“The waters? What waters? We’re in the desert.”
I saw Casablanca at the midnight showing at the Inwood this past weekend. God Damn is that a great movie. It was truly an amazing experience seeing it projected on a big screen as I have only ever seen it on a TV. There is just so much to love about this movie, the witty repartee between Rick and Captain Renault, the awesome music, the quirky supporting characters, etc. etc. I do have to say, the only thing that bugs me about the movie is the character Yvonne (Rick’s fuck buddy essentially). Her character is shrill and made essentially to be a whore, but she does have the redeeming characteristic of being the setup for the line by Capt. Renault: “How extravagant you are, throwing away women like that. Some day they may be scarce.” Claude Raines as Capt. Renault is quite possibly my favorite movie character ever. This movie is so ingrained within me that I can pretty much remember all the music cues and nearly all of the script.
