Rick's Cafe still has it

[Sunny]

I decided to watch Casablanca again (free on Netflix) last night. It's still one of the greatest, possibly THE greatest movie ever made. Humphrey Bogart was probably the first "method actor," even though the term hadn't been invented yet. He was so natural, he didn't even appear to be acting at all, very unusual for a movie of the 1940's,

I also watched an interview with Ingrid Bergman, Humphrey's love interest in that movie. The interview was in the 70's, about 30 years after the movie was made. Lots of fascinating stuff about the movie. She said they never knew from one day to the other what was going to happen in the plot, as they kept changing it every day. They even had two endings, one where she leaves with her husband and one where she decides to stay in Casablanca with Rick. The cast didn't know until the end which one they'd use.

I think the fact that the movie was in black & white helped also. Somehow, it gave it a more haunting ambiance.

And I've been humming As Time Goes By since yesterday.

 

[jujube]

We went to a bar in a hotel in Casablanca that was a copy of Rick's bar. It was hokey and touristic, but it was kind of fun looking around and pretending to be in the movie. It was also the only place I was stupid enough to have ice cubes in my drinks and probably the source of the Mohammed's Revenge I came down with on the way home......

 

[OldFeller]

I got wrapped up in the story every time I watched it. When art hits the high mark it never comes down again.

Perfect casting. How about Claude Rains?

Captain Renault: What in heaven's name brought you to Casablanca?
Rick: My health. I came to Casablanca for the waters.
Captain Renault: The waters? What waters? We're in the desert.
Rick: I was misinformed.


Rick: Last night we said a great many things. You said I was to do the thinking for both of us. Well, I've done a lot of it since then, and it all adds up to one thing: you're getting on that plane with Victor where you belong.
Ilsa: But, Richard, no, I... I...
Rick: Now, you've got to listen to me! You have any idea what you'd have to look forward to if you stayed here? Nine chances out of ten, we'd both wind up in a concentration camp. Isn't that true, Louie?
Captain Renault: I'm afraid Major Strasser would insist.
Ilsa: You're saying this only to make me go.
Rick: I'm saying it because it's true. Inside of us, we both know you belong with Victor. You're part of his work, the thing that keeps him going. If that plane leaves the ground and you're not with him, you'll regret it. Maybe not today. Maybe not tomorrow, but soon and for the rest of your life.
Ilsa: But what about us?
Rick: We'll always have Paris. We didn't have, we, we lost it until you came to Casablanca. We got it back last night.
Ilsa: When I said I would never leave you.
Rick: And you never will. But I've got a job to do, too. Where I'm going, you can't follow. What I've got to do, you can't be any part of. Ilsa, I'm no good at being noble, but it doesn't take much to see that the problems of three little people don't amount to a hill of beans in this crazy world. Someday you'll understand that.

 

[smiley]

I got wrapped up in the story every time I watched it. When art hits the high mark it never comes down again.

Perfect casting. How about Claude Rains?

Captain Renault: What in heaven's name brought you to Casablanca?
Rick: My health. I came to Casablanca for the waters.
Captain Renault: The waters? What waters? We're in the desert.
Rick: I was misinformed.


Rick: Last night we said a great many things. You said I was to do the thinking for both of us. Well, I've done a lot of it since then, and it all adds up to one thing: you're getting on that plane with Victor where you belong.
Ilsa: But, Richard, no, I... I...
Rick: Now, you've got to listen to me! You have any idea what you'd have to look forward to if you stayed here? Nine chances out of ten, we'd both wind up in a concentration camp. Isn't that true, Louie?
Captain Renault: I'm afraid Major Strasser would insist.
Ilsa: You're saying this only to make me go.
Rick: I'm saying it because it's true. Inside of us, we both know you belong with Victor. You're part of his work, the thing that keeps him going. If that plane leaves the ground and you're not with him, you'll regret it. Maybe not today. Maybe not tomorrow, but soon and for the rest of your life.
Ilsa: But what about us?
Rick: We'll always have Paris. We didn't have, we, we lost it until you came to Casablanca. We got it back last night.
Ilsa: When I said I would never leave you.
Rick: And you never will. But I've got a job to do, too. Where I'm going, you can't follow. What I've got to do, you can't be any part of. Ilsa, I'm no good at being noble, but it doesn't take much to see that the problems of three little people don't amount to a hill of beans in this crazy world. Someday you'll understand that.

what a script what actors and b/w is always beste!!- one of my favs!

 

[ChiroDoc]

The funny part about the picture is that they didn't think they had anything overly special in terms of lasting importance in it. They never dreamed it would be one of the greatest of all time.

 

[OldFeller]

The funny part about the picture is that they didn't think they had anything overly special in terms of lasting importance in it. They never dreamed it would be one of the greatest of all time.

This trailer backs exactly what you've said. You get no indication that this is more than the usual stuff Hollywood was putting out then. I don't even get the sense that I would want to see the film based on this coming attraction