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'Casablanca' it's considered for a lot of presitigious cinema critics to be the best movie of all time.
Others say it's 'Citizen Kane' or 'The godfather'.
This three are the Holy Grial of Hollywood.
I suggest you both watch The Maltese Falcon (1941). It also stars Humphrey Bogart (Rick from todays reaction). In this film noir epic he plays a private detective (gumshoe) in a mystery.
You both like jumping to conclusions so you both will love it.
Here's looking at you kid
@@PedroCastillo_1980 Another iconic line.
That "shadow" scene was famous when the movie came out and has been ever since. I use it as my ZOOM background!!! But this film was most famous for the pithy dialogue.
The emotions during the dueling national anthems were real. Many of the actors were French refugees that left France before the Nazi invasion. Their emotions got the better of them singing the French National Anthem.
This was my favorite scene in the movie.
Came here to say that too.
The German song wasn't the official national anthem, it was "die Wacht am Rhein" ("The Watch on the Rhine"), a song specifically directed against the French and originally motivated by the French desire to establish the Rhine as the border to Germany in the mid 19th century. The song was for a while sort of an inofficial anthem of the German Empire, but that was chiefly directly after formation of the Empire in the Franco-Prussian war.
Now, originally, they indented to use the Horst-Wessel-Lied, since that was at the time a far more prominent "inofficial anthem" (it was the party anthem of the NSDAP and previously the anthem of the SA brownshirts), but it still had copyright in several countries, so they dropped that idea - which probably is for the better. Modern German law considers the Horst Wessel Lied as a symbol for an anticonstitutional organization and as such, distributing it is prohibited to problematic. (It had already been banned by the Allied Council directly after the war). There are exceptions for the distribution of such symbols for the arts, which is why you can flag a whole street with swastika banners when you shoot a movie, but of course having the song being sung inside a film is a bit tricky, since neighbors don't necessary know why your TV is blaring that particular song...
What's more, America hasn't joined the war back then, and it was quite possible that US would reach some agreement with the Nazis, and all those actors would be deported. Back into Nazis hands.
Conrad Veidt (Strasser) was a star of pre-war German cinema and an ardent anti-Nazi. He fled Germany with his wife, (who was Jewish). He found work in Britain and the US playing (what else) Nazis. Many of the other actors playing German officers, were either Jews or homosexuals who had fled German. The actor playing Jan (the young husband playing roulette), actually escaped from a Nazi concentration camp.
Something you may have missed, or not fully understood, was that Rick was an early enemy of the Nazis and Fascists and Ilsa knew this in Paris. Rick ran guns to Ethiopia to help them after the Italian Fascists under Mussolini invaded their country, and fought on the Loyalist side is the Spanish Civil War against the fascist Francisco Franco. Franco was receiving help from both the Italian fascists under Mussolini and from the Nazis. So he was on both of their hit lists, their "roll of honor" as Rick put it himself, when he was living in Paris, and Ilsa knew this. If Ilsa told Rick the whole truth at The Belle Aurore, that she just found out that her husband, whom she had thought was dead, was alive, sick, and hiding in Paris from the Nazis and she was going to stay to help him, Rick would have stayed and tried to help her, putting himself in considerable danger when the Germans marched into the city. He was just that kind of person. Rick HAD to leave Paris before the Germans arrived, otherwise he would be in great danger of death or being thrown into a concentration camp himself. Thus she lied to him and broke his heart to keep him PHYSICALLY safe, not flawless logic I'll admit, but a kind of logic none the less.
Good analysis. She was protecting Rick by not telling him the truth. She knew he would stay in Paris...I'm not sure if she thought he would want to help or if she was afraid he would stay if he couldn't leave with her.
A lot of info but you failed to recognize the basis of the film. When the screenplay was written, the US was neutral while Germany had invaded most of Europe (except for Poland which they had sliced up with the Soviets.) Rick represents the USA and the film was implying that it had to take a stand, like Rick did. Between the writing and filming the Japanese made that whole point moot.
Better logic than hitting him on the head with a frying pan and throwing him into the trunk!
How powerful this film was for when it was released, well before the end of WW2, is immeasurable.
@@docbearmbno, the U.S. was not neutral at the time. Casablanca was shot in 1942 after the U.S. had entered the war.
The "I came to Casablanca for the waters, but was misinformed" wasn't a fail on Rick's part - he was subtly telling Renault that it's none of his buisness.
Or not so subtly, haha
You might want to count the number of times "wet" and "dry" are mentioned in this film. Dry is associated with the desert, cynicism, and death, while wet is associated with love, idealism, and life. When Rick is waiting outside the train station for Ilsa, it is raining hard; after receiving her note, he goes inside the station to get on the train and dries up inside.
Yup, and being a smartass about it.
Magy's look at 25:55 in response to "It almost makes me feel bad for the Germans" is something that will keep me amused for years to come.
Her face was like, "You're a Nazi simp, trixy?"
Lazslo is in some ways the real hero. He sticks to his principles yet can accept without resentment that Ilse had fallen in love with another man when he was reported dead. The most emotionally mature character. And at the same time truly heroic in his commitment to the Resistance
His good character was the deciding factor for Rick, I think.
Laszlo and Rick are so similar in so many ways. The biggest difference is that Rick was wounded by love, while Laszlo was strengthened by love. But once Rick's wound healed, he was right back to fighting the good fight.
It has always struck me as a bit ironic that Lazlo was probably the only man that Rick ever truly admired who was with the only woman that he had truly loved.
@@JasonRule-1I've seen this movie at least a dozen times and never once caught on to that. That's why I love these comment sections.
Vive la France! Vive la Resistance! (says the German guy)
Ladies, now that you watched Casablanca, some more context. Many people think this is the best movie ever made. EVER. And it's because of the dialogue. It's TH-cam, and you have a style, but you have to watch again without comment and listen to every line- the script is pure gold with so much nuance and extra meaning . There's a good reason why she didn't tell Rick the truth in Paris or Casablanca at first- it was to protect both men. Also the overarching theme is that Lazslo's work is so important and he wouldn't be able to function without Ilsa's love and Rick knows it. The world is more important- that's why he let her go.
