A contrarian take on Casablanca from Cowen: https://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2024/02/my...
I am a great admirer of Tyler’s but he often does too much thinking and too little feeling, particularly in the context of art.
Playing it over and over again: how Casablanca was made (2018)
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#12I had a film professor who told us that he thought Casablanca should be #1 on AFIs list of the best films. Citizen Kane is a masterpiece of cinematography, but otherwise I think it’s kind of weird. Casablanca is beautiful, complex, and approachable. If you’ve never seen this film, give it a shot.
> If you’ve never seen this film, give it a shot.
The atmosphere in the film is quite special, you almost feel like it was made in modern times, just adjusted in post to be black and white.
Re: Playing it over and over again: how Casablanca was made (2018)
#13I had a film professor who told us that he thought Casablanca should be #1 on AFIs list of the best films. Citizen Kane is a masterpiece of cinematography, but otherwise I think it’s kind of weird. Casablanca is beautiful, complex, and approachable. If you’ve never seen this film, give it a shot.
> If you’ve never seen this film, give it a shot. The atmosphere in the film is quite special, you almost feel like it was made in modern times, just adjusted in post to be black and white.
A different way of putting the above is that Casablanca's aesthetic was so influential that it guided decades of subsequent work.
My 2¢: this could be a consequence of both the movie's strengths as much as of the trade-offs taken that did not overshadow the strengths. For example, the movie's wartime moral dichotomy is carefully offset with reminders about the limitations of moralism.
Re: Playing it over and over again: how Casablanca was made (2018)
#14A contrarian take on Casablanca from Cowen: https://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2024/02/my...
> A more Benthamite Rick might have been a happier and better-adjusted guy.
I'd like to think Cowen was taking the piss out of stereotypes of economists, but I don't think he was.
Re: Playing it over and over again: how Casablanca was made (2018)
#15> Nearly all of the 100-plus actors and actresses in the film were immigrants hailing from more than 34 different nations. Bogart was the lone American;
Uhm, hello, Arthur Wilson? Born in Texas, died in California. "Play it again, Sam".
Re: Playing it over and over again: how Casablanca was made (2018)
#16> Nearly all of the 100-plus actors and actresses in the film were immigrants hailing from more than 34 different nations. Bogart was the lone American; Uhm, hello, Arthur Wilson? Born in Texas, died in California. "Play it again, Sam".
He led an interesting life: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dooley_Wilson
Re: Playing it over and over again: how Casablanca was made (2018)
#17A contrarian take on Casablanca from Cowen: https://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2024/02/my...
I am a great admirer of Tyler’s but he often does too much thinking and too little feeling, particularly in the context of art.
strikes me as an outside observer, lacking in empathy for the characters.
Interesting perspective none the less.
Re: Playing it over and over again: how Casablanca was made (2018)
#18I had a film professor who told us that he thought Casablanca should be #1 on AFIs list of the best films. Citizen Kane is a masterpiece of cinematography, but otherwise I think it’s kind of weird. Casablanca is beautiful, complex, and approachable. If you’ve never seen this film, give it a shot.
> I had a film professor who told us that he thought Casablanca should be #1 on AFIs list of the best films.
I'm surprised that the professor never saw The Godfather :)
Re: Playing it over and over again: how Casablanca was made (2018)
#19I had a film professor who told us that he thought Casablanca should be #1 on AFIs list of the best films. Citizen Kane is a masterpiece of cinematography, but otherwise I think it’s kind of weird. Casablanca is beautiful, complex, and approachable. If you’ve never seen this film, give it a shot.
> I had a film professor who told us that he thought Casablanca should be #1 on AFIs list of the best films. I'm surprised that the professor never saw The Godfather :)
Maybe he did. Casablanca is a superior movie.
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#20Earlier quoted context omitted.
> I had a film professor who told us that he thought Casablanca should be #1 on AFIs list of the best films. I'm surprised that the professor never saw The Godfather :)
Maybe he did. Casablanca is a superior movie.
> Maybe he did. Casablanca is a superior movie.
Wait, you haven't seen The Godfather either???