btw that second go at THAHN, The Breaking Point w/ John Garfield, Phyllis Thaxter and Patricia Neal, is amazingly good.
When you see a '40s vehicle of Bogart's like Dead Reckoning come up second-rate, you realize how great the great stuff was.
― son of a lewd monk (Dr Morbius), Monday, 4 August 2014 21:20 (nine years ago) link
watched CASABLANCA last night for the first time in years. few other films are so easily affecting: ilsa’s first appearance, rick’s drunken reminiscing, that rendition of “la marseillaise”...fuck nazis!!
― k3vin k., Saturday, 25 May 2019 20:22 (four years ago) link
As I said in another Casablanca thread, several impressions why it is wonderful, but not exactly perfect:
― A is for (Aimless), Sunday, 26 May 2019 02:48 (four years ago) link
It is very rainy and foggy in Morrocco. Who knew?
Prior to climate change altering things everywhere, Casablanca has slightly higher average rainfall than Southern California does.
― Elvis Telecom, Sunday, 26 May 2019 03:37 (four years ago) link