Casablanca Review

Casablanca is said to be one of the greatest films of all time. Authough I wouldn't put it at the top of my list, I can certainly see why it was put there. It was produced in 1942, and at first its story wasn't anything special, just another movie made during the boom era of filmaking. The story I thought was good, a man who meets up with his past love and has to choose between hving her back again or supporting the revolution by helping her and her husband escape from a nazi controlled city. When this issue of Nazi takeover became really recognized in the states, the people were able to relate to Casablanca much better I believe. Because now I cannot relate my situation to Rick and Ilsa's maybe that is why I couldn't really get into the movie. But I do have to appreciate the use of gauze filming in this movie which gave Ingrid Bergman a soft look to her. I felt the romantic quality it gave to her and it helped me to at least relate to the movie emotionally. what also helped me relaste emotionally to this movie was the flashback scene.The flashback was a major part of the movie because it let you in on the past love between Rick and Ilsa, when you got back to the present I felt the emotion that was still between them and I wanted them to be together again. In the end when Rick told Ilsa to leave with Laszlo, I could feel Ilsas pain, torn between her want to be with Rick, and helping Laszlo fight for his cause. All in all the movie itself was good. Not my favorite but the director did a good job really bringing the viewer into the story. It was a good movie for emotion. It allowed you to feel emotion and relate to the characters, ( which helped me because I was unable to relate with the background story).