This evening we present the 1942 classic, Casablanca.
Your most intrigue-filled tips are mightily appreciated!
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Definitely one of the best movies ever made!
Ingrid Bergman apparently didn’t think much of the assignment, considering it just another film she had to make. Of course, she had no idea of how popular it would become and how it would influence her career.
The final line about a beautiful friendship was an afterthought, added in after the movie was finished. From what I heard, it was a result of a “Eureka!” moment as there didn’t seem to be a way of properly ending the story.
By the way, watch the globe at the start of the movie. India is shown as one large land mass as it hadn’t been partitioned then.
Colonialista:
I watched Black Cross, which you recommended last night. I found it overly long and it was hard to tell who was who because the plot jumped around a lot. And, like you suggested, it didn’t appear to have aged well.
Some reviewers on IMDB compared it with Alexander Nevsky, directed by Sergei Eisenstein. Uh, no. AN is a snoozefest with wooden acting. (It’s on YT, by the way, if you’re willing to spend nearly 2 hours watching it.) The battle on the ice looked amateurish and not even Sergei Prokofiev’s music could save that clunker.
Meanwhile, I’ve got some Chuck Norris movies in the queue. Something to watch while I’m fiddling with an Arduino board…..
I know AN, snoozefest is a perfect description.
Before you move to Chuck Norris… I gave you a bad chuck Norris horror few days ago, how about a slihtly less bad Arnold Schwarzenegger horror instead? Here is 1999 End of Days. https://odysee.com/@fullmovies:7/End-of-Days-1999:2
The discount Al Pacino who plays Satan is of course Gabriel Byrne probably best known for the role of Dean Keaton in The Usual Suspects. In 1999 he played Satan in End of Days and a priest in Stigmata which is another film with a very similar theme.
OK, I just added that to my weekend movie queue.
What gets me about AN is that it’s apparently rated one of the 100 best films of all time. I’ve seen Jean-Claude van Damme movies that were better!
Yep, I don’t understand critics most of the time either. I must not be cultured and edumacated enough. I rate JCvD at ten Steven Seagals and AN at five maybe seven.
https://theconversation.com/you-must-remember-this-casablanca-at-75-still-a-classic-of-wwii-propaganda-87113
You must remember this: Casablanca at 75 – still a classic of WWII propaganda
[…]
A beautiful friendship
At the heart of Casablanca is a concern with the implications of American isolationism in the context of the threat posed to Europe by Nazism.
Elements of the dialogue between characters in the film echo and then argue with contemporary American foreign policy attitudes – offering reasons to engage. Bogart is perfectly cast as cynical bar owner Rick, an American formerly living in Paris who has fled the German occupation to open his Café Americain, which has become a melting pot of wartime nationalities. Rick advances what had traditionally been a popular American justification for isolationism:
I stick my neck out for nobody. The problems of this world are not in my department. I’m a saloon keeper.“
But for Roosevelt’s administration – and for increasing numbers of Americans – the attack on Pearl Harbor had shattered any lingering illusions that America might turn its back on the world. From this perspective the story of Casablanca is the story of Rick’s transition from aloof to engaged. This is made explicit by the owner of the Blue Parrot cafe, Signor Ferrari (Sydney Greenstreet), who tells Rick:
My dear Rick, when will you realise that in the world today, isolationism is no longer a practical policy?
But more dynamic than these relatively subtle pieces of dialogue is the famous scene where Rick clearly takes sides, showing the audience who he believes are the heroes and the villains of the European conflict
[…]
++
Julius Epstein, co-screenwriter of it, has called the plot “slick shit” practically from the day the film was released, and of the script remarked, “There wasn’t a single word of truth in it.”
“Sneaky Patrick” Brown may have been caught with his hand in the till….. again:
Also, three post-convoy inquiries are in the pipe:
– the formal commission, headed by Justice Paul Rouleau and due to start hearings later this year;[this is part of the Act]
– a special parliamentary committee; and
– an informal “people’s commission” spearheaded by Ottawa residents.
an informal “people’s commission” spearheaded by Ottawa residents
Any guesses how that’s going to turn out or do we already know the answer?
tea, cakes, survivor gossip & a firm letter to all levels of government would be my guess
That letter will, of course, emphasize that the truckers were “mean”, particularly with their honking.
