21.3.12

Casablanca!

Not unlike the Oscars, I planned on blogging about Casablanca, but what I just saw is way too much to blog about. Perfection in every way. If you think seeing it on TV is absolutely fantastic, it does not hold a candle to the big screen.

As many of you are well aware, I have an unhealthy obsession admiration for Humphrey Bogart. Bogie just delivers in this film. Everyone does. All the way down the credits to S.Z. Sakall, they’re all fantastic. To think this movie had so many troubles being made, it was well worth it all.

Love. War. Suspense. Bergman. Bogie. It just doesn’t get much better than that. Hal B. Wallis, you magnificent, magnificent man. Much love from me 70 years later. And now, my favorite scene:

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