Kate talks about one of her favorite movies, Casablanca. In this episode Kate covers the how this classic didn’t have the greatest of beginnings and wasn’t destined to be a classic but how it became one. Themes of love, betray, corruption, neutrality and cynicism on the backdrop of the World War II.   

 

Sources:

Bergman Interview on the script: https://youtu.be/SBtO7MHJFoY

Essay comparison of Stage Play to screenplay: http://p-mi.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2006/08/Essay_Casablanca.pdf

75th Anniversary from CBS News: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vv0Eo5-LHhk

What’s So Great About Casablanca: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sC_kfwa5-kg

Casablanca interviews: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SeqA7R8TSoM

Henry Rollins tearing apart Dr. Seuss https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f_k5WBwUUjQ

Theme and Motifs in Casablanca http://www.sparknotes.com/film/casablanca/themes.html