Watch it again and again and again...I'm on at least 20 times now...
My favorite all time for sure.
Phila - I agree with nearly all of your points. I think Trixy's and Maggy's early interpretation that "Ilsa has two men wrapped around her little finger" only makes sense if one forgets context (or, to give them all the benefit of the doubt, they were doing 'reactor's work' in commenting on the film while watching... and simultaneously, the film gives viewers many plot points, many balls to keep in the air at once.) Yes, Ilsa is trying to manipulate Rick for the letters of transit, but the two key points are 1) she really did love him, and 2) Victor is the key man in the Resistance, and his life or death will impact tens of thousands of people, or more.) ...I'm among those who think that 'Casablanca' is probably the most romantic movie that we have. Among other things, in Terry Gilliam's 1985 film, 'Brazil,' the characters that are trapped in that film's bureaucratic nightmare, continuously watch the film, 'Casablanca,' whenever they can, in order to keep their spirits up (one of many good choices made, in that later film.)
While the dialogue is one of the indispensable things that makes 'Casablanca' so great, I would argue that it has other things also, that would have brought the film down had they been absent: The casting, for one thing - not only of the main cast, but also the minor cast members and the background extras. I also like the set design, lighting and costumes. And the Directing... I'm reminded of the line attributed to Howard Hawks, "A good Director is someone who doesn't annoy you." ...The Direction doesn't get in the way by calling attention to itself with this or that 'memorable shot' - it just gets on with the business of telling the story in a clear, no-nonsense way (one of many solid things to be thankful for with this film.)
@@tranya327 We agree, I just didn't have time to go through everything I like about this film. The main point is I recommend multiple viewings for everyone.
It gets better every time you watch it - there is so much going on - it never gets old.
Glad you guys had a chance to see this. I once had the honor of meeting one of the authors of the screenplay (Julius Epstein). The dialogue is brilliant. And look back into your history: Bulgaria was in sad shape when this movie was made in 1942. It was invaded, aligned with the Nazis, then invaded by Russia and had its alignment change to being against the Nazis. Be glad you missed that era.
Great dialogue well executed. This movie is masters class in writing/film making
Wow!!!!!!!! Re meeting an author of this screenplay!!!!!!😮😮😮😮😮😮
@@im-gi2pg I was giving a tour of a historic theater, which was running Casablanca for its 50th anniversary, to this nice old couple who had been invited to the premier. I eventually asked what brought them there, and the woman proudly said "My husband wrote the movie." I then realized it was Julius Epstein and his wife (he was the last survivor of the three credited authors of the screenplay), and that here was the man responsible for "This could be the start of a beautiful friendship" and "Round up the usual suspects". My brilliant reply was, "Oh, then I guess you've seen it . . ."
@@carlanderson7618 and yet..it was still being re-written as they were shooting it... they weren't even sure of the ending until almost the day it was shot
Yeah, the big background of the story is World War II, with the Nazis controlling all of Europe (as well as French Morocco). They were the BAD GUYS, and the love story between Rick and Ilsa is set against that background, with Casablanca being one of the few places those fleeing Nazi rule could hope to escape.
IMO, Jenny (you know who I'm talking about) and Ilsa are both judged way too harshly by reactors. Victor Laszlo is the most heroic and selfless character. He didn't judge Ilsa or even ask for an explanation, but only asked her, "Were you lonely in Paris?", in order to sympathize with what she did when she thought he was dead and she was alone in the world. He even asked Rick to take Ilsa away from Casablanca, to save her, though it would mean he (Laszlo) would have to stay behind and die -- after he told Rick he knew they both loved the same woman, without any judgment. As happens with most reactors, it appeared you might have missed the import of Rick's conversation with the Bulgarian woman -- it was about an implied offer by Louis to give her exit visas for her and her husband if she slept with him. A brilliantly written and incredibly moving dialogue if you read between the lines of what the woman and Rick say to each other.
Also the reaction on Rick's face tells me he sees their story as parallel to his, and it seems to be the key to the rest of the action.
It's hard to get all the nuance and implications of the brilliant script on first viewing- especially when you are making a reaction video and feel the need to chime in every couple of seconds! I was going to give them a hard time about it, but just suggested that they watch it again (without reacting) so they could get all the dialogue.
Having watched several female reactors watch this film, what's fairly obvious is that as intellectually and emotionally complex women are, they have a fairly simple and straightforward code of conduct. And if you break the "Girl Code", you are persona non grata in the eyes of women. On top of this, if you add a desirable male in the mix (like Forrest, Rick or Victor) there is an element envy involved.
Ilsa, yes. Jenny was criminally "toxic" and destroyed everything around her. It's a waste of everyone's time to bother with people who are broken beyond repair and they inevitably die within a few years (speaking from experience here).
A lot of the people in this movie escaped from Nazi Germany before the war.
The great writer Elizabeth Bear once told me that Casablanca is a great example of a character in conflict with himself. Rick is confused about what he wants: initially, he thinks he wants to be left alone; then he thinks he wants Ilsa. Finally, he realizes that what he wants is to be part of something bigger than himself. In this context, it is important to remember that this is a war movie, produced *during* World War II: the message, “The problems of three little people don’t amount to a hill of beans in this crazy world” is really at the very center. The Nazis are a hideous danger, the entire world is at risk, and we all have to make sacrifices.
… which is part of the reason why this film is an all-time classic, while “The English Patient” is … “meh” 🫤 .
Casablanca is really an all-time classic movie 💯🔥
Disappointed that young people these days don’t automatically know of it or make an effort to watch old films.
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26:37 "I am shocked! SHOCKED!" This is the origin of that meme, a meme far older than the Internet. And still funny.
