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In Reply to: RE: " or am I reading way too much into "a beautiful friendship"??" posted by Wendell Narrod on November 23, 2009 at 11:00:13
My not being alive in the era of the film places me at a dissadvantage to interpret subtle filmic shorhand and innuendo that had to slip by censors of the time. Sex isn't the only force driving characters in Casablanca.
I need a better understanding of director Michael Curtiz.
A great classic.
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Actually, the beautiful friendship comment was only intended to demonstrate they were both birds of a feather - cynical realists. Suggest you watch it again.
The pair were both cynical, self-serving types from the very beginning. The friendship comes from the realization, that, in spite of their supposed nature, they were capable of acting against their nature -- to be altruistic.
The idea that cynical, world weary types secretly long for an opportunity to be noble would appear, to us cynical types, as hopelessly corny. I think modern viewers expect a darker message or moral ambiguity so Casablanca feels somewhat dated. "The Third Man" which also deals with war/post-war profiteering, is to me, a more interesting film, because it deals out its idealism in a more complex and subtle fashion.
...I found this link/reference- (not to be confused with "cynical realism", a contemporary branch of Chinese art.)
I look forward to seeing Casablanca again (and again), as you suggest.
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