Analysis Of The Movie ' Casablanca '

Hollywood cinema is primarily subjected to telling stories. The inclination of Hollywood narratives comes not just from good chronicles but from good story telling. The following essay will discuss Hollywood’s commercial aesthetic as applied to storytelling, expand on the characteristics of the “principles of classical film narration” and evaluate alternative modes of narration and other deviations from the classical mode.

Casablanca was directed by Michale Curtiz in 1942. There were three main actors. Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergam and Paul Henreid played Rick, Ilsa and Laszlo in Casablanca. This movie talked about an American named Rick who needed to choose between his love for a woman named Ilsa and help her husband who wanted to continue fighting against the Nazis escape the city of Casablanca. In this movie, we could see three themes, heroism, honor and love. First, heroism is a concept that a person will consider the overall situation and make great decisions and actions. Secondly, honor is a moral concept which is respected. Third, love is an emotion that people will fall in with each other and understand and take care of each other forever. However, I will talk about heroism in my essay. Here are three main ideas to introduce my statements.

Many stories have been modified to be turned into movies. But there is always the age old question, which one is better? This essay is going to focus on this question with the movie and short story “The Secret Life Of Walter Mitty”. There are many factors that fuel each statement of which one is better but in the end the movie can usually reign supreme. There are many examples of this in the movie/literature scene but in recent years “The Secret Life Of Walter Mitty” is the most familiar.

The debate over Casablanca and Citizen Kane has been a classic argument between film critics and historians alike, and this is because both of these pieces are timeless pictures that have managed to captivate audiences well after their era. On a broad spectrum analysis this is an apples and oranges debate as the two films both have great cinematographic value but for different reasons. However, the real question at hand is which film is the greatest? Which film transformed the future of American film making? It is these questions that I as many others have, will attempt to answer in the following essay as I explain why I believe Citizen Kane is the greatest film ever made.

This paper will discuss various elements of mise-en-scene, specifically; character development, lighting, performance, costume, makeup in the film "Casablanca".(Michael Curtiz,1942) The setting of the story sets the tone for the entire film. Shots of tanks and planes show the violence of war that coincides with the cutthroat city that is Casablanca. From there, those sentiments are reinforced when a man is shot in the street while another man pick pockets someone whom is distracted. The mood of the movie stays on the dark side of things when we enter Rick's Café, where we meet our protagonist played by Humphrey Bogart. In this scene we are treated to the jaded portrayal of night club owner. We see his utter disregard for a French woman

Casablanca, the crowning achievement of director Michael Curtiz, which was released in 1942, is a film that had to work against the pressing concerns associated with World War II to stay relevant in both cinematic and general audiences. The writing, which was done by Julius J. Epstein, Philip G. Epstein, and Howard Koch, had to be inspirational yet uncontroversial. With actors like Humphrey Bogart as Rick Blaine, Ingrid Bergman as Ilsa Lund, Claude Rains as Captain Louis Renault, and Paul Henreid as the French revolutionary Victor Laszlo, Casablanca has a respectable cast. The movie initially appears to fit the film noir genre because of its smoky backdrops with muted colors,

With World War II going on Hollywood shoveled out Propaganda by taking films and producing them in ways to make you feel Patriotic and want to join the war effort. Casablanca was one of many movies that promoted World War II by showing that the Germans were the enemies of the world. One example in Casablanca was when Ilsa and Rick left France because of the German take over; another was that Major Strasser was portrayed as an enemy against the poor refugees and the Czech and Norwegian resistance groups in Casablanca. Casablanca portrayed another way to promote enlistment by showing resistance by the French and how Captain Renault at the end of the movie backstabbed Major Strasser and joined Rick's side. The movie as a whole shows the Germans as arrogant and uptight socialists; it degrades

A reading of Casablanca beyond it's pretense of being an old Hollywood romance is the interpretation of the film as a piece of American or Allied propaganda during its time of release. Present day, the word propaganda gets a bad reputation, and many consider it a form of manipulation that doesn't belong in art, however, it is of my belief that, seeing as all art contains a message that it wishes to convey to its audience, all art is, in some form, political or supports some school of thought or ideology. For clarity, I will define my use of the word 'propaganda' to mean the dissemination of information in favor of an ideology or cause, for the means of garnering sympathy towards the cause and validating the emotions of sympathizers.

