Casablanca

1. Casablanca is a film created in 1942 and directed by Michael Curtiz. With this films complex love story and modern era, this film easily made AFI’s Top 100 Films of All Time ranking 3rd. This film was nominated for a bunch of awards including best actor for Humphrey Bogart, best supporting actor for Claude Rains, best black and white cinematography and best score/editing.  What makes this film the phenomenon it is today is because it travels through a lot of different themes such as: lost love, honor, self-sacrifice in war, and romance within a chaotic world. Casablanca was based on a play called Everybody Comes to Ricks. The two main characters are Humphrey Bogart, and Ingrid Bergman will forever be remembered for their iconic roles in his film forever. Along with their iconic roles, some of their infamous quotes will be remembered by movie goers everywhere for the test of time.

2. http://classicfilm.about.com/od/epicswarmovies/fr/CasablancaRevue.htm
This article discusses the story of Casablanca and how it came to be what it is today. in the 1940's when this film was made, it was considered to be a big budget film for its time period. The screen writers made up the end of the story line during the production which in fact the last line of the film was not in the actual film until 3 weeks after shooting the end of it entirely.

3. This article relates to class because it shows that this film even for the lack of time and how thought out this film was going to be, it is still well noted as one of the best films ever. And for the lack of the screen writers for not knowing the plot for a while really helped the audience be even more suspenseful towards the last minuets of the film. This article also really explains that even the actors emotions were real because they didn't know the end of the film for a long time too.

4. When I watched this film for the first time in high school, I was honestly bored to tears and really confused as to what was going on. But watching it for the second time and with your powerpoint explaining what was happening in the beginning really made the movie clear to me. This movie is a true love story that will make anyone understand how deep a love for a person can go. This film wasn't one of my favorites this semester but the storyline was very personal and I believe everyone should have the experience to watch this because it is truly a well recognized movie from our history that is a classic.