And yes, "I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship" also comes from this film.
You would have no clue but there are so many famous quotes from this movie that went right over your heads. "Of all the gin joints in all the towns in all the world, she walks into mine." "Here's looking at you Kid." "Round up the usual suspects." etc. "i think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship." No one ever said "Play it again Sam," that is a common misquote. "He said "Play it! If you can play it for her you can play it for me."
For "special" friends of Msr. Rick. uh huh
Another one they not only missed but they actually even edited out: "We'll always have Paris".
@@rs-ye7kw Polite verbiage back then. Not understood today but over all a B+.
@@rs-ye7kw, that was particularly poignant because until Ilsa explained to him the night before about why she had left him, his time with her in Paris was something he wanted to forget, but was unable to. Now he could hold onto it as a good memory.
7:55 -"Where were you last night?
-That's so long ago, I don't remember.
-Will I see you tonight?
-I never make plans that far ahead." Those are my favourite lines. :)
5:16 The reason for the glut of diamonds is because when Jews were being expropriated, they realized that loose diamonds were something they could procure and use for money which were easy to hide on oneself and hard to be discovered in a search. Without the diamonds they carried with them in their flight to safety, many more would not have survived.
I enjoy both your channels. Great seeing you collaborate on one of the top 5 movies of all time. There is such a back story to this film. It was filmed in 1942, just prior to the U.S. invading French Morocco to support Great Britain against the Nazis in Northern Africa. When France surrendered to Germany, the collaborating French government was located in Vichy (unoccupied southern France), this is why they showed Captain Renault throwing the bottle of Vichy water in the garbage can as he was making the decision to join the French Foreign Legion in the fight against the Nazis, and to cover for Rick and take him with him to join the fight. Most of the extras in the film, particularly in Rick's Cafe, were Europeans who had gotten out of Europe just prior to the war or in the early years of the war to escape the Nazis. This makes the dueling anthems scene all the more powerful, because the crowd at the cafe was full of people who had escaped from Nazi controlled Europe and probably still had family and friends living under Nazi occupation. By all reports, the tears were real and the emotion basically not coming from acting, but from the heart. Conrad Veidt, who played Maj. Strasser, was a German actor with a Jewish wife, and they had emigrated to the U.S. to get her out of Nazi Germany. He agreed to play the role so long as the character would be unsympathetic and unredeemable. In effect as negative a characterization of a Nazi officer as they could put on the screen. One of my all time favorite films. I still watch it once or twice a year. I hope you two check out older movies from the 30's - 60's, there are some truly great performances and stories in there, as well as some of the greatest actors who ever lived.
Correction: filmed in '41, released late due to Pearl Harbor.
Absolutely well said.
@@robertphillips213 👍🏼 anytime bud
@@robertphillips213 👍🏼 anytime bud
The maxim is: "Keep your friends close and your enemies closer."
It certainly doesn't get more classic than Casablanca. Such a great drama of intrigue
And yet they seem to be under the impression that it was a comedy. I suspect they were misled by someone, and was simply playing to what they perceived to be the film’s fan base.
@@TommygunNG I don't know if that's it, but I assume there must be some reason they laughed hysterically through most of it.
Someone else suggested a certain “weed.” I obviously can’t speak to that, but indeed, something is way off with them. Maybe if enough people comment on here about it, they will post an explanation.
@@TommygunNG I hadn't thought of that! OTOH, it could just be that they're very young. I don't know their ages but I do recall when I was around 14 years old my best friends and I would quite often collapse into hysterical giggles over nothing much - with no aid from herbal substances; probably a teenage hormonal thing. 😀
I can’t speak to the weed theory, but these young ladies are older than that. They drink and have OnlyFans channels. Whatever the reason - and will never know unless they explain - this was certainly anomalous.
This is a classic movie. You need to watch it again. The husband was an underground leader being tortured in a concentration camp and was said to be dead. Ilsa and Rick got together after that news came out. Life was cheap. Many died. The Vichey French were pro-Nazi. Casablanca was not taken over by the Germans yet. Ilsa did not meet Rick at the train because she heard her husband was alive. She loved both men. Bogart was a great actor. He played Rick well. Thank you girls for watching this movie.
For some reason, they seem to have gotten the idea that it was some sort of comedy. Reactors always play to a item’s fan base. So they were jocular in their responses. They simply did not appreciate what the film was. A rewatch, with a reading of a basic synopsis beforehand, is definitely advisable
@@TommygunNG The movie does have some classicly funny lines, and telling 20 something year old girls not to act like 20 something year old girls is kind of pointless. They saw the story without as much of the historical context as people of at least my generation have, having been born less than 20 years after the end of the war it was still a fairly fresh social memory, our parents were involved in it for god's sake. World War 2 ended almost 80 years ago now, for these girls it's something that maybe their grandparents knew but more likely their great grandparents lived through. They saw the movie as the plot, the direction, dialogue, and the acting not the in broad historical context. And they still liked it and saw the masterful way it was done, kudos to them I liked their reaction. I've seen Casablanca enough times to know what was skipped, I didn't watch this to see the movie again, I watched it to see how they reacted to it.
They were jocular even before they started the movie. They were forcing laughter at elements early on that were only mildly light, let alone being amusing. I thought when the first person was shot, it would jerk them into understanding that maybe this wasn’t a comedy.
And yes, 20-somethings are capable of understanding a serious movie is serious. Both of these have done serious movies. One person who suggested they might’ve been on the wacky tobaccy. I won’t speculate on that.
On a related note, I have long-held that reactors should read at least a very basic description of a movie before watching. Most people who see movies in theaters don’t go in blind. They know in some general sense what they were going to be seeing.
