July 26, 2008
Movie Trailer: Casablanca
Arguably, the best film ever made (I place it as number two, just behind Citizen Kane). This is one movie everyone must see at least once before they die. Click below to see the trailer for this classic.
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Screenwriter: Julius J. Epstein (Arsenic and Old Lace), Philip G. Epstein (The Brothers Karamazov), and Howard Koch (Rhapsody in Blue)
Director: Michael Curtiz (White Christmas)
Actors: Humphrey Bogart (The Big Heat), Ingrid Bergman (Spellbound), Claude Rains (Notorious), Paul Henreid (In Our Time), and Peter Lorrie (M)
Director: Michael Curtiz (White Christmas)
Actors: Humphrey Bogart (The Big Heat), Ingrid Bergman (Spellbound), Claude Rains (Notorious), Paul Henreid (In Our Time), and Peter Lorrie (M)
Labels: Claude Rains, film, Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, movie trailer, Peter Lorrie
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4 Comments:
Agreed--one of the BEST of the best.
Casablanca is one of those movies I'll never get tired of. Citizen Cane, however, is a different story. I have tried to like it because everyone raves about it. I really have. I can admire its artistry, but I don't care if I ever see Citizen Cane again.
a prof of mine back in undergrad used to steadfastly maintain that the problem with film critics was that there were only two requirements:
1) undying conviction that films with subtitles are just plain better
2) willingness to swear that Citizen Kane is the finest movie ever made.
Comments, friend? :-)
Your prof obviously didn't teach film.
Kane is the best. Hands down. I'd love it if it wasn't so I wouldn't sound like some drone - but its the truth. Casablanca and The Godfather II come dang close but I'm a Kane guy. This said, I absolutely understand that many people can't watch it, tastes have changed and most people find it a bore. Given its influence, the sheer brilliance of it as a work of art and technical marvel of the thing - how can one argue against it?
In regards to subtitles, they don't make a film better. Foreign films are a mixed bag at best (regarding the French they're generally a mixed colostomy bag - not a big fan of the French). Lots of people want to pretend that a film that comes out of a foreign country somehow has some natural superiority. A good portion of it is as vacuous as what Americans make, they just bury it under more dialog. On the flip side, I'm a strong supporter of Americans checking out foreign flicks. The "I don't go to movies to read" mentality is frustrating.
The real problem with film critics is that most just plain stink at their job - and I say this will full knowledge I'm standing alongside the accused. Most critics are snobbish louts who belch out what they've learned at film school without a thought to film as a cultural entity. No identifiable criterion for their opinion other than what they think is "cool". They learn about the French New Wave, watch Open City and Rashomon a couple times and think they "get it". Next thing you know they're claiming the Werner Herzog is god and Guy Maddin films are heady but whimsical while also happily gobbling down whatever cinematic slop is being pooped out by Hollywood as if it were chocolates.
He should also add "Black and white movies are all great".
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