he did what the Germans told him to do. At the end of the film, when Renault looked at the bottle of "Vichy Water" he was holding and dropped it in the trash, that was him tossing the Vichy government into the trash.
Ilsa respects, admires and loves Victor but she's IN love with Rick, but ultimately understands that what Rick said is true. She's Victor's anchor that gives him the fortitude to continue his work towards freedom for all. Great acting by all the performers and the director, Michael Curtiz was a master of any genre he undertook, a skill that many of the best directors of the Golden Age had to possess since they weren't able to select their projects but were assigned at the studio's will.
Probably the best movie ever that’s not crazy with bells and whistles.Everyone gives a masterful performance and the shadows are like a character itself .Everyone is classy. It’s always in the top ranking with The Godfather. Enjoy 👍🏼
Aye man, im 20 and love watching marvel and all the new action movies and shows, but i fvc!ng love old movies. They leave you with something to think about for a while after u finish them, its great. Definitely gotta go thru some classics from the 40s thru 70s
First, this movie makes great use of black and white. Also, the King of Predictions indeed! 😂😂 Damn straight! Finally, most people don’t realize that it’s an allegory of the USA before 1942 when it remained neutral. (Realize the screenplay was written well before the movie was released.) Ultimately, fate did take a hand and the US had to get involved just as Rick did.
Pearl Harbor was attacked on December 7, 1941. This film was made in early-mid-1942. It is essential to see the "making-of" linked below to better get the context. And the message isn't about the romance; it is about sacrifice -- that was the message of the film to the audience of the time.
@@jnagarya519 The story takes place during the first week of December, 1941, days before the attack on Pearl Harbor and the US entry into WWII. It was released in November, 1942, days after the US landings in North Africa.
Great reaction! Glad you enjoyed the movie and appreciate your comments. I think movies are a lot like music...there are really only two kinds - good and not so good. This is without doubt one of the best. Thanks for reacting to it!
It never ceases to amaze me that this movie was written and came out when it the Nazis were actual at their peak performance in 1941-1942. Also if you guys want other suggestions for old movies, some my favorites are Notorious, North by Northwest, Citizen Kane, and 12 Angry Men
I think Peter Lorre had passed away well before "Mad Monster Party" but that is definitely a parody of Peter Lorre. Lorre's most famous film is where he portrayed a serial killer of children in the classic German film "M."
This movie is like THE GODFATHER. It has so many lines that became catchphrases -- "Of all the gin joints..." "Here's looking at you, kid." "Round up the usual suspects," "We'll always have Paris"...
You did a great reaction! This was my first Black and White drama also. I did see Claude Rains in the movie The Werewolf, but I didn't recognize him, because I was young, but he is a great actor with many great films to his credit. This movie was written, and filmed on the fly. No one even knew how it would end until the writers penciled in the final dialogue at the end. It was filmed during the war, so many who played in it were emotional because they were actually living it in real time. At the end when Laslow said now that Rick is on their side he knows that we will win the war, was prophetic because we did. This movie is a testament to the power of film, that is why it resonates so heavily even over the years.
Enjoyed your reaction. Would love more black and white classics. Dialogue is often great in older films. Two in particular I would recommend would be Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) and All About Eve (1950)
The one thing this movie may have been a first at is introducing a character or situation that seems like nothing but shows up later as important to the plot. Example: We see the young Czech couple at the beginning hoping they would be on the plane. Later on Rick helps her husband win at roulette. Example: When Rick tells Yvette coldly, "I don't make plans that far ahead." You realize it was said to him later in the flashback and it really ate at him.
In the original script for the (unproduced) stage play, that couple was pivotal in the overall plot...their escape was actually more significant than the escape of Victor Lazlo. I think the movie script placed them in a better proportion to the plot. Two things I noted only later was the line early on that the Casablanca police were doing their roundup of "the usual suspects and the most beautiful women" for the prefect. Also, when the young Hungarian woman first approached Rick, she said she was there with Captain Renault _and_ her husband. Rick responded, "Renault has gotten broad-minded"... whoa!
This was my first Black and White, and I was shocked at how good it was. It is the style of movie making and how the music, light and shadow dance in your mind as this story unfolds.
It is based off a stage play, "Everybody Comes to Rick's". They were literally writing the script as they shot it, so the actress playing Ilsa didn't know if she was going end up with Victor or Rick; so the director told her to, "Play it down the middle."
Actually Ingrid would have known that she would end up with Victor. The Hays office (Hollywood's morality police) would never have allowed a married woman to leave her husband for her lover.
I'm impressed by you two guys, most of the younger generations don't get the importance of this movie but y'all do. Also it amazes me how the younger generations marvel at the quality of writing, acting, cinemaphotography is so top draw, as if people in the 1940's actually had amazing skills at writing, filming and acting WAY back then. These films are So far superior to especially the last few decades. The fact that this film is part of teaching film making in Universities to students who want to enter that area and deemed by many professors as the 'perfect film'. It's nice to see that era was appreciated for their films. The fact that it is still being watched some 82 years later, when films made last year are hardly remembered. You guys are a pleasure, Gods Blessings on you both Always! \ cimeaphotraophey
Nice reaction guys. Two recommendations off the back of this film - “The Maltese Falcon” (1941) A classic film noir featuring 3 cast members from Casablanca. “Play it Again Sam” (1972) A comedic homage to Casablanca.