Casablanca was released in 1942 by the director Michael Curtiz. The film was considered one of the best motion pictures ever made. The film's multinational cast, strong emotions, and the love triangle helped it become a classic film remembered for all time. The scene I will analyze is the last scene in the film where Rick Blaine and Ilsa were saying their final goodbyes as an airplane was in the background setting was one of the greatest scenes in the history of romantic films and the history of cinema itself.

I think the allure of Casablanca is the hype that is built around it. Casablanca will always be associated with being the most romantic film of all time. It will always be in the American Film Institute’s 100 Greatest Love Stories of All Time. There is lines that comes from this movie that just about every adult in America can quote, and probably has at some point in time. By the time you get done just talking about the movie itself the buildup alone makes you want to see what all the hoopla is about. I think the allure continues to this day because of these same reasons, the hype around the movie itself. There is also a generational gap that I believe gets closed if you grew up in a family that liked to watch classic movies together and this

Many denote Casablanca as one of the greatest romance films of all time, but there is more beyond what is going on between the leading man and the leading lady. When an individual ponders Casablanca, they may think of the romance aspect of it, but that is only one facet of this film. Although it probably was not viewed as such at the time, Casablanca is a historical record depicting the events of World War II. This film not only shows events and situations that occurred, but shows how people felt about those incidents. There are many characters from different heritages in the film, and the actors’ portrayal of a certain type of person, whether American or Bulgarian, can give an idea as to how Americans or Bulgarians felt in real life at the time. Even though there is one American in the film, the viewer can discern how Americans were perceived by others by the acting of that one American; one is almost forced to assume that is what Americans are like since there was just that one character. Through this film, one can tell if the people who made it wanted to promote American involvement in the war; an individual can also see a portrayal of Americans and their allies during the war; there is a depiction of the nature of the war and the violence that ensued because of it; and cultural components are shown.

The career of Steven Spielberg has been vast. Spanning five decades, he has crossed genres with more success than most of his contemporaries. In the grand scheme of cinema I believe that those who are drawn to his masterful work can be categorized into two groups. This partition between the two revolves around his seminal classic Schindler's List and separates his career into two parts. While his films, early and recent alike, follow common themes; there is also a subtle divide. These themes ranging from the lost boy to obsessions to family issues have been orchestrated throughout the majority of his films. For the purpose of this essay let's call them Pre-93 and Post-93: the former being prior to 1993 and Schindler's List, the latter being everything 1993 and on. The aforementioned themes, along with significant moments within the director’s personal life, paint a picture of a man evolving within his work.

Throughout many passing years, many works of literature, and tales of the tragedies in war , have been put on papers, or for viewing pleasure of the common people in the cinema. Numerous of these tragedies have been centered around the Second Great War, and leave and influential mark on the people. Although, the stand out tragedies, incorporate several devices that the audience can relate to. All of the stand out films also parallel with Aristotle 's principles on what makes a film unique. Aristotle will set a very black and white line on what makes these films phenomenal piece of literature. A recent film, that is highly successful and

Both Rainer Werner Fassbinder and Todd Haynes have drawn on Sirk’s film melodramas in their films. Discuss the differences and similarities between their uses of Sirkian melodrama in their films Ali: Fear Eats the Soul and Far From Heaven. In developing your analysis you should engage with theoretical debates about these filmmakers’s work and theories of melodrama, and you should support your analysis through close reading of the films

Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) is a mental disorder that is associated with reoccurring thoughts (obsessions) and uncontrollable thoughts that drives the patients to repeat something over and over again. The Aviator movie is trying to depict this disorder through the character Howard Hughes. The story captures the real-life experience of Hughes who was a successful filmmaker and aeronautic engineer in Hollywood between 1920s and 1940s. He was both rich, talented and notoriously eccentric. Hughes showed symptoms of OCD which were very severe and incapacitating at some points. His conditions deteriorated progressively from bad to worst throughout his lifetime, though in most parts of the film he is depicted as functioning relatively normally. This paper will focus on Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder and how it has been depicted in The Aviator movie through the character Howard Hughes.