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Rick and Ilsa toast Paris and each other before the Nazis invade. The palm-lined Boulevard Mohammed V, in the heart of old Casablanca, is a reminder of the French influence on the city. Mahkama du Pacha, located in the Habous neighborhood and built in the early s, is a Moroccan architecture and craftsmanship gem. The city has a serious arts and culture scene.
Casablanca is a great restaurant city. Unlike Marrakech, Casablanca has a buzzy restaurant scene fueled by both locals and visitors. Unparalleled Atlantic views and a stylish crowd have made Le Cabestan the reservation to score on La Corniche, dating back to , when the chic French restaurant first opened its doors. A renovation has kept the scene relevant, but the old standby now has competition from Bleu. Casablanca , it's probably one of your two or three favorites.
If you've never watched it, shame on you. There are very few movies that can be involved in a "best movie ever" argument. Sure, you can argue that the original Halloween is the best horror movie of all time and you can argue that the original Arthur is the greatest comedy of all time. You can even mistakenly argue that Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid is the greatest western of all time. But none of those can compare to Casablanca in a "best movie ever" discussion.
In fact, Casablanca occupies the top three spots in the greatest movies of all time - that's how great it is. But it never hurts to convey the message subtly, surrounded by story that is genuinely entertaining, romantic, suspenseful, and funny. No one has been foolish enough to actually remake Casablanca though Francois Truffaut was supposedly invited to do so in the s , but plenty of films have borrowed from its story and characters.
Films like Caboblanco and Havana were clear attempts to recapture the Casablanca magic, to little effect. There were two attempts at turning Casablanca into a TV show -- which, if you can get past the heresy, isn't actually such a bad idea. Both were prequels, set at Rick's cafe before the events of the movie, a setting that surely offered much potential for drama and intrigue. What to look for: Watching the film now is very different from watching it in , and not just because you're watching it on DVD instead of paying a nickel to see it at the movie house.
Modern viewers see the film through the filter of already knowing how the war turned out spoiler: we won , but contemporary audiences were still in the middle of it. The theme of everyone making sacrifices to help Good defeat Evil is probably even more stirring when the outcome of the battle being depicted hasn't been determined yet.
Casablanca may have seemed like a rallying cry, a reminder that this war -- the one in the movie, which we are also fighting in real life -- must be won. First-time viewers are often surprised at how funny the dialogue is, especially thanks to no-nonsense Humphrey Bogart. I get it for them for half. Is that so parasitic? RICK: I don't mind a parasite. I object to a cut-rate one. And while the core story is about Rick and Ilsa, they are surrounded by a host of colorful characters. Michael Curtiz didn't have a very distinctive directorial style -- you could watch five of his films in a row and not realize they were by the same guy -- but he did insist that film be a visual medium, so the camera roams around Rick's cafe, giving us an intimate view of all the disparate folks.
The street scenes, despite being shot on a Hollywood back lot, have an authentic flair not least because many of the extras were actual European refugees who had come to California. Dooley Wilson, who played Sam the pianist, was actually a drummer and had no piano skills whatsoever. This is painfully obvious in the scenes where he's supposed to be playing.
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