Fun Facts, Magy: The actor Sydney Greenstreet (Signor Ferrari) was an inspiration for Jabba The Hutt, and Peter Lorre (Ugarte) was an inspiration for Cad Bane’s voice. Conrad Veidt (Major Strasser) was in a film called The Man Who Laughs, where his character has a big scary grin, which inspired the look of The Joker!
That "God bless you" kills me everytime. Because you can tell what she meant was "I love you."
Trixy Blue: “Aaaww……I almost feel sorry for the Germans❗”
Magic Magy: (stops slurping her juice box, looks slowly to her right): “Whaaaahhht❓❗” 🤣🤣🤣💜💜🍸🍸
"Girl needs a history book right now!" is quite the line haha
Casablanca is full of famous quotes. And has inspired many different movies and cartoons between it’s set and story. Every performance is spot on everyone shines and nobody steps on the other’s toes trying to over perform . Rick represents America being undecided to join the fight in WW2 . Probably the best movie .
One of my favorite reactions on this video was when the police chief expressed his shock that gambling was occurring at Rick's, and was immediately offered his winnings. Your laughter in unison was priceless. 😄😄😄
The reason the young couple wants to leave Bulgaria is by that point in the war the country was aligned with Germany. They were escaping the Nazis, just like the other refugees in Casablanca.
I think Trixy was too hard on Ilsa. She really wasn't able to tell Rick why she couldn't leave Paris with him. First, as she explained later, Rick would have put himself in danger by trying to help Victor. But on top of that, she really couldn't tell anyone what she was up to. Victor's whereabouts were a secret, as was her relationship with him. If she told anyone about it, she would be putting Victor in even more danger than he already was. She was in an impossible situation.
Most of the actors in Casablanca were European, and many were war refugees themselves. Madeleine Lebeau, who played Yvonne, is a case in point. She and her husband (who played the croupier) left France to escape the Nazis. First they went to Lisbon, where it took them two months to get visas to Chile. But the ship they took stopped in Mexico, where it was discovered that their visas were forged. Eventually they were able to get temporary Canadian passports, which they used to go to the U.S. The similarity of Yvonne's story to her own was not lost on Lebeau. Her tears during the playing of La Marseillaise were real.
Ilsa couldn't let anyone know she was married to Victor, because it would give the Nazis leverage over him. They just had to threaten to torture or kill her, and he'd be under tremendous pressure to give in and betray the Resistance. As long as people thought she was just a girlfriend, there was less danger.
Somehow I never thought of Casablanca as a comedy. And until now I never thought anybody would.
I’m glad to see other people picked up that obvious point. From the way they talked at the beginning, I suspect somehow they were given that impression by whoever recommended it then they did as reactors always do - they played to what they thought was the film’s fan base. It’s sad they didn’t see it for what it is.
And, it is why reactors should at least read the briefest of synopses about a film before viewing. The people who went to see it in theaters or whatever would’ve had some idea what it was about beforehand. That’s why they would choose to go see it!
@@TommygunNG TBH I think the main reason for this giggling is the double light-spiritedness of the two very young reactors. One girl will usually (i hope) first get curious on the whats and whys seeing something unusual. Unfortunately, two will giggle it down ( IDK, they see showing interest as a loss of face, don't want to look boring in the eyes of the other). And it was their first joint viewing. Wrong movie to start reacting together.
They’ve done joint viewing before, albeit one of them had already seen the film. (I believe it was Empire Strikes Back.) And they were way too jocular during their intro. There are other reactions on here with multiple females or nothing like this happens. Something got them down the road to thinking this was supposed to be comedic. Both of done reactions to dramatic films before, even war films. I know Trixy has done old films, and I’m sure Magy as well. There was nothing “unusual” to see here. And they are professionals at this. They don’t care how they look to each other.
Look again at their intro. I knew something was off from the beginning. And during the film early on, when the one fellow was found with expired papers, they were laughing it up. I thought maybe the fellow being shot would shock them into thinking, “Oh, this might be a serious film.” It ended there laughing for a second, but that was it.
No, there’s more to it than two girls getting the giggles. Scan down the comments here. Normally, Trixy will “heart” quite a few comments which are praising or informative. I’m not sure she has done so to hardly a single one. Hopefully that means they’re seeing what they did. Something is off.
@@TommygunNG Guess you're right. Quite a disappointment.
The scene where the patrons of the bar sing Marseillaise, the French national anthem, 25:19 takes on a whole new meaning when the lyrics are translated and understood. It is a call to arms and making the enemy's blood run in the street. English subtitles are readily available. I assume there is a Bulgarian translation available.
They went through several civil wars before finally getting rid of the monarchy.
Pretty much EVERYTHING about this movie is dead solid perfect.
'Welcome back to the fight' is the key quote of the film.. not only is Rick letting Ilsa go with Laslo, he also knows that doing so will help the war effort.
"This time I know our side will win." A fairly obvious message to America in the first year of US involvement in the war, at the time of movie release. That first year was largely discouraging for the many who remembered the horrors of the first world war, which was barely 20 years before.
In an age predating television, the only thing a person in Casablanca could do at night would be to go to a bar like Rick's and hang out.
"Round up the usual suspects" is one of the great character reversal moments in movies.
I'm so glad you did this film!
I think that there are two key "missing" elements in this story that the film does a very good job of including, but as time and history go by become harder for new viewers to fully appreciate.
One is the exact scenario at that stage of WWII, with France defeated, a part of France having agreed with Germany to be semi-independent but really a puppet of the Nazis -- that's Vichy France and Renault is an official in that government. That's why he works with the German officers even though he's supposedly working on neutral territory. But the constant humor you talked about is partly his way of signaling in sneaky ways that he is not really on board with the Nazis. And in the end of course he finally stops trying to appear neutral and just goes for the anti-Nazi, Free French side.
