View Poll Results: Have you seen Casablanca (1942)
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It's 2019: Have you seen Casablanca (1942)?
07-11-19, 11:32 AM
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Re: It's 2019: Have you seen Casablanca (1942)?
The Big Sleep is muddled and confusing. Try Murder My Sweet first. And Double Indemnity of course.
07-11-19, 02:08 PM
#127
07-11-19, 04:10 PM
#128
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07-11-19, 06:08 PM
#130
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Re: It's 2019: Have you seen Casablanca (1942)?
I checked my TCM recording and it is 4:3 on a HD channel.
Is that the way it is suppose to be?
It is one of those movies that is probably better watching on a rainy or overcast day and not in July.
Is that the way it is suppose to be?
It is one of those movies that is probably better watching on a rainy or overcast day and not in July.
07-11-19, 08:06 PM
#131
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Re: It's 2019: Have you seen Casablanca (1942)?
That is one of the most inane things I've ever read. You won't watch a movie because it's not the way people talk? I can't think of a single movie that has realistic dialogue. Everyone is funnier, sassier, cooler on the screen. Movie and TV shows can't be totally realistic. It's just not the way it works. For instance you still have to have exposition where nobody in real life does that.
07-12-19, 02:16 AM
#132
Re: It's 2019: Have you seen Casablanca (1942)?
Yes, that's the way it's supposed to be: pre-widescreen, Academy ratio.
07-12-19, 04:34 AM
#134
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07-12-19, 01:03 PM
#136
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07-12-19, 03:15 PM
#137
DVD Talk Special Edition
Re: It's 2019: Have you seen Casablanca (1942)?
You're missing out of some really great films from the 30s and 40s if you come into them with the mindset that most of them are overly romantic or are heavy with nostalgia.
You might want to try out The 39 Steps, Notorious, Double Indemnity, The Grapes of Wrath, The Treasure of Sierra Madre, The Maltese Falcon, Out of the Past, The Stranger....
You might want to try out The 39 Steps, Notorious, Double Indemnity, The Grapes of Wrath, The Treasure of Sierra Madre, The Maltese Falcon, Out of the Past, The Stranger....
07-12-19, 07:01 PM
#138
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Re: It's 2019: Have you seen Casablanca (1942)?
I guess that makes sense. A little art house release from 30 years ago that never really made any money, or star anybody famous. I saw it at the old Varsity theater on the UT Drag, and I had a used VHS copy of it that I picked up at a video store clearance. I can't even say for certain that it is a good movie, but I remember being struck that it was the first movie I ever saw where the two guys talked (and sounded) like real working-class guys from the rust belt.
07-12-19, 07:46 PM
#139
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Re: It's 2019: Have you seen Casablanca (1942)?
I guess that makes sense. A little art house release from 30 years ago that never really made any money, or star anybody famous. I saw it at the old Varsity theater on the UT Drag, and I had a used VHS copy of it that I picked up at a video store clearance. I can't even say for certain that it is a good movie, but I remember being struck that it was the first movie I ever saw where the two guys talked (and sounded) like real working-class guys from the rust belt.
Chris Mulkey went on to a successful career in TV and the movies playing small parts and is still working to this day. (Although he is probably not very recognizable to most people.)
07-12-19, 08:09 PM
#140
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Re: It's 2019: Have you seen Casablanca (1942)?
And any movie with a character named Eddie Mars has to be great!
07-12-19, 09:50 PM
#141
Re: It's 2019: Have you seen Casablanca (1942)?
07-13-19, 07:55 AM
#143
Re: It's 2019: Have you seen Casablanca (1942)?
Me too. Watched if for the first time back when Netflix was still a DVD mailer company when I was filling in holes in my list. Although I loved it it's just personally not one of those movies I want to watch over and over again.
And THIS right here is the problem with movie watching in today's world. So many of the classics (or just other movies in general) are missed and forgotten about just because people are lazy (sometimes myself included) I'd say 90% of the population don't even care about what they watch. They just simply want to be entertained. It's media consumption at the lowest common denominator. That's why YouTube is filled with good quality entertainment/education that only get a few thousand views but watch the idiot eating a hot tortilla chip and that gets millions of views.
Okay I'll get off my soapbox.
Can't believe you got that quote wrong. Especially since you've seen it so many times
That is one of the most inane things I've ever read. You won't watch a movie because it's not the way people talk? I can't think of a single movie that has realistic dialogue. Everyone is funnier, sassier, cooler on the screen. Movie and TV shows can't be totally realistic. It's just not the way it works. For instance you still have to have exposition where nobody in real life does that.
And THIS right here is the problem with movie watching in today's world. So many of the classics (or just other movies in general) are missed and forgotten about just because people are lazy (sometimes myself included) I'd say 90% of the population don't even care about what they watch. They just simply want to be entertained. It's media consumption at the lowest common denominator. That's why YouTube is filled with good quality entertainment/education that only get a few thousand views but watch the idiot eating a hot tortilla chip and that gets millions of views.
Okay I'll get off my soapbox.
Can't believe you got that quote wrong. Especially since you've seen it so many times
That is one of the most inane things I've ever read. You won't watch a movie because it's not the way people talk? I can't think of a single movie that has realistic dialogue. Everyone is funnier, sassier, cooler on the screen. Movie and TV shows can't be totally realistic. It's just not the way it works. For instance you still have to have exposition where nobody in real life does that.
07-13-19, 08:18 AM
#144
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Re: It's 2019: Have you seen Casablanca (1942)?
Double Indemnity is a great film noir. I recommend some of these if you haven't seen it. Kiss of Death(Richard Widmark debut as psychopath Tommy Udo), The Killlers, Laura, D.O.A, Night and the City, The Asphalt Jungle.
07-13-19, 06:01 PM
#145
Re: It's 2019: Have you seen Casablanca (1942)?
OUT OF THE PAST (1947) with Robert Mitchum never gets old. "If I gotta die, I want to die last."
Same with WHITE HEAT (1949) with James Cagney. "If I turn my back long enough for Big Ed to put a hole in it--there'd be a hole in it."
Same with WHITE HEAT (1949) with James Cagney. "If I turn my back long enough for Big Ed to put a hole in it--there'd be a hole in it."
07-13-19, 11:39 PM
#147
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Re: It's 2019: Have you seen Casablanca (1942)?
In A Lonely Place, Key Largo, and The Strange Love of Martha Ivers are three of my favorites.
