On: Playing it over and over again: how Casablanca was...

[Rufus_Tuesday]

One of the most common use-cases for a cinema camera is to point it at a beautiful woman... In this regard, "Casablanca" remains unsurpassed.

[ninjin → Rufus_Tuesday]

Having recently rewatched it. I think the only thing I somewhat objected to was the use of gauze filters to soften the close-ups of Bergman as they felt jarring in relation to the other cinematography. It was popular at the time, but I feel like it has aged poorly. Other than that, what a movie it is. Looking forward to when I again (inevitably) watch it again.

[uythmo → ninjin]

I created this account to agree with you.

Casablanca is my favorite movies, and an absolute masterpiece of chance and time.

It is a film about world war 2 filmed during world war 2.

And as you noted, the use of gauze filters was very “of the time”, but it was always jarring to me as a kid and still is.

I grew up in a generation when those filters had been repurposed for signaling dream sequences.

I completely agree with your even tempered observation.