Yes, the citizens of Ottawa are still showing signs of derangement over the Convoy. Another anti-convoy hate piece printed in the Ottawa Citizen today in relation to the purchase of a local church. (” We don’t need more disruption in the market”) The group doing the purchasing has done nothing yet, seems to support free speech, but this being demonized by locals because of somewhat tenuous connection to the trucker protest. The Citizen piece would never have been published if it targeted any another group — Jews, Muslims, immigrants. It’s shocking that the local newspaper continues to foster such hate and division. So much for Canada’s claim of tolerance.
The Ottawa Citizen is a Leftist rag and a disgrace.
“…survivor gossip…”
Be still my bleeding hart. I am crying for all those who did not survive, all ZERO of them.
Are the poor dears still suffering from phantom honking? I continue having phantom compassion for them.
phantom compassion
Bingo!
We all want freedom but we seem boxed in.
We have:
The soap box
The jury box
The ballot box
and
The cartridge box.
Soon there will be the ballot box. But if that doesn’t work out what’s left? The cartridge box? There must be something else. Something for us who are less violent by nature.
I’m a less violent person. Small-c conservatives have to build more, and stronger, protest organizations. We haven’t done that as yet. We have to build a stronger alternative media and to stop supporting the corrupt establishment media. We have to continue with non-violent street protests.
RN:
Yesterday you have linked and wonderfully quirky Death Race. Thanks for that, I love tank films.
Some thoughts: the tank is of course a Sherman M4A2E8 or M4A3E8 (welded armor, long barrel, wide tracks, HVSS suspension). It is supposed to be a Panther, except that there have never been any Panthers in Africa Korps. The turret number is 131, the first intact Tiger captured by the allies had a turret number 131. It was captured by the British in Africa. It is the only Tiger in working condition today. It was also the Tiger that fought against Fury in the Fury film from few years ago.
Best line:
“You probably a kid that looked at horse manure and thought there was a pony underneath it”.
AG Merrick Garland: I Personally Approved The Search Warrant To Raid Trump
There you go, dRumpf whiners. Trump is guilty, otherwise a moderate like Merrick Garland wouldn’t have personally approving this break-in at the home of a domestic terrorist!
Oh look, Krusty Klark pops up from her foxhole to endorse Jean Charest.
Apparently she identifies as a “conservative” at the moment.
A Charest “conservative. She aligns with Andrew Coyne and Tasha Kheriddan…..
The WEF members stick together.
One shortcoming SDAers have is that we do not use the woke terminology in use within identity politics. And that goes for you too Kate. To correct for this shortcoming, here’s a good list of terms from the Department of Justice Canada: https://www.justice.gc.ca/socjs-esjp/en/women-femmes/Definitions
My favorite among this list is “criminogenic needs”. If you are a victim of a teenager swarming on Yonge Street, Toronto, remember that these at-risk youth have “criminogenic needs”.
That’s not a flaw, it’s a feature.
Well almost.
I have a predilection for referring to the current PM as a video game character.
Which isn’t too far off after watching him get played by the UN, the WEF, WE, NATO, the DNC.
Did I miss anyone?
But they said it was Chinese space junk that was a risk. I must have missed the hysteria.
It’s going to be a very rough weekend now that Batgirl has been cancelled.
“Zaslav’s comments seemingly confirm The New York Post’s claims that Batgirl was scrapped after being called “irredeemable” following negative test screenings.”
How long will it be before they rename the City to something unpronounceable?
Isn’t the mayor an I, Napoleonist?
Makes resale homes with fireplaces and gas furnaces much more valuable.
Robert
Since Reader Tips is regularly filling up with movie nostalgia, why not have a separate section, just for that? Sitting on my bum staring at a screen for an extended period has never been one of my hobbies, hence I have zero interest in the subject. A separate heading would be for those that like that stuff, and leave the Tips line for current events and the like.
Scrolling past all the movie stuff is getting tedious for me.