The other point is related, and that's how dangerous the situation in any part of Europe was at that time for anyone fighting the Nazis. So Elsa really believed it would be dangerous to tell Rick her whole story ... dangerous for Rick and for her husband Victor Lazlo. Secrecy at that time and place was super important. And because people like Lazlo and Rick really believed the Germans weren't just ordinary enemies but threatening to the entire world, they would absolutely put their own personal interests aside. Rick for awhile became selfish and neutral, after a life fighting for freedom, (in Spain and Ethiopia), because of the heartbreak from Elsa. But her not telling him at the time was just a super tragic collision of interests. She could have saved Rick a lot of personal heartache, and kept him in the fight too, but telling him in that time and place could have easily put him, Victor, and the whole cause in danger. It was a no-win situation ... or at least she honestly believed it was.
Yes, on first viewing it's hard to grasp Ilsa's dilemmas, and the script masterfully doles out the missing facts until see Ilsa in a different light later in the film. It's fun to see now (after 20+ viewings) how many people find her an unsympathetic character at the beginning.
True. But I'm 52 years old, and I don't know the exact real world 'stage' the movie is set in.
Them, being young, and living overseas is pretty interesting just how much they got into the story. So that was nice.
S.Z. Sakall, who played the headwater Carl, was a Hungarian Jew who'd been working in Vienna. When the Nazis took over in 1933 he fled back to Hungary. When Hungary joined the Axis in 1940 he and his wife fled to America. Most of his family, including all three of his sisters and his wife's brother and sister, died in concentration camps.
When this film was made, in 1942, this wasn't history, it was current events.
Ilsa's conflict is that she truly loves Rick. But she greatly admires Victor's work with the French Resistance. She loves Victor, too, but she mostly admires him. She is totally loyal to him and his efforts to fight the Nazis. She will sacrifice anything to help Victor, even her love for Rick. You kept asking why she didn't just tell Rick, while they were still in Paris, that she had found out Victor was still alive. One of the crucial aspects of Victor and Ilsa's relationship was that they kept each other's secrets and protected each other at all costs. His French Resistance work demanded secrecy. When she thought Victor was dead, she fell deeply in love with Rick. Once she found out Victor was still alive, she immediately went back to keeping her mouth shut about anything to do with Victor.... to protect his work. To protect their efforts to fight the Nazis.
All of these characters are people of very high moral integrity. All three of them are willing to sacrifice their own desires in order to do the right thing. She is so torn-up about having to choose between these two men, she tells Rick: "You have to think for both of us." And he does. He does the noble thing. He gives the letters-of-transit to Victor and Ilsa. He has said he only cares about himself. Not true. He is willing to give up the woman he loves, to protect her, to keep her safe, but also to help Victor in his war efforts. Rick also greatly admires Victor. One of Rick's most famous lines is "The problems of three little people don't amount to a hill of beans in this crazy world." They all care more about doing the right thing than they care about their own happiness.
Sluts don't have morals.
I was lucky that I had grandparents who survived two world wars. That's near to ten years of war or occupation put together. Their stories were like the ones in this movie. I'm so happy that you enjoyed it. Fleeing the enemy or being occupied by him is something that would change your life too. It's not downplayed in this movie. Selling ones family's jewels just for a ticket to safety, well, that's already terrible. Having to live under German rule and trying to survive hunger and the violent nature of the occupier, that's even worse
You just watched the greatest movie of all time. Great reaction!!
Trying to watch a classic like Casablanca like this is f*cking torture.
I agree. But, at the same time, I'm pleasantly surprised just how much they are engaged in this story.
As my favorite movie I watch Monthly can u elaborate?
This is a dialogue film, you have to listen to understand the sub-plots, talking over the conversations shows their ignorance of the story.
You know that famous quote, "keep your friends." 😂
This film is a classic because it's both very much OF its time (USA had stayed out of the war and was very isolationist - this came out shortly after Pearl Harbor & USA officially getting into the war). It's also a timeless story of love, intrigue, the desperation of all the refugees fleeing occupation of their homelands etc. Even the smallest characters are interesting and the writing is so sharp and funny. Every little part of this movie works to make a really satisfying whole. Casablanca stands up to repeated viewings because there's SO much going on - even in the background characters - that there's always something new to find. Thanks for watching this over 80 year old movie! It's always fun to see new folks discover it. 😁
Don't think I've ever seen anyone laugh and giggle through the dramatic moments before
I hate to say it, but I doubt the ladies actually appreciated the nature of the movie.
It seems to often be a problem when two reactors get together to do a film. They babble so much with each other that they miss half of the dialogue.
This movie would mean so much more to you if you knew it's historical context. Made in 1942 when the Nazis controlled most of Europe and America had just gotten into the war a few months before, there is a strong patriotic sense throughout.
You two are incredibly cute together.
This movie is one of my favorite films. If you're interested in more Bogart, I'd recommend The Maltese Falcon and The Big Sleep. They're also black and white.
"Keep your friends close; keep your enemies closer"
Now that's refreshing to see how the young generation reacts to this. Y'know, back in the days, Ilsa's role was meant to be sympathetic, because women are just irrationally and emotionally unstable (as was common knowledge then) and Rick is actually the bad guy for being all emotional instead of toughening up and do the manly thing (because that's what men do, as was common knowledge then). But Trixy being like "Dude, this woman is toxic" nicely shows how much we've progressed since then. Thank you both for shedding a new light on this timeless classic and also my favourite movie. One still learns something new every day...
There's a reason why war movies made around this era were much more like actors throwing themselves to the ground, than actually dying, is that the war was going on AT THE TIME. WWII was still in full swing in 1943. There was PLENTY of real surplus to use as props, costumes etc and the purpose of cinema was to give the war weary a feel good 90 minutes of escapism, telling a story that will connect with everyone alive at that time, no matter where they were. The post war movies were also able to employ a LOT of Vets as extras. They don't need to act like Vets. They ARE Vets. They were also deeply patriotic.
