Dave Siciliano
Final Approach
My nieces were in last week and like love stories. We watched several including Casablanca.
What struck me was how the story line of the movie was clearly carried by the actors: not special affects (although there were some for the time.) There was no point where just the interaction of the characters didn't point you in the direction the director intended. When Rick had the papers and Victor told him to just let Ilsa use them to get out; when Ilsa came to him to just let Victor use them showed their complete love for one another.
At the airport when Victor gets on the plane and Rick and Ilsa talk:
Rick: 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 it before...we'd...we'd 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. Here's looking at you, kid.
They just don't seem to make them like that anymore.
Best,
Dave
What struck me was how the story line of the movie was clearly carried by the actors: not special affects (although there were some for the time.) There was no point where just the interaction of the characters didn't point you in the direction the director intended. When Rick had the papers and Victor told him to just let Ilsa use them to get out; when Ilsa came to him to just let Victor use them showed their complete love for one another.
At the airport when Victor gets on the plane and Rick and Ilsa talk:
Rick: 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 it before...we'd...we'd 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. Here's looking at you, kid.
They just don't seem to make them like that anymore.
Best,
Dave