I.M.F., I agree. I love old non-pc movies, but appreciate the conservative posts on current events.
I support this idea.
With all due respect to B.A.D, and Colonialista, and the others who are into classic movies, I do think that is a great idea. I like the occasional classic myself, but these movie reviews are a bit of a distraction when you consider the insanity that is currently enveloping the planet. The topic should have it’s own category.
I also support your proposal.
Diversity is our strength.
A murder at a Toronto muslim cemetery during the burial for a murder victim:
“The shooting happened at the gates of the Toronto Muslim Cemetery in Richmond Hill at about 3:15 p.m., after a funeral service had ended.
“Three to four male suspects approached the victims and opened fire” before taking off in an “older SUV-style vehicle,” said York Regional Police Const. Maniva Armstrong.
A 26-year-old man was taken to hospital in life-threatening condition and died shortly after. Another man, 27, was also taken to hospital with serious injuries where he remains.”
I like the term “disrupting whiteness”, a term used to describe the research pursued by the Nigerian-born professor.
@David; Yeah, I saw that. Woke insanity is taking hold in NB. I would like to see people take action and cause many donations to the university dry up.
This sounds like an insane conspiracy theory from hell: WEF collecting information on everyone everywhere, and then telling all platforms what posts to remove, based on a global decision-making AI engine that sees everything and can identify individual people and ideas beyond any given platform.
If someone ever said that it would be contemplated, I would probably think that this person is insane. It sounds like a sick technological fantasy. Unfortunately, this crazy stuff is real, is in a WEF agenda proposal that is officially posted on their website’s “WEF Agenda” section. And WEF is not messing around.
Definitely one of the best movies ever made!
Ingrid Bergman apparently didn’t think much of the assignment, considering it just another film she had to make. Of course, she had no idea of how popular it would become and how it would influence her career.
The final line about a beautiful friendship was an afterthought, added in after the movie was finished. From what I heard, it was a result of a “Eureka!” moment as there didn’t seem to be a way of properly ending the story.
By the way, watch the globe at the start of the movie. India is shown as one large land mass as it hadn’t been partitioned then.
Colonialista:
I watched Black Cross, which you recommended last night. I found it overly long and it was hard to tell who was who because the plot jumped around a lot. And, like you suggested, it didn’t appear to have aged well.
Some reviewers on IMDB compared it with Alexander Nevsky, directed by Sergei Eisenstein. Uh, no. AN is a snoozefest with wooden acting. (It’s on YT, by the way, if you’re willing to spend nearly 2 hours watching it.) The battle on the ice looked amateurish and not even Sergei Prokofiev’s music could save that clunker.
Meanwhile, I’ve got some Chuck Norris movies in the queue. Something to watch while I’m fiddling with an Arduino board…..
I know AN, snoozefest is a perfect description.
Before you move to Chuck Norris… I gave you a bad chuck Norris horror few days ago, how about a slihtly less bad Arnold Schwarzenegger horror instead? Here is 1999 End of Days. https://odysee.com/@fullmovies:7/End-of-Days-1999:2
The discount Al Pacino who plays Satan is of course Gabriel Byrne probably best known for the role of Dean Keaton in The Usual Suspects. In 1999 he played Satan in End of Days and a priest in Stigmata which is another film with a very similar theme.
OK, I just added that to my weekend movie queue.
What gets me about AN is that it’s apparently rated one of the 100 best films of all time. I’ve seen Jean-Claude van Damme movies that were better!
Yep, I don’t understand critics most of the time either. I must not be cultured and edumacated enough. I rate JCvD at ten Steven Seagals and AN at five maybe seven.
https://theconversation.com/you-must-remember-this-casablanca-at-75-still-a-classic-of-wwii-propaganda-87113
You must remember this: Casablanca at 75 – still a classic of WWII propaganda
[…]
A beautiful friendship
At the heart of Casablanca is a concern with the implications of American isolationism in the context of the threat posed to Europe by Nazism.