This version has the common error in the closed captioning of Ugarte saying the letters were signed by de Gaulle, which would be nonsense as de Gaulle was in London trying to rally the Free French. His signature would more likely get you shot. The letters are signed by General Weygard who was the Vichy government supervisor of the region, and that's what the screen play also says. The two names sound very similar. A large number of cast and crew were displaced people, refugees and such, and they would have known the difference.
this film is a great example of the collaborative and serendipitous uncertain miracle that is filmmaking. the story was written based on the writers current experiences in europe as the nazis were rising to power; Rick's cafe was based on a club the writers visited that was a crossroads for colorful, desperate characters and criminals of all sorts moving through europe due to the pending war; Rick represents the u.s. that had not yet entered the war, he even says "i stick my neck out for no one", and then notes "they're asleep all across America". the screen rights were bought, the film put into production while the outcome of the war was still in question. when the film was about to be finished, the u.s. had just entered the war, and the allies made their first landings in Africa- in Casablanca! so the name was front page war news, and splashed all across theater marquees at the same time! and 1 more: the film ending kept being rewritten, frustrating the actors who didn’t know what who was going to wind up with who, what they were playing at, or how the story would end; this difficult situation for the actors ended up exactly paralleling their character's predicament which then came through in the actor's performances.
There was already an unproduced stage play "Everybody Comes to Rick's" that the screenwriters used as their basis. The stage play was written by Murray Burnett and Joan Alison in 1940. Warner Bros. bought the rights to the play in January 1942. It's available online in pdf format: script-fix.com/produced-screenplays/Ricks.pdf
You guys are the first I’ve seen (besides me) to get the impression in the flashback scene that Ilsa knew she wasn’t leaving Paris with Rick. A lot of people know this movie was made during WW2, but don’t understand the significance of the characters. Or how much of a propaganda piece it really was. (I don't say that in a bad way, I believe it is the best movie ever.) The setting was the first week of December 1941 (just before the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.) A lot of Americans - remembering the carnage of the First World War - did not want to get involved in another European war. Rick’s cynicism represented this feeling. Stay away from politics, stay away from the war, you’ve got a good things going on so just continue to do your own thing. But, you could also see he was cool with people involved in the resistance operating in his club, or his employees being involved (just don't tell him you're going to a secret meeting, he doesn't want to know.) France was divided and the population as a whole was trying to play both sides as needed just to survive without any kind of serious commitment. The Germans, after conquering France, allowed them to form a new government (In the town of Vichy, known for its bottled water - this was called the “Vichy Government”) while another faction escaped to England to form a “Government-in-Exile” in London. So who did the French overseas colonies belong to? It depends on who you ask. (You might notice the Germans were a little constrained - not violating French "neutrality" even though they were calling the shots. That's why the didn't simply arrest Victor and take him back with them.) This French sentiment was represented by Captain Renault. The bottle he dropped in the trash at the airport (as he was deciding to pick sides) was Vichy water. So in the end, both Rick and Louis chose to do the right thing, and that’s how we knew we would win WW2. Also, a little trivia for you. Sam was played by Dooley Wilson, a drummer. It was him singing, but he couldn’t play the piano.
Interesting choice. This is the kind of film you watch if you study cinema at college. You come in for your lecture at 10:00AM on a Thursday morning and watch a film like this until lunchtime. (Hitchcock would probably be the best type of old cinema to watch. 'Vertigo' (1958) is still better than most things made today! IMO.)
'Kiss me as if it were the last time' (19:17) is a translation of a line from the song which B & B have just been listening to in the dance-hall (most famous in Spanish, 'Perfidia') The film is full of such moments - you could watch it ten times and still not pick everything up....very clever. Bogart and Bergman were two of the biggest film stars in the world at the time. Claude Rains is also marvellous, as the wise-cracking Chief of Police, and Paul Henreid as the unflappable Victor Laszlo.
Ilse thought Victor was dead when she was with Rick in Paris. Many of the lesser characters were played by people who had escaped from Europe. That is why there was so much emotions when singing the French National Anthem. Throwing the Vichy water was a big symbol. Part of France was occupied by the Germans. The other part and French territories were run by the puppet government which was in Vichy, France.
I fell in love with film noir probably back in the early 90s. The film that got me started in the genre was Mildred Pierce. Here are some other films that you might enjoy reacting to: Dead Ringer with Bette Davis Another man’s poison with Bette Davis Framed with Glenn ford Almost Anything with Dan Duryea, Broderick Crawford, Peter Lorre, Humphrey bogart
Not to mention, 12 Angry Men - 1957 and To Kill A Mockingbird - 1962. Maybe even 'Guess Who's Coming To Dinner' - 1967 (Everyone should see at least one movie with Spenser Tracy.
Many of the actors were refugees from occupied europe. When the people were singing the Marseilles (the french national anthem) many of the tears were real.
lots of people always tell the major points in the movie, here's two not many talk about. During the movie, you hear her tell Rick 'i love you' multiple times. yet, she never actually says it to Laszlo. the note said ' I love you, God Bless you." leaving at the airport, she mutters God Bless you one last time. Her last 'i love you' to RIck.
The first tune you liked is an American Standard jazz tune It Had to Be You composed by Isham Jones, with lyrics by Gus Kahn. It was published on May 9, 1924. Many artists of the 20th century and even now have covered it. Some take the tempo slower than this. If you know your American pop music history, you know that anyone from Duke Ellington and Ella FitzGerald, Frank Sinatra, Billie Holiday and Harry Connick Jr and scores of aging rock , soul and pop stars doing old songs and releasing albums.
