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Casablanca Context Flashcards

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WWI

When is Casablanca set

A

5th December 1941

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WWI

what part of America does Rick initially represent

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the isolationist stance

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WWI

why did America adopt an isolationist stance

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recovering from WWI, could see devestation on newsreels/papers

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Hollywood and the war effort

What was the role of the OWI

United States Office of War Information

set up in 1942

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create and desseminate information and propaganda

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Hollywood and the war effort

what did Hollywood do to help the war effort

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Adjusted romance films so that couples were seperated at the end to do their patriotic duty in the war

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regulation and censorship

What was the Hays Code

Active from 1934-1968

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A guideline that films had to abide by

e.x. no nudity

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production

What is the central/unit producer system

3 points

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producer was in control, oversaw production of 6-8 films/year, cast and crew worked on (usually 7 year) contracts

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Auteur

What does Andrew Sarris say about Casablanca

Auteur: technical skill, interior meanings, personal style

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“Casablanca was the decisive exception to the rule”

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Old Hollywood

when was the Paramount Anti-Trust case

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1948

destroyed vertical integration

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Classical/Old Hollywood

What comprised the style of CH

8 points

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3-act narrative, casue and effect, omniscient narrator, universal themes, linear narrative, predictable, invisible editing, 180 degree rule

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Classical/Old Hollywood

What comprise the style of CH

8 points

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3-act narrative, casue and effect, omniscient narrator, universal themes, linear narrative, predictable, invisible editing, 180 degree rule

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aesthetics

What are the conventions of Film Noir

Warner Bros. style

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low-key, black and white visuals, chiaroscuro, anti-hero, low and wide angles, Dutch shots, flashbacks, V/O narration, pessimistic

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aesthetic

What are the conventions of Expressionism

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twisted landscape, insane or evil characters, morbid plot line, urban setting, crime(inal underworld), external representation of internal emotions

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Aesthetic

What are the conventions of Melodrama

Warner Bros. style

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dialogue concentrated, characters fulfil stereotypes/flat, set in private spaces of the home, accompanied by dramatic and suggestive music, most attention on victims,

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Aesthetics

What are the conventions of Documentary

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Instructional, educational, historical records, V/O, sound track, montage, actuality, archival footage

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Aesthetics

What is the main aesthetic of Casablanca

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Pro-War

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DIrector- Michael Curtiz

What could have hindered Michael Curtiz’s artistic freedom

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studio system- factory line production via vertical integration

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Director- Michael Curtiz

What does Curtiz’s Hungarian Jewsih immigrant origins signify

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emotionally motivated due to the presence of immigrants in teh cast and crew

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Director- Michael Curtiz

What does Curtiz have credited work in

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film noir genre- iconography of Casabalanca

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Producer-Hal.B.Wallis

What is the significance of ‘One man major walking studio’ - Ronald Reagan

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impact on the entire film making process

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Producer-Hal.B.Wallis

What does ‘Louis, I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship’ signify

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reflects Warners attitude towards America’s post-WWI isolationism

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cinematographer-Arthur Edeson

What does the realist and expressionist style of Casablanca signify

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Edesons being adept in both realism and expressionism

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cinematographer-Arthur Edeson

What is the chiaroscuro lighting in Rick’s cafe at night reminiscent of

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  1. Edesons prior film, and the first in the film noir genre, the Maltese Falcon (Huston,1941)
  2. common trope of expressionist influences
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cinematographer-Arthur Edeson

Where is Edesons expressionism seen in the hanger scene

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  1. fog creates an ethereal, mysterious atmosphere
  2. shadows stand out among the pale background
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cinematographer-Arthur Edeson

What do the gauze filter and key lights in eyes signify

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representaion of gender and Europe

26
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screenwriters- Epstein brothers, Howard Koch, Casey Robinson

Who had the most decisive role in screenwriting

A

the Epstein brothers through their witty dialogue

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screenwriters- Epstein brothers, Howard Koch, Casey Robinson

What was Koch’s contribution

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political allegories

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screenwriters- Epstein brothers, Howard Koch, Casey Robinson1

What was Robinsons contribution

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direction of the love story

29
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screenwriters- Epstein brothers, Howard Koch, Casey Robinson

Why were they demotivated

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  1. new scenes were ‘thrown about’ (Julius Epstein)
  2. no clarity of how this chaos would end
30
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screenwriters- Epstein brothers, Howard Koch, Casey Robinson

How is the lack of personal investment demonstrated

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absence of an ending until the day it was to be shot

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Studio-Jack Warner

What did Warner make before America’s involvement in the war

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anti-Nazi films due to his Jewish heritage

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Studio-Jack Warner

How did he support the war effort

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  1. gave spitfires to the UK allied forces
  2. donated money to the allied forces
  3. asked staff to donate 10% of their wages to the war effort if possible
33
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What were the contributions of Humphrey Bogart

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  1. had a controlled image (similar to the one he had on the Maltese Falcoln)
  2. ‘Here’s looking at you kid’
34
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What were the contributions of Max Steiner

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  1. Austrian immigrant
  2. leitmotif ‘As Time Goes By’
  3. kept the Paris flashback
35
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What were the contributions of Orry Kelly

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  1. worked within the costume restrictions of the Hays Code and war
  2. ‘best of the era’ developed characters and actors
36
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How many people went to the cinema weekly in 1946

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90 million

37
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What does Steiner’s leitmotif add

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a nostalgic and romantic aesthetic

38
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What does the multicultural cast represent

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the different ethnic commnuities living in the French colony of Morocco

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