Look at how Ilsa looks at Victor at 1:04 into the clip. (Boy, that's a great shot!) That's not a woman looking at "dull" man! That's a woman looking at a courageous and inspiring man.
Then check out when Rick asks Victor whether he thinks everything he's doing is "worth all this":
Rick: "Don't you sometimes wonder if it's worth all this? I mean what you're fighting for."
Victor Laszlo: "You might as well question why we breathe. If we stop breathing, we'll die. If we stop fighting our enemies, the world will die."
Are those the words of a "dull" man?! "If we stop fighting our enemies, the world will die." ?!
Victor Laszlo is a saint. And Victor Laszlo is the Rock of Gibraltar. There is nothing "dull" about the Rock of Gibraltar!
Mark, I really like your comments, all of them, thanks. On this one, yes, but it is a saint stepping forward and doing what he should; no great sign of anguish over what to do and upward vitality. And it's just one scene. Laszlo influences things a bit, perhaps his words to Rick, but not much of what he does drives events. In the movie, his his non-dullness in mainly in his resumé.
"In real life there are no saints, but in this movie there is, and he’s dull,..."
Objection! Objection! I don't think you're watching Casablanca, if you think the saint in the movie is "dull"!
Look at this scene:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tmey95lE-98
Look at how Ilsa looks at Victor at 1:04 into the clip. (Boy, that's a great shot!) That's not a woman looking at "dull" man! That's a woman looking at a courageous and inspiring man.
Then check out when Rick asks Victor whether he thinks everything he's doing is "worth all this":
Rick: "Don't you sometimes wonder if it's worth all this? I mean what you're fighting for."
Victor Laszlo: "You might as well question why we breathe. If we stop breathing, we'll die. If we stop fighting our enemies, the world will die."
Are those the words of a "dull" man?! "If we stop fighting our enemies, the world will die." ?!
Victor Laszlo is a saint. And Victor Laszlo is the Rock of Gibraltar. There is nothing "dull" about the Rock of Gibraltar!
Mark, I really like your comments, all of them, thanks. On this one, yes, but it is a saint stepping forward and doing what he should; no great sign of anguish over what to do and upward vitality. And it's just one scene. Laszlo influences things a bit, perhaps his words to Rick, but not much of what he does drives events. In the movie, his his non-dullness in mainly in his resumé.