Sam and Rick had been together for a long time and Rick was about to do something that he knew would land him in prison or dead. Though it's not said I don't think Rick would want Sam to share that fate so he made sure Sam was taken care of before he left.. imo. Great Reaction!
The exchange between Rick and Louie was classic. If either one of them told what actually happened, both of them would have been arrested. They knew that, and covered for each other and got away at the end.
Man, you guys bringing the classics! What a fantastic film; excellent script & storyline…magnificent cast, great sets & cinematography. What I came to appreciate is the lighting, similar to “12 Angry Men “. The shadows & contrast just shows so much more in black & white…something color cannot do as effectively. Very much enjoyed your commentary, & appreciate the fact you actually pay attention to the story & characters. Nothing wrong with the black & white classic films, as there are so many really great ones. Hope y’all do more of them.
Rick in that white dinner jacket all movie long, Smokin'!! BTW another Dynamite Black and White with a smooth lead actor is North by Northwest with Cary Grant and Eva Marie Saint AKA "The Thinking Man's Blonde"
People such as Victor and Ilsa who were part of the Underground had to be extremely secretive and hide many things from family and their closest friends. For Ilsa to even (finally) talk to Rick about her marriage and Victor’s escape would be dangerous and avoided by those involved in the Underground. To see more films about activities of the Underground check out the 1964 The Train, with Burt Lancaster, or the 1969 French film Army of Shadows partially based on experiences of the writer and director during the war.
I love these movies. They take me back to a time when the English language was powerful, people admired wit and intelligent dialogue and everyone aspired to have this kind charm. Casablanca will always be one of my all time favourite movies, a masterpiece romance under the ominous Nazi presence.
Major Strosser driving to the airport: "This man in the Batmobile!" Nice reaction. If you get a chance, check out "The Asphalt Jungle". Classic gangster film noir, directed by John Houston.
Just found you guys. Old White Dude here. i really dug what you guys did with this. You said you liked The Wild Bunch. Let me recommend the Professionals. 1968? Western. I gotta hunch ya'll will really dig it too,
Fun fact: the actor who played the Nazi who got shot at the end had escaped from Germany before the war and said he would not play a Nazi unless the character was killed at some point.
Claude Raines is fantastic in the Invisible Man, Peter Lorre is great in a lot of movies but as others mention M is such a great performance and classic of German cinema, and Dalio (the pit boss who gives Claude Raines his winnings) should be seen in the French movie Rules of the Game (both he and Lorre are in a lot of American movies as character actors but they were leading men before the war).
In the golden age of Hollywood, a long drawn-out romantic love affair would go like this: "I love you, I love you, let's get married. Oh, by the way, my name is . . . " In other words, INSTANT love at first sight, one of the most common tropes of the era. I imagine it made for a lot of bad marriages in the real world as people thought you didn't have to know much about the other person, love conquers all. But it doesn't, of course. And you absolutely did not live together for awhile first (actually illegal in some parts) to test how compatible you were, and divorce was very hard to get.
Good reaction with some good thoughts. I'll be looking forward to more of your reactions to classic movies. I'd strongly suggest "To Kill a Mockingbird." When "Mockingbird" came out in 1962, it was a movie black parents took their children to see, and I'd be interested in hearing your thoughts about it.
The “I’m shocked, shocked!” exchange never fails to get a legitimate laugh out loud out of me.
This won Best Picture, Best Screenplay, and Best Director.
Considered one of the greatest films of all time.
Guys, saying "This was pretty good for 1942," is like looking a the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel and saying, "This is pretty good for 1480."
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I think this movie hold the record for most quotable lines that are still quoted to this day.
Yes, it does.
I would think the 1939 Wizard of Oz might be a close competitor.
DITTO!! ANOTHER b & w movie which had some great lines was the 'THIRD MAN'!!
If you REALLLY know the movie. Many decades have passed. Many younger folks have no clue how many classic lines they are hearing when they first watch this.
Here's looking at you, kid.
Of all the gin joints in all the world, she walks into mine.
I'm shocked, shocked to find that gambling is going on in here! (your winnings, sir)
We'll always have Paris
Round up the usual suspects
The actor who played Major Strasser was Conrad Veidt. He was a famous silent film star during the Weimar Republic in Germany and starred in one of the most influential films of the period, 'The Cabinet of Dr Caligari'; he also starred in 'The Man Who Laughs' and his character was the main influence for the Joker in Batman.
He was also staunchly anti-Nazi, declared himself to be Jewish on his 'race card' that Germans were forced to carry (in solidarity with his Jewish wife, even though he was Christian himself), which essentially made him ineligible to work in Germany; was arrested and held by the Gestapo for 2 weeks, undergoing periods of psychological torture and sleep deprivation, because he refused to bow down to the Nazi Party, give the Nazi salute or say 'Heil Hitler', and because he was considered an enemy of the State due to his anti Nazi sentiments. The British Government intervened to get him released, and he left Germany with his wife, along with his wife's family, who I believe he helped smuggle out of the country.
When he left Germany for the last time he was under a death sentence from the Nazi's. He went on to assist a number of fellow German artists to escape the Nazis, including Paul Henreid who plays Victor Lazslo in the film.
He was so hated by the Nazis that he received personal hate mail from Hitler himself. Most of his fortune was donated to the British war effort against Nazi Germany, and he was the highest paid cast member on Casablanca, with almost his entire fee going straight towards the efforts to halt the Nazi's advance.
He died in 1943 at the age of 50, from a massive heart attack (he had an underlying heart condition), so sadly never not got to see the defeat of Hitler and the Nazi party he so despised.
