Rick’s Metamorphosis Throughout the entirety of Casablanca, directed by Michael Curtiz, the audience is constantly trying to guess the nature of the protagonist, Rick’s, character. The movie leaves one guessing until the very end however there is a crucial scene that shows us how Rick used to be and what turned him into the stone cold man the audience believes him to be during the time the film takes place. Through the use of lighting, spacing, and the general props used during the Paris flashback sequence Curtiz crafts a sad and dynamic character out of Rick. One of the clues that is given about Rick’s character is the way the lighting changes during this sequence. During the scenes that take place in Casablanca, and especially the ones that happen in the café, harsh lighting is used on Humphrey Bogart (Rick).
This territory is being shown in the film by an Arabian theme that reinforces and establishes the locale. We can hear a stirring statement of the “La Marseillaise” when the opening credits are shown in the beginning of the film. Steiner uses this to remind the viewers the French control of Morocco. This ends with a sour chord, coinciding with the director Michael Curtiz’s name to support the narrator’s description of dark days for Europe. A narrator also describes the journey people go through to come to Casablanca, and this was supported by repeated dissonant chords.
I had only one question for him- “Why did Japan not attack The USSR in 1941?” He answered- “The USSR is too cold.” You can imagine how disappointed I was with this answer. The Japanese were not looking for a sunny two week holiday! They were invading a country. I felt further research was needed. I never came across books on the topic and feel this question and topic could be written into a book.
Grace Martin Professor Hutchinson Introduction to Film – TR 9:25 a.m. 23 September 2014 Elements of Narrative in Pulp Fiction Jules Winnfield, Vincent Vega, and Butch Coolidge illustrate three interlocking stories in the cult classic, Pulp Fiction. Jules’ tells the story of a mob goon finding faith and getting out of the game. Vincent tries to prove himself trustworthy with his boss’ wife after living in Amsterdam for three years. And Butch chooses to forge his own path, driven by the tale of his father’s gold watch. Pulp Fiction uses space quite uniquely in the development of Jules and Vincent’s relationship, as well as the movie’s infamous manipulation of temporal order, which we’ll delve into a little deeper.
De Niro’s Game, written by Rawi Hage approaches the realistic debate surrounding the question asked by people living through the Lebanon civil war through the senses of the main characters, Bassam and George. The question facing everyone is either to remain in familiar grounds facing the inevitable, or to escape towards the west, occupied by hostile nations. In first few chapters forced migration from the civil war is evident: “Ten thousand bombs had landed, and I was waiting for George. Ten thousand bombs had landed on Beirut, that crowded city, and I was lying on a blue sofa covered with white sheets to protect it from dust and dirty feet. It is time to leave, I was thinking to myself.
While the love between Rick and Ilsa in Casablanca goes thru a cycle of separation, love and healing separation, the live between Charles Foster Kane and Susan Alexander, the opera singer, being in love and ends in separation and distrust. While Citizen Kane’s plot is based upon the person of Charles Foster Kane, the plot of
Brandy Andrade November 23, 2010 Casablanca In Casablanca the movie was a propaganda film because it had war and in the movie they show the war going on. Also the reason I thought it looked like a propaganda film is because all the action and gangster actors that play in the film. In this film the way the film noir is because all the romantic scenes and all the love in the movie. Film noir in this movie was great and really nice. To show how Rick’s moods change when they play the song “A Time Goes By”.
Plot Summary for Casablanca (1942) The period is 1942 circa World War 2, Casablanca which is in French Morocco. The main characters are Rick Blaine, the cynical owner of Casablanca’s most happening night club and casino, Café Americain, Captain Renault, the self-centered , impartial police, underground leader Victor Lazslo, steely Major Strasser and the beautiful leading female in this intricate web; IIsa. The story can easily be considered as a wartime adventure but I believe it is essentially a romance. The first character we are introduced to is Rick, at his nightclub where is approached by a man (Ugarte) who is requesting his help in holding some documents for him. Their conversation is cut short by the arrival of Major Strasser and Captain Renault who proceed to arrest him and looks to Rick for help, who in turn ignores him.
Billy Wilder’s The Apartment wins an Academy Award for Best Picture that evening in Los Angeles. April 18: With their supply ships sunk or AWOL, and coming under heavy fire from Castro’s air force and artillery, the Brigade begins to run out of ammunition and options. Desperation sets in on the beach, in CIA headquarters, and in the White House, where John Kennedy asks himself, “How could I have been so stupid?” At the Bay of Pigs, brigade leaders beg for help from nearby American warships. President Kennedy refuses to grant permission for the navy to engage. April 19: With ammunition gone and
In the beginning of the short story, the them involving the desire to forget various parts of history in exemplified by the main characters habits of alcohol consumption and tendency to consume sleeping pills during the middle of the day. Aside, from horrible visual memories of the bombing, the main character is plagued with the thought that her son, whom she has never met, may have killed either during the dropping of the bomb or at some other point during the war. When this realization occurs, she contemplates whether she wants to either forget about his existence or continue to hope for his survival. The main character