Hmmm, if Ingrid Bergman told me to do whatever, I would certainly do it! This one of the best movies of all time. Fun fact: At the end, when Capt. Renault picks but a bottle of Vichy water, he is making a political statement. When France surrendered in WWII, it was divided into two parts, the northern and sea coast sections which were ruled directly by the Nazis and the rest which a puppet French government controlled for the German. The capitol of the French section, Vichy France, was the town of Vichy. It was chosen because it had lots of tourist hotels for people who “came to drink the waters”. By throwing the bottle away, Renault was siding against the Nazis. I love this movie and I love seeing two of my favorite commentators see it for the first time!
Keep in mind that movie came in 1942, Europe was occupied by Nazi Germany, USA are fresh into the war... that's what make that movie a litteral time capsule!
You ladies are adorable, it was fun watching you experience my all time favorite movie.
This movie started as a manuscript for a play called, ‘Everybody Comes to Rick's. The author was vacationing in Vienna just as Germany was annexing Austria. He visited a night club where refugees had dueling national anthems. As he wrote the play things in Europe changed quickly and eventually became a pro French resistance peace. Then Warner Brothers purchased the story for a record setting amount of money despite it never being produced as a play.
The making of Casablanca was chaos, they didn’t even have a script until the night before the last day of shooting; where Louie says, “Round up the usually suspects.”
The producers called the writer and said the ending doesn’t work, you have to write something else. So the writers arrived on set, looked at the producers and director and said, “You have to have Rick and Louie look at each other before he says ‘round up the usual suspects’.
I agree with those saying that Casablanca is a war movie with a love story in it, not a love story with a war in the background. Ilsa is a war hero for supporting both men who are war heroes. The choices people make in this movie are because of life and death, not love. They all put the war effort first. By the end of the movie you can see that there was no love triangle -- Ilsa only loved Rick, but she chose to stay with her husband because her duty was more important to her than love, and Rick agreed. Casablanca is a unique movie from a unique time.
A double bonus! Wonderful. I've been watching both your channels now for some time. Great to see you both team up for this classic of classic movies. Casablanca is almost always voted at the top of film lists as one of the most popular ever.
You understood EVERYTHING. This was a great reaction. You had the same exact reaction as everyone who has ever seen it. The fact that you are Bulgarian made this reaction even better. You know the history of World War 2 better than some Americans. You laughed at every joke. Everybody spends the first twenty minutes of "Casablanca" trying to figure out what the story is going to be. GREAT reaction. Thanks again. It's always great to hit the classics from time to time, they are like having a great meal!
I mostly agree, other than the fact Trixy was much harder on Ilsa than the vast majority of people. It's a very iconic character and I've never seen someone despise her like this haha
@@joefriedman9843 OH that was hilarious, completely agree. I didn't mean that part of it; I just meant they followed the plot and took no longer to "get their bearings" than any American audience, certainly as well as I did the first time I saw it. Ingrid Bergman doesn't come in until 20 minutes into it, maybe longer (or at least it feels like it), and you're introduced to a million characters, the war is going on, etc etc. Easy to get worried! lol
I think part of the difficulty in processing the movie aside from it being black-and-white, etc. is that it looks like the two of you are talking over much of the dialogue (don't get me wrong- I love listening to your thoughts; but unless you're hitting the pause button, you're missing so much of the story). So much of the "action" is in the dialogue which is drawn taut- nothing is wasted. Brilliant lines. The conversations move the story along. A lot of the questions you two have are answered in the movie; but you're missing key information as you talk. So I sincerely hope you rewatch this without having to entertain us, your audience. This movie is where many cliches and pop culture references come from. It's my all-time favorite Hollywood movie.
From the beginning, it seems someone gave them the false impression that it was supposed to be some sort of shallow comedy. Then, they played to what they perceived to be the film’s fan base. They’ve both done other dramatic film reactions. They should know better - if they’d known what the film actually was.
One of the funnier jokes I've heard while watching this movie is at that closing line.
"Louis, i think think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship."
"And so it was. Rick and Louis eventually bartered passage from a post-war Morocco and were able to settle into a comfortable life in Greece, where they opened a small pie bakery on the island of Mykonos. Lazlo and Ilsa's plane soon crashed into Gibraltar after takeoff."
This classic movie is one of those layered and juicy narratives that has such levels of enjoyment to it, the dialogue, the setting, the intrigue, the romance, there's almost something for everyone, but its also an interpretive experience for the first time, especially when watched with someone else, gets you talking about the ideas. I really dig that, and you two were a lot of fun to enjoy the flick with. I'll have to sub and catch more of this ✨🪙
Bulgarians were leaving both Bulgaria and other countries threatened by the Nazis in the late 1940s and early 1940s. The usual reasons.
Ugarte: " may I first please cash my chips?". Little does he know.
Great Reation Ladies.....
This movie was Filmed and Released During World War II, The Bar Patrons that sing the French National Anthem, are all French Refugees, who escaped France before the Gremans Invaded/Occupied France.
So Many Quotable Lines in the movie, And it is a Love Story for the Ages.....
I also Recommend "The Maltese Falcon" (1941), It also has some of the main Characters (Humphery Bogart, Peter Lore, Sydney GreenStreet)
John Huston's 'The treasure of the Sierra Madre' starred also by Humphrey Bogart is an incredibly underrated movie.
In my opinion is the pinacle of what is truly greed and the mental breakdown that causes to the soul of anyone in harsh circumstances, that can be seen in a film.
@@xaviperez26 "We Don't Need No Stinking Badges".....
Yes, Another Excellent Movie......
Unexpected, never heard before comments on this Classic movie: "I almost feel sad for the Germans," and
"Bro's before Ho's." Definitely memorable. Thanks ladies.
Winner of 3 Oscars including Best Picture.
When she asked him to think for the both of us, and he said: "all right, I will." He meant it, and he did.
Yes, "I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship" came from this movie. Also, "We'll always have Paris" and "Here's looking at you, kid." I'm not sure that last one is original to this movie, but this is the movie that made it memorable, at least. It might be original.
