"It is unclear what exactly to make of Ilsa’s preference to stay back with Rick and to see Laszlo fly off by himself."
It's not unclear at all. She says why throughout the film. After Rick and Ilsa meet for the first time in Casablanca, she comes back after hours to explain everything. He's simply too drunk and angry to listen.
"It is unclear what exactly to make of Ilsa’s preference to stay back with Rick and to see Laszlo fly off by himself."
It's not unclear at all. She says why throughout the film. After Rick and Ilsa meet for the first time in Casablanca, she comes back after hours to explain everything. He's simply too drunk and angry to listen.
She says (words to the effect of), "A young girl came to Paris from Oslo. She met a great and courageous man. He introduced her to books and ideas that she didn't know existed. She felt admiration for him, and what she presumed was love..."
She simply met Victor Laszlo as a very young woman ...perhaps 7-9 years from having braces on her teeth, from her flashback discussion with Rick in Paris. She admired and respected Victor, and he introduced her to so many new things, that she was overwhelmed with what she "presumed was love." But she married him when she was too young. Now she still greatly admires and respects Victor, and knows that he loves *her*, but meeting Rick in Paris after she thought Victor was dead, made her realize that the person she truly loves is Rick.
And she knows that Victor has his work, and that Victor's work is tremendously important to him. So she thinks that Victor will be OK alone in America, because he has his work.
Nice brief. Gets us in affection, love, in-love, etc. When my wife and I started talking, not long after we met, about having a child and getting married, she said she wants to marry man who won't be bitter after the divorce. I guess I fit the bill.
"It is unclear what exactly to make of Ilsa’s preference to stay back with Rick and to see Laszlo fly off by himself."
It's not unclear at all. She says why throughout the film. After Rick and Ilsa meet for the first time in Casablanca, she comes back after hours to explain everything. He's simply too drunk and angry to listen.
She says (words to the effect of), "A young girl came to Paris from Oslo. She met a great and courageous man. He introduced her to books and ideas that she didn't know existed. She felt admiration for him, and what she presumed was love..."
She simply met Victor Laszlo as a very young woman ...perhaps 7-9 years from having braces on her teeth, from her flashback discussion with Rick in Paris. She admired and respected Victor, and he introduced her to so many new things, that she was overwhelmed with what she "presumed was love." But she married him when she was too young. Now she still greatly admires and respects Victor, and knows that he loves *her*, but meeting Rick in Paris after she thought Victor was dead, made her realize that the person she truly loves is Rick.
And she knows that Victor has his work, and that Victor's work is tremendously important to him. So she thinks that Victor will be OK alone in America, because he has his work.
Nice brief. Gets us in affection, love, in-love, etc. When my wife and I started talking, not long after we met, about having a child and getting married, she said she wants to marry man who won't be bitter after the divorce. I guess I fit the bill.