Thanks for sharing. A lot of these actors had interesting back stories that made this project very personal for them. You can really feel the passion in the final result.
Well written.
But please use paragraphs for increased readability.
@@jnagarya519 Thanks, and thanks for the tip. I will edit to include paragraphs. I usually do, must have been a brain foggy day.
Ilsa ADMIRED her husband -- but she LOVED Rick.
YES! I was born in 1950.. saw this Classic film at a very young age. It seems like every time I watch reaction videos my perspective is also altered. And that's partly due to younger people watching and commenting. You made an excellent point. Ilsa's interactions with Rick and Lazlo are very telling. Thanks for sharing
Exactly
@@PapaEli-pz8ff I was born in 1948, and saw this film numerous times through the years on TV. But it's only recently that I've come to actually understand it and appreciate the deep emotion of it.
Back then I knew nothing about "Vichy" so missed that distinction -- "occupied" and "free" France. There are youtube videos clarifying what "Vichy" was.
And also about who Norway's "Quisling" was -- a puppet of the occupying Nazis, as was "Vichy" Marshal Phillipe Petain (that's his image on the wall mural at the beginning of the film -- the man shot in front of the mural was underground resistance).
At the time the film was made, of course, the audience would have understood that centrally crucial distinction.
I think she loved both men, but her passion was for Rick, while her feelings for Victor were more like a marriage after a couple years and the passion has diminished.
@@kingbeauregard When her husband said he loved her, she could have but did not respond in kind. She respected him, though she was no longer the all-adoring young woman she had been.
This movie lands more jokes than 90% of rom coms.
You guys should not be surprised about the online scores. "Casablanca" is widely considered one of the greatest films of all time.
Thank you, guys. I’ve never seen this. Y’all should start knocking out some these B/W classics that people of our generation have probably never seen.
The one with the letters of transit is the great Peter Lorre. He was an emigre from Europe as result of the Nazis.
Your generation was raised to think of movies as constant, loud action, CGI and other thrill ride elements. It's as if movies started with computers. But the old classics remind us that story and character are always the engine--and age well beyond whatever technology was poppin at the time. One day the movies that look cutting edge now will survive into the future only by their storytelling, not their tech. 👴🏾
Well said !!
Movies that don't include all those pitfalls you mentioned still exist and are very easy to find, there are so many under appreciated gems being overshadowed by this belief that every movie nowadays is a CGI filled franchise reboot
@@birthgravy I think the modern day underappreciated gems aren't being overshadowed by this belief about franchise cinema so much as by franchise cinema's dominance of the multiplex and streaming platforms, along with their armies of social media water bearers. The fix is in. A long time ago, a book called Movie Wars detailed how corporations narrow the mainstream landscape so that most of us are left completely unaware of what great cinema is out there. That book was written long before web 2.0 and Netflix got going. Now we have algorithm-assisted narrowing of the cultural arteries. We have young folks who think of movies as strictly franchise installments and meme fodder.
Perhaps if you watch this movie several more times your score will go up for you will discover more gems you may not have seen the first time. I have watched it more than 20 times, also those with fine reviews like yours, and each time I learn more new things, and it never disappoints.
My grandmother always said that Bogart's appeal was, "..every woman wanted to be with him - every man wanted to * be * him." She was also the person that told me that "Rick's" efforts in Ethiopia and Spain were to show in the script that he had fought against fascists..but had lost so many times that he was just done with it. "Welcome back to the fight.." was her favorite line.
Yes! I agree with your grandmother! Victor's line, just before leaving for Lisbon, said to Rick: "Welcome back to the fight! This time I know our side will win!" Full pride, grand confidence.
@@artbagley1406 yeah. She was a young woman when the film was released. "We didn't know who was going to win back then..", she also said.
@@panamafloyd1469 I believe that same phrase was said in regards to Cary Grant
On Nov 8, 1942 the first American Army units to see combat in the European theater of WW2 landed in Casablanca and Algeria as part of Operation Torch. My dad among them. The movie came out a couple weeks later on Nov 26, 1942. The whole country was on, as we say, "pins and needles". The movie had a lot more relevance, than just a movie.
My Dad was among them too.
Would love to see more classic/black&white movies from y'all!
Often mentioned as maybe the best movie of all time
NEVER underestimate a movie because it's old. No CGI or outrages stunts, just a great story line, acting and camera angles. A lot of the famous lines from this movie have been used in newer movies and in the 50's the same lines and characters made their way into cartoons like Bugs Bunny.
Thank you, Thomas. Thank you FRR! I choke up when people in the club stand and start singing the French national anthem. I guess it's the thought of them standing up to the nazis.
Me too. Bear in mind this film was made during WW2, and many of those actors had just fled the Nazis in Europe to America, and their homes were under Nazi occupation at the time.
So the emotion is real.
The original words to La Marseillaise are quite brutal. The last line, "qu'un sang impur abreuve nos sillons," literally calls for blood flowing in the fields, "may a foul blood irrigate our furrows."
@@jerbil9353 Peter Loree, who played the guy with the letters in the first place, had left Germany because he was Jewish, but he had left a few years prior. By the time of this movie, he could speak English, but his first movies, such as Alfred Hitchcock's1934 The Man Who Knew Too Much, he had to learn his lines phonetically.
While this was being filmed, the Allies were not doing well and the world genuinely didn’t know what the outcome of the war was likely to be, so it gives an authentic tension and unspoken fear in all the characters which underlies the entire film. Most of the cast and crew were either refugees themselves or were trying to get family, friends or colleagues out of occupied territory, which also adds to a real sense of anxiety in the dialogue and overall atmosphere.
