Post by Deleted on Apr 27, 2017 18:01:26 GMT
It's so weird you posted this. I just watched "Casablanca" for the first time yesterday and it BLEW ME AWAY.
I'm going to watch the "The Maltese Falcon" this weekend.
What I loved about Casablanca was the allegory on WWII. Rick being the United States, neutral, the representation of both the Axis and Allies in a town that was neutral as well.
The use of lighting. Bogie had a half shadowed and half lit face to represent his position, Ilsa had a glowing face, flawless, but when she was in the scene begging for the papers with Rick she had stripes (shadows and light) to represent prison. Her husband always had a beam of light to make his face bright. He was confident and sure of himself.
Such a brilliant film. Then the lines, "Here's looking at you kid" "I was born the day you kissed me, I died the day you left, I was alive the few weeks you loved me" and "Out of all the gin joints and towns in this world, she had to walk into mine."
I'm going to watch the "The Maltese Falcon" this weekend.
What I loved about Casablanca was the allegory on WWII. Rick being the United States, neutral, the representation of both the Axis and Allies in a town that was neutral as well.
The use of lighting. Bogie had a half shadowed and half lit face to represent his position, Ilsa had a glowing face, flawless, but when she was in the scene begging for the papers with Rick she had stripes (shadows and light) to represent prison. Her husband always had a beam of light to make his face bright. He was confident and sure of himself.
Such a brilliant film. Then the lines, "Here's looking at you kid" "I was born the day you kissed me, I died the day you left, I was alive the few weeks you loved me" and "Out of all the gin joints and towns in this world, she had to walk into mine."