2.Casablanca You should pick up the DVD on this one. Nice print and some real extra goodies that explain what a wonderful accident this classic film is. Certainly the people who made this film had no idea they were making a classic. It was just another studio release that needed to be put together quickly. Bogart was not Bogey yet. Bergman was a slight risk. The wonderful supporting cast were just studio regulars and hanger-ons. "As Time Goes By" was a minor hit. But put them all together and movie history is born. There is not a bad moment in this film, there is not a bad performance. Honor, sacrifice, love and the balance of power in the whole world are just some of the themes that run throughout this movie. So many scenes from this movie resonate in my memory. Rick on the train track, Sam and Rick in the bar late at night, Victor Lazlo leading the singing that drowns out the Germans and of course the classic ending with Bogey, Bergman and Rains. Simply a wonderful film.
3.Citizen Kane I have been in the video bussiness for the past eleven years, so I appreciate all the camera techniques that came from this movie. And yes it did change many things about how movies are made. (On a side note you should check out some of the Camera work Greg Toland used on John Ford's