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Analysis Of Casablanca By Michael Curtiz
In the film Casablanca made by Michael Curtiz in 1942, and it was an immediate success, despite Warner Brothers' fears that it would fail. It starts out with the French national anthem. I thought this was an interesting detail and a very important because a voiceover came on explaining the significance of the city Casablanca. At the time of World War II, years of the war, many people were trying to leave Europe. The easiest way out was through Casablanca and into Portugal. After the narrator is done talking they flip to another scene and you hear over the radio that two German officers were murdered and the murderer is headed towards Casablanca. At this moment in time I did not know what to think. In my head I was wondering what his motive
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