The movie is on cable at the moment, and once again I'm amazed at the number of great lines.
"You despise me, don't you Rick?".
"If I gave you any thought, I suppose I would."
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Subject: Re: Casablanca Sun Jul 15, 2018 9:45 am
What's always amazed me is the tone of the movie. Although made DURING the war (1942) it is decidedly non-propagandistic. The scene in Rick's where the German soldiers are drowned out by the Frenchmen singing "La Marseillaise" would never have been allowed in a film from '44 or '45. Germans were not subject to ridicule; they were monsters.
The moral ambiguity of Renault, and the deep concern for Laszlo's plight also seem anachronistic.
As a movie it never did much for me -- but in the context of when it was made I find many aspects of it fascinating.