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Re:Cinema’s greatest scene: ‘Casablanca’ and ‘La Marseillais... by wefarrell on Monday July 25, 2022 @01:43PM (#32228093)
Ironically Casablanca was produced as a b-movie and marks the hight of the studio system. It didn't have a huge budget and it was rushed out to coincide with the allied invasion of North Africa.
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Re:Cinema’s greatest scene: ‘Casablanca’ and ‘La Marseillais... by coderdd on Monday July 25, 2022 @02:43PM (#32229047)
We watched it recently after decades of hearing how great a film it was.. it was a superficial letdown instead.
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Re:Cinema’s greatest scene: ‘Casablanca’ and ‘La Marseillais... by wefarrell on Monday July 25, 2022 @03:00PM (#32229299)
It invented a lot of common cliches and tropes that are frequently used in other movies so in many ways it's a victim of its own success. For example in Star Wars the planet of Tatooine is Casablanca and the Cantina is Rick's Cafe.
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Re:Cinema’s greatest scene: ‘Casablanca’ and ‘La Marseillais... by barrkel on Monday July 25, 2022 @05:10PM (#32230975)
Full of cliches, right?

(/s -- victim of its own success...)

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Re:Cinema’s greatest scene: ‘Casablanca’ and ‘La Marseillais... by chipotle_coyote on Monday July 25, 2022 @07:11PM (#32232171)
Yep. I've joked a fair amount that watching Casablanca now is very likely to make you think "this is full of clichés" until you realize, "wait, this is where all these clichés actually started, isn't it?"
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Re:Cinema’s greatest scene: ‘Casablanca’ and ‘La Marseillais... by cardiffspaceman on Tuesday July 26, 2022 @01:42PM (#32241348)
Similar to attending a play from The Repertory and hearing all the quotes that originate from it. Especially Shakespeare. But also the rest of the usual suspects. I'm shocked (Shocked!) to learn that movies borrow from Casablanca or Shakespeare.
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