[pre-discussion post] Casablanca (1942)

[my_daroga]

When the AFI 100 Films list was first compiled in 1998, Casablanca was at number two. It's almost a cliche as America's favorite romantic movie, but for whatever reason it lives on as a popular classic. (The Brattle Theater in Cambridge, MA, where I used to go during college, has a tradition of showing it every year and there's even a (possibly urban) legend about the dialogue cutting out during a screening and people standing up in the audience to speak the lines.)

If you haven't seen it, now's your chance! Much is made of the central romantic plot but I would also invite you to enjoy the rich life surrounding Rick's Café Américain--the side characters are all delightful.

Please post here or contact me if you need to find the movie. Most libraries should have it. I once worked at a Blockbuster that didn't, but we don't talk about such things.