Oh yeah, and "Play it again, Sam" is also well known, even though Rick never actually said those words. He just told Sam "If you can play it for her, you can play it for me. Play it." Somehow it got changed in people's memories. It's sort of like how Captain Kirk in _Star Trek_ never even once said "Beam me up, Scotty," yet this fake line became a major meme. He said things like "Scotty, three to beam up" or "Lock onto our coordinates; energize" many times, but never said "Beam me up, Scotty." People still believe he said it, though.
I'm late to the party, but here are some things to look for if you re-watch this great movie:
1. The unnamed young couple from Bulgaria appear twice in the early minutes of the film. And again at the police outside Renault’s office.
Later they leave the Blue Parrot as Rick comes in.
2. Renault is called out for preying on young women in the first 5 minutes.
3. Songs in the movie: It had to be you, Shine, Knock on Wood, The Very Thought of You, Baby Face, Tango Delle Rose( another)
4. Der Angriff was a Nazi newspaper
5. Yvonne clearly has had too much to drink
6. Pay attention to the lighting: Rick’s face often half in dark; half in light.
7. Pay attention to the lighting: shadows suggesting cell bars
8. Ilsa is introduced to Capt Renault by Victor as Miss Ilsa Lund, not as his wife.
9. The line is: “Play it Sam, play When time Goes By.
10. Ilsa was filmed through a gauze to soften her appearance and with special groupings of lights around the lens to reflect in her eyes.
11. When Rick first approaches Ilsa, Victor looks back and forth between Ilsa and Rick. He knows from that moment.
12. “I’ll bet they’re asleep all over America” is a reference to isolationism.
13. Pay attention to the lighting: the Paris flash back is brightly lit.
Few dark shadows on Rick’s face.
14. In Paris, Ilsa says: “That’s too far away to plan”, it becomes Rick’s attitude.
15. Victor was surprised that Rick said: “Ask your wife.”, not “ask Isla”
16. During the battle of the songs, Ilsa, first looking troubled looks at Victor with admiration and respect - more worship than love.
17. Ilsa responds to Victor’s “I love you very much” with “Yes, I know”.
Years later in Star Wars Harrison Ford explained here:
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18. Ilsa never kisses Victor in the film. He kisses her only on the cheek.
19. The establishment of Renault as a womanizer and cad was necessary for us to believe that he would believe Rick’s explanation for leaving for Lisbon with Ilsa.
20. “Round up the usual suspects” was not the original ending in the script.
You edited out the short shot of Rick g8ving his approval to the band to continue playing. In that instant, Rick rejoined the fight.
"Men out there, if a women does this to you, run..."
Trixy with blue 💙 and Maggie looks nice too ❤ Nice reaction ladies.
The history of Bulgaria during World War II encompasses an initial period of neutrality until 1 March 1941, a period of alliance with the Axis Powers until 8 September 1944, and a period of alignment with the Allies in the final year of the war. Bulgarian military forces occupied with German consent parts of the Kingdoms of Greece and Yugoslavia which Bulgarian irredentism claimed on the basis of the 1878 Treaty of San Stefano.[1][2] Bulgaria resisted Axis pressure to join the war against the Soviet Union, which began on 22 June 1941, but did declare war on Britain and the United States on 13 December 1941. The Red Army entered Bulgaria on 8 September 1944; Bulgaria declared war on Germany the next day.
As an ally of Nazi Germany, Bulgaria participated in the Holocaust, contributing to the deaths of 11,343 Jews, and though 48,000 Jews survived the war, they were subjected to forcible internal deportation, dispossession, and discrimination.[3] However, during the war, German-allied Bulgaria did not deport Jews from the core provinces of Bulgaria. Bulgaria's wartime government was pro-German under Georgi Kyoseivanov, Bogdan Filov, Dobri Bozhilov, and Ivan Bagryanov. It joined the Allies under Konstantin Muraviev in early September 1944, then underwent a coup d'état a week later, and under Kimon Georgiev was pro-Soviet thereafter.
"Casablanca" was originally a stage play titled "Everybody Comes to Rick's"; it was written by Murray Burnett and Joan Alison.
Several of the actors in the movie had fled from the Germans. The "Crying Woman" during the singing scene was one of them. She and her Jewish husband fled Paris just before the Germans marched in and made their way to Lisbon and eventually to Hollywood. Her husband was also in the movie, the man running the roullette table I think.
The movie itself was released just a few weeks after General Patton's troops had liberated the actual Casablanca from the Germans and Italians.
The man with the puppy eyes was Peter Lorre. He usually played creepy characters and villains. The man who owned the Blue Parrot was Sydney Greenstreet. These two and Bogart also starred together in "The Maltese Falcon", another classic.
Rick's nodding to the band leader to go ahead and play La Marseillaise also seems to be a clue into Rick's real allegiance.
You would LOVE "Ordinary People" (1980). Multiple academy award winner, terrific drama.
You all did so well - the dialogue in older movies can be subtle and this is one of the best at weaving wit into serious dialogue. You may enjoy some of the screwball comedy of the time; consider His Girl Friday and…keep’em coming!
Yes.
I'm a real Motor-Mouth, a fast talker and even I had a hard time keeping up with "His Girl Fraday"! It was one of the first movies where the dialogue was specifically written as to have characters talk over each other!
The young lady is only 17 years old in this movie, she died a few years ago.
Are you kidding? You can definitely love more than one person! This is always true, but especially when you love them in different ways. Ilsa admires Victor and loves him more platonically, while with Rick her love is more passionate and romantic. And of course, Victor is her husband, which has to count for something, right? We can't blame her for feeling torn, though. If she had known Rick first, then he would have been the right one for her to marry, and she allowed herself to fall in love with him only because she believed that Victor was dead. This is a mess, but it is not all her fault, it's just an unfortunate, hurtful circumstance.