Every frame of this film is a better photograph than I'll ever take.
This movie was made and released during WWII so while they were making it no one knew who would win the war.
@@lsbill27 The movie was released in 42 so it was probably made before or at the time of Pearl Harbor attack in 41. Some equate Rick’s character to the US before we entered the war. Many here were isolationists and wanted nothing to do with Europe and the war. It wasn’t until Pearl Harbor that this country came together.
You all noticed and put together things most reactors don't get or put together. Respect!
Most of the cast were refugees from Europe, so they had a deep understanding of what was on the line. When they shot the dueling anthems scene that is genuine feelings and real tears, not just acting.
You picked up a lot others didn't get but still watch the movie again without talking. This is the kind of movie you pick up more every time you watch!
"Casablanca" is #2 on the Top 100 All-Time list of films, behind "Citizen Kane". You might want to check out "12 Angry Men" (1957) for one of the best scripts ever written for the movies.
"You despise me, don't you?" "Well, if I gave you any thought, I probably would." One of the greatest insults in cinematic history.
Very nice reaction. You guys would love 12 Angry Men from 1957. A classic B&W movie.
some of the best films ever made were from this era. 1939, alone, released about 12 first rate, top notch films. the japanese bombed pearl harbor during its production making "casablanca" an excellent propaganda piece about self-sacrifice for the greater good.
there's many bogie classics to choose from. i recommend "the treasure of the sierra madre" (1948). directed by john huston, who's father walter huston co-stars giving a performance for the ages! a truly remarkable film. thanks for the video.
This movie is a masterpiece. You guys gotta watch Citizen Kane next! Most influential film in history.
'Way overrated. But we're told it's great, so we're expected to believe and repeat that.
@@jnagarya519 I can acknowledge all the keen cinematographic tricks of Citizen Kane, but for me it was a "watch once" experience. IMO, Casablanca is far more enjoyable, re-watch after re-watch.
I love Casablanca, I watched CItizeen Kane, just couldn't get into it. Another movie that is one of my all time favorites, black and white, every scen works everyone perfectly casted "From here to Eternity", with Montgomery Clift, Burt Lancaster, Frank Sinatra, Donna Reed and Deborah Kerr.
@@hannejeppesen1809 I've probably seen "Citizen Kane" a dozen times over the years. It always gave me the creeps; there's something dark and off about the tone of it. And I've had the same sense with other Orson Welles films, so that isn't unique to "Citizen Kane".
"Casablanca" is solid in its urgency, its commitment, its emotional consistency.
@@jnagarya519 I could not have said it better myself - the praise for CK was all political. The movie is a hit piece on Randolph Hearst, who was in a political battle with the Hollywood Studios. The Studios and Hollywood hierarchy used their political influence to have the movie labeled the best of all times - a complete joke. It's like the Emperor's New Clothes - people feel they have to repeat it so that they're seen as having Good Taste.
Many of the actors had fled Europe because of the war. Madeleine Lebeau, who played Yvonne, is a case in point. She and her husband (who played the croupier) fled France ahead of the Germans with the intent of going to Chile, but when they got to Mexico it was discovered that their visas were forged. They were stuck in Mexico for a while, until they were able to obtain temporary Canadian passports and use those to go to the U.S. The similarity of her situation to Yvonne's wasn't lost on her. Her tears during the singing of La Marseillaise were real.
Humphrey Bogart was in so many great movies: The Petrified Forest, High Sierra, The Maltese Falcon, To Have and Have Not, The Big Sleep, The Treasure of the Sierra Madre, Key Largo, The African Queen, The Caine Mutiny, Sabrina. To me, he's the epitome of a movie star.
Ingrid Bergman was a great actress, and was one of the true beauties of classic Hollywood. Some of her best movies are Gaslight, Spellbound, and Notorious. Unfortunately, her career was derailed because she had an affair with an Italian director while married to someone else, and the bad publicity made Hollywood producers reluctant to cast her. If such a thing happened today, I doubt there would be such a strong reaction by the American public.
Actress Isabella Rossellini is Ingrid Bergman's daughter.
Some other black-and-white movies you might want to react to:
The Third Man (1949)
Some Like It Hot (1959)
The Apartment (1960)
12 Angry Men (1957)
Roman Holiday (1953)
The Maltese Falcon (1941)
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)
This was the greatest movie ever made.
The political situation for Captain Renault: Germany had invaded France and occupied most of the country with German troops, including the capital of France, the city of Paris. Germany allowed part of France to remain unoccupied under a puppet government, which had its headquarters in the city of Vichy. The Vichy government was allowed to pretend to be independent as long as they did what the Germans told them to do. Casablanca was a French colonial city under control of the Vichy puppet government, and that's who Renault worked for. So, just like the Vichy government, Renault was allowed to pretend to be "the master of my fate" as long as he did what the Germans told him to do. At the end of the film, when Renault looked at the bottle of "Vichy Water" he was holding and dropped it in the trash, that was him tossing the Vichy government into the trash.
Ilsa respects, admires and loves Victor but she's IN love with Rick, but ultimately understands that what Rick said is true. She's Victor's anchor that gives him the fortitude to continue his work towards freedom for all.
Great acting by all the performers and the director, Michael Curtiz was a master of any genre he undertook, a skill that many of the best directors of the Golden Age had to possess since they weren't able to select their projects but were assigned at the studio's will.
Usually in the top 5 on most greatest movie lists
I absolutely love this movie. It's fantastic.
