Essays on Casablanca
“Casablanca” by Michael Curtiz is a popular American film from 1942, starring Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, and Paul Henreid. The film focuses on Rick, the main character deciding whether or not to help his former true love, Ilsa and her husband escape to America. Toward the beginning of the film it was a little difficult...
Casablanca, as directed by Michael Curtiz, is a 1942 romantic drama heavily laced with noir influences. The film follows the ebbs and flows of Rick Blaine (Humphry Bogart) and Ilsa Lund’s (Ingrid Bergman) relationship backdropped by World War II-era Casablanca under French rule. Rick, a seemingly politically unaffected man, runs a Café in Casablanca and...
Michael Curtis’ film Casablanca, one of the best films of all time, was marketed to be a deep and impressive love film. Was Casablanca really a love movie? Casablanca wasn’t just a love movie. Considered as a war-era masterpiece, the film was also full of many political symbols. In the first scenes, the person who...
While watching Casablanca I was intrigued by the moral dilemmas the characters faced throughout the movie and how they solved them. Throughout the film I was able to connect what was occuring in the movie to two moral theories; utilitarianism and kantism. Along with the connection of the moral theories something that was very relevant...
The classic drama, Casablanca, has been a favorite love story for decades by many. Casablanca was produced in 1942 and since then, the film has grown tremendously due to the classic storytelling and iconic acting, gaining numerous awards and nominations throughout the ages. The films popularity was due to the political climate during the time...