Elements of the dialogue between characters in the film echo and then argue with contemporary American foreign policy attitudes – offering reasons to engage. Bogart is perfectly cast as cynical bar owner Rick, an American formerly living in Paris who has fled the German occupation to open his Café Americain, which has become a melting pot of wartime nationalities. Rick advances what had traditionally been a popular American justification for isolationism:
I stick my neck out for nobody. The problems of this world are not in my department. I’m a saloon keeper.“
But for Roosevelt’s administration – and for increasing numbers of Americans – the attack on Pearl Harbor had shattered any lingering illusions that America might turn its back on the world. From this perspective the story of Casablanca is the story of Rick’s transition from aloof to engaged. This is made explicit by the owner of the Blue Parrot cafe, Signor Ferrari (Sydney Greenstreet), who tells Rick:
My dear Rick, when will you realise that in the world today, isolationism is no longer a practical policy?
But more dynamic than these relatively subtle pieces of dialogue is the famous scene where Rick clearly takes sides, showing the audience who he believes are the heroes and the villains of the European conflict
[…]
++
Julius Epstein, co-screenwriter of it, has called the plot “slick shit” practically from the day the film was released, and of the script remarked, “There wasn’t a single word of truth in it.”
“Sneaky Patrick” Brown may have been caught with his hand in the till….. again:
https://rumble.com/v1foden-is-sneaky-patrick-brown-involved-in-yet-another-real-estate-scandal.html
Meanwhile, back at the federal passport office…..:
https://rumble.com/v1fofyd-passport-hinderance-and-delay-continue-at-service-canada-centres.html
Patrick Brown trying his best to be an SNC Liberal?
Now that is really interesting.
I know Dave Kapil, though I haven’t seen him in a while. I do know he was pushing hard for Brown’s PC leadership bid.
I will say no more.
Nipah virus sent from Winnipeg to China?
https://mobile.twitter.com/tleehumphrey/status/1557910652634554368?cxt=HHwWgICjoYDf554rAAAA
Is this what Justin and Jagmeet have been covering up?
The Canadian Civil Liberties Ass. is presenting argument against the use of the emergencies act:
CCLA IN FEDERAL COURT, FIGHTING TO HOLD GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABLE FOR UNPRECEDENTED EMERGENCIES ACT USE
By Abby DeshmanAugust 8, 2022
https://ccla.org/fundamental-freedoms/ccla-in-federal-court-fighting-to-hold-government-accountable-for-unprecedented-emergencies-act-use/
https://ccla.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/2022.06.28-T-316-22-Motion-Record-of-the-CCLA.pdf
++
An article discussing a point or two made in the CCLA’s submission:
Trudeau government was told of ‘potential for a breakthrough’ with protesters a day before it used Emergencies Act, cabinet documents reveal
Alex Ballingall Thu., Aug. 11, 2022 https://archive.ph/7hg17
Also, three post-convoy inquiries are in the pipe:
– the formal commission, headed by Justice Paul Rouleau and due to start hearings later this year;[this is part of the Act]
– a special parliamentary committee; and
– an informal “people’s commission” spearheaded by Ottawa residents.
an informal “people’s commission” spearheaded by Ottawa residents
Any guesses how that’s going to turn out or do we already know the answer?
tea, cakes, survivor gossip & a firm letter to all levels of government would be my guess
That letter will, of course, emphasize that the truckers were “mean”, particularly with their honking.
Yes, the citizens of Ottawa are still showing signs of derangement over the Convoy. Another anti-convoy hate piece printed in the Ottawa Citizen today in relation to the purchase of a local church. (” We don’t need more disruption in the market”) The group doing the purchasing has done nothing yet, seems to support free speech, but this being demonized by locals because of somewhat tenuous connection to the trucker protest. The Citizen piece would never have been published if it targeted any another group — Jews, Muslims, immigrants. It’s shocking that the local newspaper continues to foster such hate and division. So much for Canada’s claim of tolerance.
The Ottawa Citizen is a Leftist rag and a disgrace.
“…survivor gossip…”
Be still my bleeding hart. I am crying for all those who did not survive, all ZERO of them.
Are the poor dears still suffering from phantom honking? I continue having phantom compassion for them.
phantom compassion
Bingo!
We all want freedom but we seem boxed in.