First time watching your channel--great reaction to this classic and nice discussion! Would love to see you do more classics. Subscribed.
Welcome aboard! 🙏🏾
Number 1 or 2 of all time movie!!
This and Ben Hur!!!
Yes. They definitely need to watch Ben-Hur soon.
"Grapes of Wrath" Henry Fonda. Another classic
Probably the best movie ever that’s not crazy with bells and whistles.Everyone gives a masterful performance and the shadows are like a character itself .Everyone is classy. It’s always in the top ranking with The Godfather. Enjoy 👍🏼
One of the best movies every made. Every scene works, everyone is perfectly casted.
Aye man, im 20 and love watching marvel and all the new action movies and shows, but i fvc!ng love old movies. They leave you with something to think about for a while after u finish them, its great. Definitely gotta go thru some classics from the 40s thru 70s
Yes, imagine having to actually think rather than let the movie do the thinking for you....
First, this movie makes great use of black and white.
Also, the King of Predictions indeed! 😂😂 Damn straight!
Finally, most people don’t realize that it’s an allegory of the USA before 1942 when it remained neutral. (Realize the screenplay was written well before the movie was released.) Ultimately, fate did take a hand and the US had to get involved just as Rick did.
At 27:00 the joke becomes clear if you know that _clock/o'clock_ and _watch_ are the same word in German - Uhr.
Pearl Harbor was attacked on December 7, 1941. This film was made in early-mid-1942. It is essential to see the "making-of" linked below to better get the context.
And the message isn't about the romance; it is about sacrifice -- that was the message of the film to the audience of the time.
Also it was made to present the French as sympathetic allies worthy of help. Very pro France.
@@jnagarya519 The story takes place during the first week of December, 1941, days before the attack on Pearl Harbor and the US entry into WWII.
It was released in November, 1942, days after the US landings in North Africa.
Great reaction! Glad you enjoyed the movie and appreciate your comments. I think movies are a lot like music...there are really only two kinds - good and not so good. This is without doubt one of the best. Thanks for reacting to it!
It never ceases to amaze me that this movie was written and came out when it the Nazis were actual at their peak performance in 1941-1942.
Also if you guys want other suggestions for old movies, some my favorites are Notorious, North by Northwest, Citizen Kane, and 12 Angry Men
All the acting is on point and dialogue is perfect .
I think Peter Lorre had passed away well before "Mad Monster Party" but that is definitely a parody of Peter Lorre. Lorre's most famous film is where he portrayed a serial killer of children in the classic German film "M."
@Col_Fragg Mad Monster Party was a favourite of mine when I was a kid.
This movie is like THE GODFATHER. It has so many lines that became catchphrases -- "Of all the gin joints..." "Here's looking at you, kid." "Round up the usual suspects," "We'll always have Paris"...
You did a great reaction! This was my first Black and White drama also. I did see Claude Rains in the movie The Werewolf, but I didn't recognize him, because I was young, but he is a great actor with many great films to his credit. This movie was written, and filmed on the fly. No one even knew how it would end until the writers penciled in the final dialogue at the end. It was filmed during the war, so many who played in it were emotional because they were actually living it in real time. At the end when Laslow said now that Rick is on their side he knows that we will win the war, was prophetic because we did. This movie is a testament to the power of film, that is why it resonates so heavily even over the years.
Enjoyed your reaction. Would love more black and white classics. Dialogue is often great in older films. Two in particular I would recommend would be Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) and All About Eve (1950)
Peter Lorre became famous for his role in "M". He later starred in many horror films.
The one thing this movie may have been a first at is introducing a character or situation that seems like nothing but shows up later as important to the plot.
Example: We see the young Czech couple at the beginning hoping they would be on the plane. Later on Rick helps her husband win at roulette.
Example: When Rick tells Yvette coldly, "I don't make plans that far ahead." You realize it was said to him later in the flashback and it really ate at him.
I never noticed that !
In the original script for the (unproduced) stage play, that couple was pivotal in the overall plot...their escape was actually more significant than the escape of Victor Lazlo. I think the movie script placed them in a better proportion to the plot.
Two things I noted only later was the line early on that the Casablanca police were doing their roundup of "the usual suspects and the most beautiful women" for the prefect. Also, when the young Hungarian woman first approached Rick, she said she was there with Captain Renault _and_ her husband. Rick responded, "Renault has gotten broad-minded"... whoa!
This was my first Black and White, and I was shocked at how good it was. It is the style of movie making and how the music, light and shadow dance in your mind as this story unfolds.
It is based off a stage play, "Everybody Comes to Rick's". They were literally writing the script as they shot it, so the actress playing Ilsa didn't know if she was going end up with Victor or Rick; so the director told her to, "Play it down the middle."
Actually Ingrid would have known that she would end up with Victor. The Hays office (Hollywood's morality police) would never have allowed a married
woman to leave her husband for her lover.
Here is the original screenplay in pdf: script-fix.com/produced-screenplays/Ricks.pdf
I'm impressed by you two guys, most of the younger generations don't get the importance of this movie but y'all do. Also it amazes me how the younger generations marvel at the quality of writing, acting, cinemaphotography is so top draw, as if people in the 1940's actually had amazing skills at writing, filming and acting WAY back then. These films are So far superior to especially the last few decades. The fact that this film is part of teaching film making in Universities to students who want to enter that area and deemed by many professors as the 'perfect film'. It's nice to see that era was appreciated for their films. The fact that it is still being watched some 82 years later, when films made last year are hardly remembered. You guys are a pleasure, Gods Blessings on you both Always!
