Casablanca C/D

It IS piles of cliches upon piles of cliches but it works incredibly well.

I was actually having a discussion 'bout the film with ppl tonight and how ts suceess was a series of happy accidents but also how the film ( say in regards to Bogart) is ostensibly cynical, that everyone at Rick's is mildly corrupt but are able to come through in the end, or in scenes like the singing of Marseilles scene . The film posits that, yes ppl are weak, venal, corrupt but if given the right cause will come through (as exemplified in Claude Rains chatcter) That veneer of cynicism gets lost in the ultmate scene of renuncuiation of 'true love' (and then affirmation of frienship and companionship as a substitute for love)

Well, I could go on but i think you get the picture. Casablanca is a cool flick.

I love this movie so much, but it just occurred to me that it's kind of a dick move on Rick's part to leave Sam with Ferrari and go off to be best bros with Claude Rains without so much as a goodbye.