We have:
The soap box
The jury box
The ballot box
and
The cartridge box.
Soon there will be the ballot box. But if that doesn’t work out what’s left? The cartridge box? There must be something else. Something for us who are less violent by nature.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V4LVYonE90U
I’m a less violent person. Small-c conservatives have to build more, and stronger, protest organizations. We haven’t done that as yet. We have to build a stronger alternative media and to stop supporting the corrupt establishment media. We have to continue with non-violent street protests.
RN:
Yesterday you have linked and wonderfully quirky Death Race. Thanks for that, I love tank films.
Some thoughts: the tank is of course a Sherman M4A2E8 or M4A3E8 (welded armor, long barrel, wide tracks, HVSS suspension). It is supposed to be a Panther, except that there have never been any Panthers in Africa Korps. The turret number is 131, the first intact Tiger captured by the allies had a turret number 131. It was captured by the British in Africa. It is the only Tiger in working condition today. It was also the Tiger that fought against Fury in the Fury film from few years ago.
Best line:
“You probably a kid that looked at horse manure and thought there was a pony underneath it”.
AG Merrick Garland: I Personally Approved The Search Warrant To Raid Trump
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2022/08/11/ag_garland_i_personally_approved_the_search_warrant_to_raid_trump.html
There you go, dRumpf whiners. Trump is guilty, otherwise a moderate like Merrick Garland wouldn’t have personally approving this break-in at the home of a domestic terrorist!
Oh look, Krusty Klark pops up from her foxhole to endorse Jean Charest.
Apparently she identifies as a “conservative” at the moment.
A Charest “conservative. She aligns with Andrew Coyne and Tasha Kheriddan…..
The WEF members stick together.
https://nationalpost.com/news/politics/ex-b-c-premier-christy-clark-makes-plea-for-conservatives-to-end-cycle-of-divisive-politics
A kiss of death.
“Divisive” is a liberal dog-whistle meaning any opinion lefties don’t like. Which would include most opinions held by Liberals 10 years ago.
Democratic party supporter Mark Cuban gets caught with his hand in the cryptocurrency jar:
https://www.kitco.com/news/2022-08-11/Mark-Cuban-accused-of-operating-a-Ponzi-Scheme-with-Voyager-Digital.html
One shortcoming SDAers have is that we do not use the woke terminology in use within identity politics. And that goes for you too Kate. To correct for this shortcoming, here’s a good list of terms from the Department of Justice Canada:
https://www.justice.gc.ca/socjs-esjp/en/women-femmes/Definitions
My favorite among this list is “criminogenic needs”. If you are a victim of a teenager swarming on Yonge Street, Toronto, remember that these at-risk youth have “criminogenic needs”.
That’s not a flaw, it’s a feature.
Well almost.
I have a predilection for referring to the current PM as a video game character.
Which isn’t too far off after watching him get played by the UN, the WEF, WE, NATO, the DNC.
Did I miss anyone?
But they said it was Chinese space junk that was a risk. I must have missed the hysteria.
https://youtu.be/HQKvOuEXaxM
Creating content for low IQ viewers.
https://youtu.be/L3yyyQ0l8Qc
Low on energy and water, parts of Europe are up dry shit creek.
https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/science/european-drought-dries-up-rivers-kills-fish-shrivels-crops/ar-AA10Aczq?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=U531&cvid=c687a08fc68f4ba9b6bcfce576843a2a
And the Thames.
https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/world/uk-so-hot-and-dry-the-source-of-the-river-thames-has-dried-up/ar-AA10yLCi?li=AAggFp5
From “Casablanca” to “Q-Force”. Netflix cancels Q-force, a favorite among the LBGQT2SPed crowd, after only one year:
https://www.screengeek.net/2022/08/10/netflix-cancels-controversial-series/
Netflops? Who cares?
Good article about how our socially-progressive euthanasia law murders our disabled people:
https://globalnews.ca/news/9052672/canada-euthanasia-laws-disabled/
The people who will inherit the earth.
https://youtu.be/qZoXiqprTQg
Lol.
The Idiots of Idiocracy.