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Nice reaction guys.
Two recommendations off the back of this film -
“The Maltese Falcon” (1941) A classic film noir featuring 3 cast members from Casablanca.
“Play it Again Sam” (1972) A comedic homage to Casablanca.
Great reaction.
Sunset Boulevard (directed by Billy Wilder) is one of the greats. It is a critique the reality of Hollywood.
This version has the common error in the closed captioning of Ugarte saying the letters were signed by de Gaulle, which would be nonsense as de Gaulle was in London trying to rally the Free French. His signature would more likely get you shot. The letters are signed by General Weygard who was the Vichy government supervisor of the region, and that's what the screen play also says. The two names sound very similar. A large number of cast and crew were displaced people, refugees and such, and they would have known the difference.
Best final line of a movie….EVER! 👑👑
Great review. Enjoyed watching it! Watching Bogey in the 1946 "The Big Sleep" is great too!
this film is a great example of the collaborative and serendipitous uncertain miracle that is filmmaking. the story was written based on the writers current experiences in europe as the nazis were rising to power; Rick's cafe was based on a club the writers visited that was a crossroads for colorful, desperate characters and criminals of all sorts moving through europe due to the pending war; Rick represents the u.s. that had not yet entered the war, he even says "i stick my neck out for no one", and then notes "they're asleep all across America". the screen rights were bought, the film put into production while the outcome of the war was still in question. when the film was about to be finished, the u.s. had just entered the war, and the allies made their first landings in Africa- in Casablanca! so the name was front page war news, and splashed all across theater marquees at the same time! and 1 more: the film ending kept being rewritten, frustrating the actors who didn’t know what who was going to wind up with who, what they were playing at, or how the story would end; this difficult situation for the actors ended up exactly paralleling their character's predicament which then came through in the actor's performances.
There was already an unproduced stage play "Everybody Comes to Rick's" that the screenwriters used as their basis. The stage play was written by Murray Burnett and Joan Alison in 1940. Warner Bros. bought the rights to the play in January 1942. It's available online in pdf format: script-fix.com/produced-screenplays/Ricks.pdf
You guys are the first I’ve seen (besides me) to get the impression in the flashback scene that Ilsa knew she wasn’t leaving Paris with Rick.
A lot of people know this movie was made during WW2, but don’t understand the significance of the characters. Or how much of a propaganda piece it really was. (I don't say that in a bad way, I believe it is the best movie ever.)
The setting was the first week of December 1941 (just before the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.) A lot of Americans - remembering the carnage of the First World War - did not want to get involved in another European war. Rick’s cynicism represented this feeling. Stay away from politics, stay away from the war, you’ve got a good things going on so just continue to do your own thing. But, you could also see he was cool with people involved in the resistance operating in his club, or his employees being involved (just don't tell him you're going to a secret meeting, he doesn't want to know.)
France was divided and the population as a whole was trying to play both sides as needed just to survive without any kind of serious commitment. The Germans, after conquering France, allowed them to form a new government (In the town of Vichy, known for its bottled water - this was called the “Vichy Government”) while another faction escaped to England to form a “Government-in-Exile” in London. So who did the French overseas colonies belong to? It depends on who you ask. (You might notice the Germans were a little constrained - not violating French "neutrality" even though they were calling the shots. That's why the didn't simply arrest Victor and take him back with them.) This French sentiment was represented by Captain Renault. The bottle he dropped in the trash at the airport (as he was deciding to pick sides) was Vichy water.
So in the end, both Rick and Louis chose to do the right thing, and that’s how we knew we would win WW2.
Also, a little trivia for you. Sam was played by Dooley Wilson, a drummer. It was him singing, but he couldn’t play the piano.
Great work, Gents! Enjoyed very much *your* enjoyment of this always highly ranked "Best Movie of all Time."
Interesting choice. This is the kind of film you watch if you study cinema at college. You come in for your lecture at 10:00AM on a Thursday morning and watch a film like this until lunchtime. (Hitchcock would probably be the best type of old cinema to watch. 'Vertigo' (1958) is still better than most things made today! IMO.)
Hell yeah
Great reaction guys. I always loved this one, a real classic
The greatest movie ever made!
Loved your reactions! I like the longer length of the movie. More scenes than other reactors. 💕💕💕
One of he Top 5 movies of all time!
Many of the lines are still part of the english vernacular
You kept up with the dialogue better than most. Might try The Big Sleep with Bogart and Lauren Bacall...some real twists.
'Kiss me as if it were the last time' (19:17) is a translation of a line from the song which B & B have just been listening to in the dance-hall (most famous in Spanish, 'Perfidia') The film is full of such moments - you could watch it ten times and still not pick everything up....very clever. Bogart and Bergman were two of the biggest film stars in the world at the time. Claude Rains is also marvellous, as the wise-cracking Chief of Police, and Paul Henreid as the unflappable Victor Laszlo.
Ilse thought Victor was dead when she was with Rick in Paris. Many of the lesser characters were played by people who had escaped from Europe. That is why there was so much emotions when singing the French National Anthem. Throwing the Vichy water was a big symbol. Part of France was occupied by the Germans. The other part and French territories were run by the puppet government which was in Vichy, France.
I fell in love with film noir probably back in the early 90s.
The film that got me started in the genre was Mildred Pierce.
Here are some other films that you might enjoy reacting to:
Dead Ringer with Bette Davis
Another man’s poison with Bette Davis
Framed with Glenn ford
Almost Anything with Dan Duryea, Broderick Crawford, Peter Lorre, Humphrey bogart
The movie is GOLD. The acting in magnificent. Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman great couple.
