This is how I would explain Casablanca to my young children.
And part of what makes any truly great movie great is that it is capable of multiple readings. But the movie would not endure if it didn't have a deeper psychological realism, if Rick and Ilsa's characters weren't so well-drawn, if they didn't both have decidedly mixed motives t…
This is how I would explain Casablanca to my young children.
And part of what makes any truly great movie great is that it is capable of multiple readings. But the movie would not endure if it didn't have a deeper psychological realism, if Rick and Ilsa's characters weren't so well-drawn, if they didn't both have decidedly mixed motives throughout, and - in particular - if he didn't make his final choice for a lot more reasons than the wooden "inspired by the saintly Laszlo."
This is how I would explain Casablanca to my young children.
And part of what makes any truly great movie great is that it is capable of multiple readings. But the movie would not endure if it didn't have a deeper psychological realism, if Rick and Ilsa's characters weren't so well-drawn, if they didn't both have decidedly mixed motives throughout, and - in particular - if he didn't make his final choice for a lot more reasons than the wooden "inspired by the saintly Laszlo."