It’s going to be a very rough weekend now that Batgirl has been cancelled.
“Zaslav’s comments seemingly confirm The New York Post’s claims that Batgirl was scrapped after being called “irredeemable” following negative test screenings.”
https://news.yahoo.com/batgirl-warner-bros-discovery-ceo-103808724.html
The movie was so crappy they just wrote it off.
The Critical Drinker has a few choice comments about it:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qbUio8oV5u8
You would be amazed how quickly ideology goes out the window when you run out of money.
So true!
North Korea’s intercontinental ICBM launch, supposedly “successful” in recent media reports, may in fact have been a bust:
https://www.space.com/north-korea-lie-icbm-test-march-2022
If the test was a failure, I’d hate to be the guy in charge. His life expectancy would be of a limited duration.
– Like Beria to Sakharov when they were prepping Joe 1: “If this fails, you’re mine!”
No Dong Kim
City of Victoria is leading the woke charge:
https://www.vicnews.com/news/victoria-mandates-zero-carbon-new-buildings-by-2025-ahead-of-b-c-timeline/
How long will it be before they rename the City to something unpronounceable?
Isn’t the mayor an I, Napoleonist?
Makes resale homes with fireplaces and gas furnaces much more valuable.
Robert
Since Reader Tips is regularly filling up with movie nostalgia, why not have a separate section, just for that? Sitting on my bum staring at a screen for an extended period has never been one of my hobbies, hence I have zero interest in the subject. A separate heading would be for those that like that stuff, and leave the Tips line for current events and the like.
Scrolling past all the movie stuff is getting tedious for me.
I.M.F., I agree. I love old non-pc movies, but appreciate the conservative posts on current events.
I support this idea.
With all due respect to B.A.D, and Colonialista, and the others who are into classic movies, I do think that is a great idea. I like the occasional classic myself, but these movie reviews are a bit of a distraction when you consider the insanity that is currently enveloping the planet. The topic should have it’s own category.
I also support your proposal.
Diversity is our strength.
A murder at a Toronto muslim cemetery during the burial for a murder victim:
“The shooting happened at the gates of the Toronto Muslim Cemetery in Richmond Hill at about 3:15 p.m., after a funeral service had ended.
“Three to four male suspects approached the victims and opened fire” before taking off in an “older SUV-style vehicle,” said York Regional Police Const. Maniva Armstrong.
A 26-year-old man was taken to hospital in life-threatening condition and died shortly after. Another man, 27, was also taken to hospital with serious injuries where he remains.”
https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/canada/1-man-dead-another-critically-injured-in-shooting-at-toronto-muslim-cemetery/ar-AA10zxfb?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=fc6d6ac8a68d45c9ae7a44e6ab0a0048
Another example of a disagreement between Sunnis and Shiites?
Breaking CBC News! Saint Thomas University to have a course on defunding police! Wow!
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/defunding-police-course-1.6548690
I like the term “disrupting whiteness”, a term used to describe the research pursued by the Nigerian-born professor.
@David; Yeah, I saw that. Woke insanity is taking hold in NB. I would like to see people take action and cause many donations to the university dry up.
The Religion of Peace strikes again.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/author-salman-rushdie-attacked-before-lecture-in-western-new-york/ar-AA10Bdxh
This sounds like an insane conspiracy theory from hell: WEF collecting information on everyone everywhere, and then telling all platforms what posts to remove, based on a global decision-making AI engine that sees everything and can identify individual people and ideas beyond any given platform.
If someone ever said that it would be contemplated, I would probably think that this person is insane. It sounds like a sick technological fantasy. Unfortunately, this crazy stuff is real, is in a WEF agenda proposal that is officially posted on their website’s “WEF Agenda” section. And WEF is not messing around.
You will have no voice and you will be happy!
https://2ndsmartestguyintheworld.substack.com/p/wefs-global-intelligence-collecting?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email
Very good possibility that Danielle Smith will be Alberta’s next Premier.
Get us out of the Canadian Penal Colony Danielle.
https://calgarysun.com/opinion/columnists/bell-smith-on-ottawa-the-separatist-threat-and-being-conservative