Casablanca

The film Casablanca is a perfect example of Hollywood perfection because of the production and producers that were used. Cross cutting played a major role in this film because it cut between two scenes that were occurring at the same time but in different locations. The use of voice overs was also greatly used throughout this film. Another reason why Casablanca is a perfect example of Hollywood perfection is because it greatly demonstrates the art, as well as, photography of multiple studio productions, rather than just one. In addition, the film was done black and white to portray Hollywood's significant golden age.

Films and plays are constantly intertwined, many times there are adaptions of one another, and often there is a modern film version of an older play. The film 10 Things I Hate About You is said to be based on William Shakespeare’s play Taming of the Shrew, and there have been many film versions of West Side Story, originally a musical by Arthur Laurents. It is common for movie directors to use characters from plays and musicals to create a loose structure for the film while modernizing the plot and overall theme of the film. In Moliere’s play, The Bourgeois Gentleman, and Angés Jaoui’s film, Le Goût des Autres, characters Manie and Nicole are presented as side characters whose personalities and actions have both similarities and differences.

In fact, Rick is perfectly fine in limbo in Morocco. Unfortunately, the past is inescapable for rick. As the first words of "As time goes by" say, "you must remember this" takes Rick back to his mysterious past. This is why Rick is a very complex fellow as the past comes back to haunt him. He tries to avoid any connection to the past at every possible turn.

Sunset Boulevard is a classic black comedy/drama, the most acclaimed, but darkest film noir story about Hollywood and what happens behind the scenes written by Billy Wilder. It shows the true deceitfulness, emptiness, the price of fame, greed, narcissism, and ambition it really takes to be an actor or actress during the 1950’s in Hollywood. Norma Desmond was one of the main characters and she showed viewers how easily they can perceive their characters on screen for their real life and get them twisted. In the 1950’s fans of the film wanted the actors to be just as perfect as they appeared on screen. The classic, tragic film was highly regarded at its time, honored with eleven Academy Award nominations and the recipient of three Oscars: Best

A series of events leads him to cross paths with the famed but forgotten filmmaker George Melies. A number of characters in this film are trapped by their pasts including the characters of Hugo and Melies. Much like Sunset Boulevard the imagery of the main setting is representative of the characters being left behind as the world moves forward without them. The majority of the film takes place within a train station which serves as both a home to Hugo and contains the toyshop Melies owns. Day after day the film’s protagonists remain within the walls of the train station, a place that is by definition meant to transport people.

Screen Shot 2015-09-15 at 12.06.47 AMScreen Shot 2015-09-15 at 12.07.28 AM " This is the last time organ runs his fingers through my permanent wave." Once I heard this line I was convinced I had to write about this film. Released as I Became a Criminal in the United States

The intriguing world of Casablanca, displays a wondrous mise-en-scene in fashion that accentuates emotions and feeling through aspects of cinematography. From the movement of the camera, to the intricacy of the shot distances chosen to be included within the frame, the film reveals important elements of the diegesis without uttering a sound. The cinematography of Casablanca gives the audience an insight into the intimacy of Rick and Ilsa's relationship, and seeks to situate the viewer’s attention to the space and time of the film. Throughout the film, Rick’s romantic relationship, or rather previous relationship, with Ilsa appears to be a focal point of the film.

The movie Casablanca has similarities to World War II. The movie begins by the viewer meeting Rick Blaine. He is the owner of a club that helps people from other countries receive their letters of transit. This club was a safe haven for many of the refugees. This club would allow for the refuges to obtain their letters of transit as well as earning some quick cash for traveling from gambling in the secret room.

In the end, in the brightness of the hanger, Rick and the French official are forced to abandon the shadows and their neutrality to pick a side. They let Isla and Lazlo leave, kill Major Strasser, and walk into the foggy darkness, neutrality abandoned, committed to freedom. The cinematography in Casablanca is critical in directing the audience’s attention, shaping the audiences feelings, and revealing the theme of the movie. Ultimately, the movie helped America abandon its neutrality, join the Allies and defeat

Those that believe Casablanca is not film noir usually perceive Film Noir as a genre. Noir is not a genre; Noir transcends genres and behaves more accurately as a style of cinema. As styles go, there can be variations of them as we see now with Post-Noir and Neo Noir, noir elements in a different time period of film technology which makes these films slightly different than the style of classic film noir. Themes of cynicism, impending doom, loss, jeopardy of life accompanied by visuals dominated by shadows, strong lines, and overall darkness to the image make up film noir’s style. Noir is not absolute, the beauty of this style is its vulnerability to variation, which is why Michael Curtiz’s Classic Casablanca is film noir.

At the beginning of the film there is a narrative voice over which explains the political context of what is happening to the audience. The viewer never has to figure anything out for themselves therefor the film is conforming to a typical narrative structure. The storyline concerns the coming of World War II and a love triangle between Baine, Ilsa and Laszlo. The viewer’s main focus is on the love triangle rather than the political context making the overall storyline easy to understand. This also is an aspect as to why this movie conforms to a classical narrative approach.

Michael Curtiz’s Casablanca (1942) is a film based in WWII around different nations involvement in the war. Casablanca is a stylistic piece of propaganda based in Casablanca, Morocco, a hotspot for Europeans escaping the war and Nazi government. Within the movie each character represents a nations stand in the war. Because of this each character is compromised in certain ways and has clear flaws. Ilsa Lund, the main female character in the film is renowned for being extremely manipulative and overly emotional because of the way women were seen in this era.

His blindness to reality rears at the end of the novel when he finds an electric toad and believes it to be real. As a result of his relationship with Rachel, Rick finds himself to be more empathetic and conscious of what is real or fake. This is displayed when when he decides to love and cherish the toad as if it were real. Ultimately, these small changes in Rick's actions and attitude show the development of his character and his relationship with

Camera Movement in Casablanca (ESSAY #3) (A-) It’s important to watch Casablanca while thinking about the context in which it was released. After the United States entered World War II, it was a little over a year before audiences saw Casablanca. It doesn’t take much investigation to see how the war plays a part in the storytelling, but certain film techniques helped emphasize messages the film wanted to tell its audience. Through the use of camera movement, the finale of Casablanca puts the spotlight on Strasser and Rick’s newfound relationship, which can convey a message about the United States and its allies.

1. In the movie Casablanca, Rick has a complementary relationship over most people. These people include Sacha, Carl, Sam, Ugarte, Abduhl and even Ilsa at some parts of the movie. Rick tells and makes decisions over most of the characters of the movie.