I think the saying Magy was trying to think of is "keep your friends close and your enemies closer ".
I love watching young people's reactions to classic films. You two were great!
"Play it again, Sam," “Of all the gin joints in all the towns in all the world, she walks into mine,” "here's looking at you kid," "I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship." I'm 66 years old, and an avid movie fan. I don't know of any movie that has as many notable quotes as Casablanca.
The first man who dies in this movie is a French refugee, who is killed (shot in the back) by Vichy French police and falls under a mural depicting Vichy French leader General Petain, with the words "I keep my promises, even those of others". Even those who shoot people in the back.
One of my favorite, important films of all time.
Rick playing chess with himself makes for pretty good symbolism, I'd say.
26:37 My favorite part of this movie. "Your winnings, sir." haha
The studio wanted to do. A war romance that could use the talented bunch of German and East European character actors.they got them all for this ; Sidney Greenstreet, Peter Lorre, Paul Heinreid
You two are a match made in heaven!
“Here’s looking at you, kid.”
3 men are credited to have written this but I’ve heard 5 men involved. Some of of it was written at the last minute. That usually spells disaster but this time, perhaps the best screenplay in film history! A nearly perfect movie ❤🎉. Casablanca is in northwest Africa (Magy: “keep your friends close but keep your enemies closer “ Godfather part 2 ). Ps: the main reason Rick let Lisa Lund leave was bc of WW2. Rick told us “I was born in NYC;” Also look at the year: 1942. Those are the clues
There's a really good book "We'll Always Have Casablanca" which explains the mess behind the scenes. Which makes it all the more miraculous that this movie is as great as it is.
A lot of people have been credited with a similar saying about keeping your enemies close. The exact line you describe is indeed from Godfather II. However one of the first iterations of the phrase is from Sun Tzu in the Art Of War 2,400 years ago, also Plato said something very similar. There are even people who say it is similar to a quote in the Christian / Jewish Bible. I also heard that a lot of the script was written and given to the actors just before it was filmed, basically they just made up the story as they went along. No one knew until it was almost complete whether Ilsa would get on the plane with Lazlo
Cool
Nice to know!
Nobody would watch this film with me. Tried for the longest time. Glad for you two and for TH-cam. I finally got to watch it with someone. Some points I agree with Magy, some points I agree with Blue. All points I'm glad some good folk reacted to it. Thank you.
Rick didn't let her go because it was in her interest, but because it was important that she stayed with Lazlo and support him. Their relationship isn't important in the scheme of things - “the problems of three little people don't amount to a hill of beans in this crazy world.” It was what was important to the resistance.
Thanks!
You two definitely have a great chemistry, more reactions together please :)
This movie had an unusual twist to it. In most Hollywood movies, a love triangle will have a girl and a desirable hero with the third person in the triangle having some hidden flaw or fault. The tension in the triangle is created by the two ‘lovers’ having a fight or misunderstanding, and the studio audience must watch the movie to see how the two are finally united.
This movie had a love triangle with the girl having to make a choice between two equally heroic, suitable men. The audience is held in suspense until the last few minutes of the film.
Fun fact: Ingrid Bergman had no idea who she would end up with by the end of the film. They kept rewriting the ending.
People forget, war movies (or films set during a war) are done all the time, but this film came out in 1942. Not after, but DURING WWII, when America had just joined the fight, and no one knew yet who would win the war (which didn't happen until 1945). That was extremely risky for a film. And it paid off, Casablanca is one of the best films of all time, if not THE best.
The equivalent film for British people is 'Went the Day Well?' about a Nazi infiltration into Britain just before they try to invade.
Made in 1943, it actually frames the beginning and end of the film AFTER the war, showing where the Germans are now, and just how much of Britain they won. A burial plot.
It's also shockingly violent even by modern standards, no blood, but a serious battle between amateur soldiers, and even a minor character chopping a Nazi down with an axe.
The film's message is: 'you might have to do these things, get ready'.
*@TrixyBlue ANNNND @MagicMagy in the same reaction??? I had to check my calander to see if it was Christmas again.*
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Casablanca in spanish mean white house, yes but it is also the name of an actual morroccan city. I love how both of you were so invested in the movie and trying to figure out Ilsa's motives. Now this line "usual suspects" makes me think, have you girls seen the movie Usual Suspects from 1995? I think you would like it
I'm not sure you girls understand the historical context of this movie. It happens during the early part of WWII (before America was in the war). Germany had already defeated France by this time. There were several French colonies around the world at the time, and Casablanca (a city in Morocco, North Africa) was one of them. Because it was a French colony, French policemen were nominally in charge of the place - but because Germany had defeated France, the Nazi's were really in charge. It was, like, a delicate political situation, where the Nazis had to pretend that the French colonial authorities were in charge, but everyone knew that the Nazi authorities could push the French authorities around as much as they wanted to. Get it?
the Broadway stage was called "Everybody comes to Rick's" and was staged in Casablanca, Morocco, 1943
Rick said "Go ahead and shoot" because he consider's himself already dead inside.
From a certain point of view, this movie script is as if someone strung 75 burn diss lines together just for fun. Oh but what lines.
Love both of you guys. Can't wait to see your reaction to this classic.
Trixy, Rick truly *loves* Ilsa more than he desires to possess her. He's letting her go to keep her safe and do what is right in having her honor her marriage to Victor, who is an equally honorable man. There was no other choice Rick could make, and yes, it hurts. It hurts because it was a huge sacrifice, and true love is sacrifice.
You guys certainly understood most of it and I absolutely loved your reaction, would love to see you do some more together!!! Here's lookin at you kids!!! 😜😊👍
The line "Round up the Usual Suspects" was the line which could be a for the 1995 movie "The Usual Suspects" which in itself is a good movie.
If she told Bogart (Rick) in Paris he never would have left Paris. He had a price on his head from the Germans, he was in danger if he stayed. She wanted him to get out.