Here's Looking at You, Kid.
Here’s Looking at You, Kid. Filmed and released in 1942 Casablanca, starring Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman, is a romantic drama set during World War II. The movie focuses on a man (Rick Blaine) torn between love and virtue and it is throughout the movie that he struggles to choose between his love for a woman (Ilsa Lund) and helping her and her Czech Resistance leader husband (Victor Lazlo) escape from the Vichy-controlled Moroccan city of Casablanca. Throughout the movie it becomes clear that Casablanca is a love story. But is there more behind the main stream love that we as the audience only see? In the final scene it become evident that not only is the story of Casablanca a love story; it is also political propaganda in disguise.
Audience
Michael Curtiz’s audience is clear, he appeals to both the men and women affected by World War II. At first, one may only think that Casablanca was for those who enjoyed a love story. The love between Rick and Ilsa would make any girl go weak at the knees. It is also possible to look at Casablanca from a political propaganda point of view, everyone watching the film was affected by World War II and in return may have felt the need to do something to help bring an end to the war.
World War II was a global military conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, which involved most of the world's nations, including all of the great powers, organized into two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis. In 1940, in accordance with the Selective Service Act set forth by Congress, over 1 million men were drafted (World). Most men who served were husbands, sons, fathers, brothers, or perhaps all four. Their risked their lives, were willing to fight and if necessary, die for their country. Children were left fatherless, and many lived in families of women. The biggest change on society at the time was the contributions women were making. During World War II, thousands of American women left their homes for the first time to
Audience
Michael Curtiz’s audience is clear, he appeals to both the men and women affected by World War II. At first, one may only think that Casablanca was for those who enjoyed a love story. The love between Rick and Ilsa would make any girl go weak at the knees. It is also possible to look at Casablanca from a political propaganda point of view, everyone watching the film was affected by World War II and in return may have felt the need to do something to help bring an end to the war.
World War II was a global military conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, which involved most of the world's nations, including all of the great powers, organized into two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis. In 1940, in accordance with the Selective Service Act set forth by Congress, over 1 million men were drafted (World). Most men who served were husbands, sons, fathers, brothers, or perhaps all four. Their risked their lives, were willing to fight and if necessary, die for their country. Children were left fatherless, and many lived in families of women. The biggest change on society at the time was the contributions women were making. During World War II, thousands of American women left their homes for the first time to