Signed:_________________________ The film I have selected to discuss for my final essay is “Casablanca” directed by Michael Curtiz. “Casablanca” is a romantic drama set during World War 2 in Vichy France‚ Morocco. It follows the imperishable love of its two main characters through its trials and tribulations at a time of great difficulty for everyone. The movie opens with a narrator explaining life in “Casablanca” and the story of its residents. The narrator explains how refugees
Premium Film Film director English-language films
Abeer A. Saeed Prof. Gail Crawford COM-248 9/17/2015 Casablanca What some people claim to be one of the most popular love stories ever to be written‚ three times Oscar award winning Casablanca directed by Michael Cutiz was made in 1942. In the well-loved romantic melodrama Casablanca stars Humphrey Bogart who plays bar owner named Rick Blain‚ one of the two lovers of Ilsa Lund‚ who is played by Ingrid Bergman. Her other lover Victor Laszlo is a Czech resistance leader who also her husband‚ is played
Premium KILL United States Tom Sawyer
In the film Casablanca made by Michael Curtiz in 1942‚ and it was an immediate success‚ despite Warner Brothers’ fears that it would fail. It starts out with the French national anthem. I thought this was an interesting detail and a very important because a voiceover came on explaining the significance of the city Casablanca. At the time of World War II‚ years of the war‚ many people were trying to leave Europe. The easiest way out was through Casablanca and into Portugal. After the narrator is done
Premium
Evil: Analysis of Casablanca Angela King PHI2000 – Ethics July 18‚ 2012 Elliot Crozat Good and Evil: Analysis of Casablanca The motion picture Casablanca spotlights its characters as the main focus‚ but as the film rolls an underlying tale of some [thing] deeper emerges. In many ways‚ the elements contained within the storyline are an Archetypal anecdote for all ages in which love conquers evil. In a time where malevolence and iniquity seemed to prevail‚ Casablanca is a theoretical passage
Premium Ethics Immanuel Kant The Usual Suspects
Slowly‚ I began seeing carved pumpkins‚ skeletons‚ and ghosts. It was time for Halloween. Hannah le Noir approached me with a gleam in her eyes and I knew she had a plan. “Let’s make our own costumes!” she blurted out. I questioned her by stating that we could just buy one from Walmart. “No no no no no—if we just buy it‚ then it would not be as meaningful. I want to create my own possessions and with the hard work I put in‚ something great will surely emerge‚” she strongly replied. On October 31st
Premium Little Red Riding Hood
Essay on Casablanca The movie Casablanca (1942) takes place in the WWII torn town of Casablanca. The movie is based on the fleeing of refugees from war torn France trying to gain passage into America. The movies circles around the struggles of the war in Europe and of the struggle between lovers. Casablanca was a war waypoint located in Northern Africa where refugees from the war against the Nazis fled to try and gain passage to the America’s. The only problem is that it is a rough place to live
Premium English-language films Nazi Germany United States
In the film Casablanca‚ techniques within cinematography and editing are utilized to help carry the story forward while effectively capturing each character’s centrality to the overall storyline. In cinematography‚ close-up shots work to place emphasis on each character’s dialogue by centering their faces in the main frame of view. This allows the audience to follow their lives‚ conflicts‚ and stories on a more personally engaging level as the film digresses. In editing‚ the film is tracked by transitions
Premium Film Film director Narrative
The film styles of Casablanca and It Happened One Night were completely different from that of Citizen Kane and The Best Years of Our Lives. Casablanca and the earlier films were all shot with very basic techniques where the frame just focused on the action. However‚ in Citizen Kane and The Best Years of Our Lives everything was in focus in the frame‚ even the events taking place in the background. Rather than just one main conversation or action being the concentration point of the film‚ there were
Premium Film Film director English-language films
Both Tony and Rick are faced with a dilemma throughout Argo and Casablanca‚ respectively. They catch themselves getting more and more involved with the escape plan‚ and then their emotional connection leads to altruistic actions. Both Argo and Casablanca have a scene that underscores these characters transitions. On the first movie Mendez‚ have a heated up conversation with his boss on the phone‚ while on the other movie‚ Blaine points a gun at an official. Up to this part‚ the characters were
Premium Film editing Film techniques Medium shot
The Dark Knight and The Matrix neo-noir characteristics Both movies show neo-noir characteristics though both production and story elements. Production elements such as the dark scenes throughout the movie are used to show the contrasting sides to the story. Within both movies it also shows that a friend of the main character dies‚ and it shows how this may be devastating to the character however they avoid showing emotion or grief as they are determined to finish their quest and do what is right
Premium Warner Bros. Gotham City Two-Face