She Loved Rich and admired Victor.
Made during the war added to the feeling as it was watched
A couple more black and white movies to check... The Grapes of Wrath - 1940, A Raisin in the Sun - 1961...
*Raisin
Not to mention, 12 Angry Men - 1957 and To Kill A Mockingbird - 1962. Maybe even 'Guess Who's Coming To Dinner' - 1967 (Everyone should see at least one movie with Spenser Tracy.
@@ArtamStudio - Thanks, Otto-Typo...
Many of the actors were refugees from occupied europe. When the people were singing the Marseilles (the french national anthem) many of the tears were real.
Finally! Something I can watch with you!
Good to see you here james ✌🏽🤘🏽
lots of people always tell the major points in the movie, here's two not many talk about.
During the movie, you hear her tell Rick 'i love you' multiple times. yet, she never actually says it to Laszlo.
the note said ' I love you, God Bless you." leaving at the airport, she mutters God Bless you one last time. Her last 'i love you' to RIck.
The first tune you liked is an American Standard jazz tune It Had to Be You composed by Isham Jones, with lyrics by Gus Kahn. It was published on May 9, 1924. Many artists of the 20th century and even now have covered it. Some take the tempo slower than this. If you know your American pop music history, you know that anyone from Duke Ellington and Ella FitzGerald, Frank Sinatra, Billie Holiday and
Harry Connick Jr and scores of aging rock , soul and pop stars doing old songs and releasing albums.
Sam and Rick had been together for a long time and Rick was about to do something that he knew would land him in prison or dead. Though it's not said I don't think Rick would want Sam to share that fate so he made sure Sam was taken care of before he left.. imo. Great Reaction!
The exchange between Rick and Louie was classic. If either one of them told what actually happened, both of them would have been arrested. They knew that, and covered for each other and got away at the end.
Rick = Humphrey Bogart
Captain Renault = Claude Rains.
Ilsa Lund = Ingrid Bergman.
I've seen Casablanca I don't know how many times, and I still get stressed waiting for them to get on the plane. And I know how it ends lol.
Psycho ground breaking in 1960 Hitchcock master!!!
Man, you guys bringing the classics! What a fantastic film; excellent script & storyline…magnificent cast, great sets & cinematography. What I came to appreciate is the lighting, similar to “12 Angry Men “. The shadows & contrast just shows so much more in black & white…something color cannot do as effectively. Very much enjoyed your commentary, & appreciate the fact you actually pay attention to the story & characters. Nothing wrong with the black & white classic films, as there are so many really great ones. Hope y’all do more of them.
Rick in that white dinner jacket all movie long, Smokin'!! BTW another Dynamite Black and White with a smooth lead actor is North by Northwest with Cary Grant and Eva Marie Saint AKA "The Thinking Man's Blonde"
People such as Victor and Ilsa who were part of the Underground had to be extremely secretive and hide many things from family and their closest friends. For Ilsa to even (finally) talk to Rick about her marriage and Victor’s escape would be dangerous and avoided by those involved in the Underground.
To see more films about activities of the Underground check out the 1964 The Train, with Burt Lancaster, or the 1969 French film Army of Shadows partially based on experiences of the writer and director during the war.
WWII began in 1939 and ended in 1945
Casablanca was filmed in1942.
I love these movies. They take me back to a time when the English language was powerful, people admired wit and intelligent dialogue and everyone aspired to have this kind charm. Casablanca will always be one of my all time favourite movies, a masterpiece romance under the ominous Nazi presence.
Not just "a classic." "The classic" of all time. Often referenced as the greatest film ever made.
Major Strosser driving to the airport: "This man in the Batmobile!" Nice reaction. If you get a chance, check out "The Asphalt Jungle". Classic gangster film noir, directed by John Houston.
Just found you guys. Old White Dude here. i really dug what you guys did with this. You said you liked The Wild Bunch. Let me recommend the Professionals. 1968? Western. I gotta hunch ya'll will really dig it too,
They were writing as they filmed, so Ingrid didn't know which man she was going to be with until the very end!
This movie came out in 1942 while the war was still going on and no one knew how things would end. . WW2 didn't end until 1945.
A great movie.❤
Also..
Humphrey bogart in..
The big sleep.
Great detective movie.
Fun fact: the actor who played the Nazi who got shot at the end had escaped from Germany before the war and said he would not play a Nazi unless the character was killed at some point.
Claude Raines is fantastic in the Invisible Man, Peter Lorre is great in a lot of movies but as others mention M is such a great performance and classic of German cinema, and Dalio (the pit boss who gives Claude Raines his winnings) should be seen in the French movie Rules of the Game (both he and Lorre are in a lot of American movies as character actors but they were leading men before the war).
In the golden age of Hollywood, a long drawn-out romantic love affair would go like this: "I love you, I love you, let's get married. Oh, by the way, my name is . . . " In other words, INSTANT love at first sight, one of the most common tropes of the era.
I imagine it made for a lot of bad marriages in the real world as people thought you didn't have to know much about the other person, love conquers all. But it doesn't, of course. And you absolutely did not live together for awhile first (actually illegal in some parts) to test how compatible you were, and divorce was very hard to get.
Good reaction with some good thoughts. I'll be looking forward to more of your reactions to classic movies. I'd strongly suggest "To Kill a Mockingbird." When "Mockingbird" came out in 1962, it was a movie black parents took their children to see, and I'd be interested in hearing your thoughts about it.