Cinema’s greatest scene: ‘Casablanca’ and ‘La Marseillaise’

Re:Cinema’s greatest scene: ‘Casablanca’ and ‘La Marseillaise’ by CalChris on Tuesday December 05, 2017 @05:46PM (#15856792)

In the scene which sets up the Marseillaise scene, Yvonne comes into the bar with the German officer and he orders the only drink mentioned by name in a movie with a whole lot of drinking, the French 75, named after the French WWI 75mm field gun.

   gin, Champagne, lemon juice and sugar

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_75_(cocktail)

Yvonne finds her moral core when they play the Marseillaise just as Rick later finds his when he has to make a choice.

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Re:Cinema’s greatest scene: ‘Casablanca’ and ‘La Marseillaise’ by ghaff on Tuesday December 05, 2017 @09:21PM (#15858000)

I'm not sure the reason but this is the third time that I have seen the French 75 (something I had never previously heard of) come up in either conversation or as a bar special within literally the past two days. One of those times I can write off as awareness but still...

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Re:Cinema’s greatest scene: ‘Casablanca’ and ‘La Marseillaise’ by thomas_howland on Wednesday December 06, 2017 @03:13AM (#15859458)

The Baader-Meinhof phenomenon.

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Re:Cinema’s greatest scene: ‘Casablanca’ and ‘La Marseillaise’ by okket on Wednesday December 06, 2017 @05:13AM (#15859948)

Also known as frequency illusion https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Frequency_illusion

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Re:Cinema’s greatest scene: ‘Casablanca’ and ‘La Marseillaise’ by CalChris on Wednesday December 06, 2017 @07:58PM (#15866658)

When I saw Baader-Meinhof, I thought of the Baader-Meinhof gang. I'd never heard of the cognitive bias.

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Re:Cinema’s greatest scene: ‘Casablanca’ and ‘La Marseillaise’ by MrBuddyCasino on Wednesday December 06, 2017 @06:02AM (#15860162)

Ah, the French 75 - my favourite sparkling wine based cocktail. A good choice for new years eve. Its strong though!

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