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Casablanca Classical Hollywood Style

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In this paper I will be writing about the film Casablanca. I will describe how the film corresponds to the requirements of Classical Hollywood Style (CHS) and how it differs in some respects. I will also note some important elements of Mise-en Scene, cinematography, and editing in this film. Casablanca is a 1942 American romantic film directed by Michael Curtiz. Set during contemporary World War II, the film focuses on an American expatriate who must choose between his love for a woman and helping her and her husband, a Czech Resistance leader, escape from the Vichy-controlled city of Casablanca to continue his fight against the German Nazis. This Black-and-white film stars Humphrey Bogart as Rick Blaine and Ingrid Bergman as Ilsa Lund. …show more content…

You see them struggling to fight their feelings and it keeps the audience involved. This movie has a plot to follow as it goes Rick gets "letters of transit" obtained by someone murdering two German couriers. These papers allow them to travel freely around German-controlled Europe and Portugal, and are priceless to the refugees stranded in Casablanca. Ugarte plans to sell them at the night club, and asks Rick to hold the important letters. Before he can meet his contact, Ugarte is arrested by the police under the command of the caption who is corrupt. Ugarte dies without revealing that he entrusted the letters to Rick. Then Rick gets bitter as he sees former lover Ilsa Lund. She sees Rick's friend and house pianist, Sam, Ilsa asks him to play "As Time Goes By." Rick is furious that Sam disobeyed his order of never to playing that song, and is in shock to see Ilsa. She is with her husband, Victor Laszlo, a renowned fugitive Czech Resistance leader. They need the letters to escape to America to continue his work. German Major Strasser has come to Casablanca to see that Laszlo fails. Rick wants to be with IIsa but chooses not to at the end. And for this reason this film has a happy ending but romantically it’s not a happy ending at

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