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Maybe he did. Casablanca is a superior movie.
> Maybe he did. Casablanca is a superior movie. Wait, you haven't seen The Godfather either???
I have. All three if it matters. Your point?
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#22> 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".
Also Joy Page. She's really bad or maybe her style of acting doesn't transcend the era.
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#23Earlier quoted context omitted.
> Maybe he did. Casablanca is a superior movie. Wait, you haven't seen The Godfather either???
I have. All three if it matters. Your point?
I was pretending to be so in love with The Godfather that I saw this as an objective fact, rather than a matter of opinion.
I was also making an oblique reference to the meme that The Godfather is "the perfect film".
I was trying to be amusing, but apparently I failed spectacularly. I am ashamed.
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#24Earlier quoted context omitted.
I have. All three if it matters. Your point?
I was pretending to be so in love with The Godfather that I saw this as an objective fact, rather than a matter of opinion. I was also making an oblique reference to the meme that The Godfather is "the perfect film". I was trying to be amusing, but apparently I failed spectacularly. I am ashamed.
I was amused!
Re: Playing it over and over again: how Casablanca was made (2018)
#25I've seen Casablanca more times than A Beautiful Mind, and I worked on that movie. My first viewings were indeed from the balcony of the Brattle Theatre, where one could get books of ten tickets cheap as a grad student. My last viewing was just before the pandemic, in the Stanford Theatre. I vowed to let go of all inhibitions, and let the movie guide my emotions. That's how Casablanca deserves to be seen.
The Brattle Theatre is a treasure.
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#26Earlier quoted context omitted.
I have. All three if it matters. Your point?
I was pretending to be so in love with The Godfather that I saw this as an objective fact, rather than a matter of opinion. I was also making an oblique reference to the meme that The Godfather is "the perfect film". I was trying to be amusing, but apparently I failed spectacularly. I am ashamed.
This explanation makes it especially amusing.
Re: Playing it over and over again: how Casablanca was made (2018)
#27I 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've seen Citizen Kane a number of times but Casablanca is more approachable and rewatchable IMO.
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#28Earlier quoted context omitted.
I have. All three if it matters. Your point?
I was pretending to be so in love with The Godfather that I saw this as an objective fact, rather than a matter of opinion. I was also making an oblique reference to the meme that The Godfather is "the perfect film". I was trying to be amusing, but apparently I failed spectacularly. I am ashamed.
godfather is bad and violent. but i was enjoying their cluelessness and your insistence.
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#29I've seen Casablanca more times than A Beautiful Mind, and I worked on that movie. My first viewings were indeed from the balcony of the Brattle Theatre, where one could get books of ten tickets cheap as a grad student. My last viewing was just before the pandemic, in the Stanford Theatre. I vowed to let go of all inhibitions, and let the movie guide my emotions. That's how Casablanca deserves to be seen.
The Brattle Theatre is a treasure.
I have to confess that I haven't been to the Brattle in ages; I go into the city for a lot fewer evening events than I did. But that's pretty much the last relic of quirky Cambridge theaters. And even campus film events get a lot less traffic than they used to.
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#30> 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".
Also Joy Page. She's really bad or maybe her style of acting doesn't transcend the era.
There are probably a number of melodramatic elements in Casablanca you have to tune out a bit which would be out of place in a more recent film.