Catherine Cox October 10‚ 2011 Casablanca Movie Review Grade 9 drama A The movie watched from September 26th to the 28th in Mr. Sheridan’s class was Casablanca. It was produced by Hal .B. Wallis‚ directed by Michael Curtiz with music done by Max Steiner. It is based on a play written by Murray Burnett and Joan Allison called “Everybody comes to Rick’s”‚ a contract was signed by the original writers‚ giving Warner Bros. complete ownership of the play. Warner Bros. then hired Julius J. Epstein
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Casablanca response Casablanca is a romantic-melodrama that is a heart-warming‚ funny‚ and for professor Kredell it “brings tears to his eyes”. The Film Casablanca explores the themes of sense of duty‚ sacrifices‚ and letting go of past love‚ all in chaotic and disastrous world. Casablanca was set in Moscow during the Second World War. The film follows an American club owner Rick Blaine and his journey reuniting with past love IIsa Lund. The director Michael Curtiz chose eliding duration technique
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This film review will be based on the movie Casablanca. Starring Humphrey Bogart‚ Ingrid Bergman‚ Paul Henreid. Considering the movie is from 1942 i think its astounding. Casablanca is very fast paced and has lots of bold turning points and emotion tyed up inside. I personally find alot of movies trying to copy the sort of theme this movie delivers. The kind of rugged compassionate hypocritical films. I feel Casablanca is very much a classic film that’s storyline can almost keep up to some of todays
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"Casablanca:" A New Perspective Throughout history‚ the film industry has seen many directing styles and techniques. The early part of the 20th century saw a factory style of film production‚ but as the years went by‚ director’s began to employ new and untried techniques in their pictures. One such technique which these director’s implemented was a new approach to the use of the camera and camera angles. "Casablanca‚" an Academy Award winning film of 1942 saw director Michael Curtiz manipulate
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begins the journey that is Michael Curtiz’s 1943 film‚ “Casablanca”: “With the coming of the second World War many eyes in imprisoned Europe turned hopefully‚ or desperately‚ to the freedom of the Americas. Lisbon became the great embarkation point‚ but not everyone could get to Lisbon directly‚ and so a tortuous‚ roundabout‚ refugee trail sprang up; Paris to Marseille‚ across the Mediterranean to Oran‚ then by train‚ or auto‚ or foot to Casablanca in French Morocco.” Last stop: Rick’s Café Americain—December
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In the 1942 classic‚ Casablanca‚ Rick is the American owner of the prominent bar‚ Café Américain‚ where people from all over the Moroccan city come to gamble and make shady deals to escape the place. Despite all of the drama and variety of people that pass through‚ however‚ Rick has remained largely uninvolved‚ maintaining a strictly neutral stance with all who know him. This all changes‚ however‚ the day his ex-lover and her husband stop in. Despite his character’s initial detachment‚ Bogart allows
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Casablanca Critique The story about Rick Blaine and his American bar in Casablanca‚ and how he falls into such a strong relationship with Ilsa is wonderful. They met in Paris and had the most wonderful time but they had to escape. The morning they had to leave the girl‚ Ilsa‚ is not there. She had sent him a letter saying that she was sorry she couldn’t be with him‚ and Rick was feeling like his inside had been ripped out. Feeling very betrayed by Ilsa‚ Rick being a very hard headed character
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Casablanca and The Classic Hollywood Era Casablanca exhibits the Classical Hollywood cinema in which its focal point is the resurgence of mankind. General focus points in Classical Hollywood era are narration‚ aspects of space and time‚ cutting (“invisible style”)‚ and lastly the characters. Classical Hollywood narration progresses always through psychological motivation‚ i.e. by the will of a human character and its struggle with obstacles towards a defined goal. In Casablanca‚ Richard “Rick”
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11/08/2012 Aristotle Analysis Casablanca 101 “Casablanca‚” has been deemed “the greatest love story of all time” by many professional critics and film goers alike. To receive and maintain such outstanding reviews‚ the basic elements of the film must be scrutinized by a higher standard- especially when compared to the plethora of phenomenal love stories found this day and age. Aristotle set many of the guidelines we use today to determine what separates
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The Lights of Casablanca -An indepth look into the lighting techniques employed and the context in which they were used‚ caught between film noir and the classic Hollywood style. Casablanca (1942)‚ directed by Michael Curtiz‚ is a perennial favorite‚ depicting unique Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman characters caught in situations out of their control. While the film’s story is engaging on many levels‚ Curtiz’s use of lighting is an integral tool he uses to help tell of the story. Previously
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