Posted on 12/13/2023 3:08:10 PM PST by Rummyfan
One of my favorite films is “Casablanca,” starring Humphrey Bogart as Rick Blaine, an American nightclub owner — and isolationist — in Morocco as the Nazis are goose-stepping across Europe and beyond.
“I’m not fighting for anything anymore except myself,” he tells Ilsa, the elusive love of his life. “I’m the only cause I’m interested in.”
When Major Strasser, an officer of the Third Reich, asks Rick what nationality he holds, Rick replies: “I’m a drunkard.”
Rick tells Louis Renault, the corrupt French police prefect: “I stick my neck out for nobody.”
“Casablanca” was written in 1941 during the months preceding the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7. The film was released in 1942.
And in January 1943, just two months after the Anglo-American landings in North Africa, President Franklin D. Roosevelt met with British Prime Minister Winston Churchill in, yes, Casablanca, where he declared his war aim.
It was not a “ceasefire,” an “exit strategy,” or a “responsible conclusion.”
Instead, he demanded that Germany, Italy, and Japan – the Axis Powers – surrender, and that they do so “unconditionally.”
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Back to our movie: “If we stop fighting out enemies, the world will die,” Victor Lazlo, the Czech Resistance leader, tells Rick. “Well, what of it?” Rick replies. “It will be out of its misery.”
But in the film’s final scene, Rick shoots Major Strasser, and decides to join the fight. “You’ve become a patriot,” Louis Renault observes.
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At least Rummyfan didn’t let it leak who won the war...
I haven’t seen the movie but know that I will be familiar with some of the scenes when I do.
No, sounds entertaining. Thanks for the tip.
Spoiler alert.
Right? We were just heading out to the Redbox to see that tonight!
LOL!
Pathetic.
Just put your lips together, and blow.
You mean Paul Henried. Conrad Veidt played Major Stosser.
That was To Have and Have Not.
Rick is not an isolationist; he’s a communist sympathizer. Doesn’t anybody listen to the dialogue in this movie?
Yeah, I got my movies confused.... another Bogie - Bacall flick.
He had run guns into Spain for the Republicans (i.e. communists) (from the movie). But also into Ethiopia to fight the Italians. So you decide.
Watch it a couple times. I had to watch it several times before I realized how close it was to actual history, especially he early parts when folks were gravitating out of Europe. Never mind Bogie’s drama, the general drift is pretty accurate.
BS!
“Casablanca” was written in 1941 during the months preceding the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7. The film was released in 1942.
The original script of “Everybody Comes to Ricks” was picked up by a script reader on December 8, 1941. If he had read it the week before, it may have never been made.
We will always have Paris
Bogarts never says play it again Sam. He says
“Play it Sam, You played for her, you can play it for me.”
Bergman did say play “As Time Goes By” and Sam claimed he did not remember it.
Max Steiner who orchestrated the movie was planning to write a song for it. But because she used the line and had changed her hair style for her next picture, they had to leave it in. Herman Hupfeld became a very rich man because of this. He wrote “As Time Goes By” in 1931.
I liked the line that was something along the lines of "there are certain parts of Brooklyn I would advise the Wehrmacht to steer clear of."
Bet you've never watched the movie, have you?
(Sadly, I've also watched "Caddyshack" about a dozen times....)
They were a group of intergalactic refugees.
Wanted to use the Earth as an apolitical zone for...
creatures without a planet.
Did you ever see the movie "Casablanca?"
Same thing, except no Nazis.
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