Casablanca Discussion Thread

[Shane]

Discuss it here.

Casablanca is a 1942 romantic film set during World War II in the Vichy-controlled Moroccan city of Casablanca. The film was directed by Michael Curtiz, and stars Humphrey Bogart as Rick Blaine and Ingrid Bergman as Ilsa Lund. It focuses on Rick's conflict between, in the words of one character, love and virtue: he must choose between his love for Ilsa and his need to do the right thing by helping her husband, Resistance hero Victor Laszlo, escape from Casablanca and continue his fight against the Nazis.

The film was an immediate hit, and it has remained consistently popular ever since. Critics have praised the charismatic performances of Bogart and Bergman, the chemistry between the two leads, the depth of characterisation, the taut direction, the witty screenplay and the emotional impact of the work as a whole.

[dsilva]

i saw casablance not so long ago. had heard soooo much about it dat i jus needed to check it out and i loved it. now i know why its called an all time classic. a must see for all movie lovers.

[Doom_Girl]

Originally Posted by dsilva

i saw casablance not so long ago. had heard soooo much about it dat i jus needed to check it out and i loved it. now i know why its called an all time classic. a must see for all movie lovers.

I couldn't agree more. The airport scene at the end has me in tears every time.

[dsilva]

i too watched Casablanca quite recently. i had heard so much about the movie and it was good for each and every word of praise uttered regarding it. wow what a movie. the Actors were brilliant and so was the picturizaton.
this is a shot of one of my fav parts of the movie....

[otto]

I saw this movie last week on the big screen here in Vancouver at the Pacific Cinematheque. New 35mm print. I loved it, and Bogart as always was great but to me Claude Rains (the actor who plays Captain Renault) was the guy who stole the show. He was so funny.

Not my favorite Bogart film though, but a very good one.

[Shane]

Originally Posted by otto

I saw this movie last week on the big screen here in Vancouver at the Pacific Cinematheque. New 35mm print. I loved it, and Bogart as always was great but to me Claude Rains (the actor who plays Captain Renault) was the guy who stole the show. He was so funny.

Not my favorite Bogart film though, but a very good one.

I couldn't agree more about Rains. He got all the best lines, and that's really saying something.

[brettait]

i had watched this movie some long time before,and too it was the 1st movie which i enjoyed a lot while watching.I cant forget this movie

[vuhuybinh]

saw casablance not so long ago. had heard soooo much about it dat i jus needed to check it out and i loved it. now i know why its called an all time classic. a must see for all movie lovers.

[Jack Torrance]

This was a great movie. Claude Rains stole the show. I find it sad that anyone could hate this movie.