09 July 2010

Still the same old story

Casablanca

(1942)
As Rick listens to Sam playing it for him, right before the Paris flashback, he starts to say something, then doesn't. Tonight, inexplicably for the first time, I wondered what he was stifling. Was he about to demand the vocal? Or, on the contrary, was he about to admit that even though she could apparently stand it, he in fact could not?

1 comment:

Jennie Tonic said...

I'll try to remember to watch for that next time I see it--which could be the next time France plays in the World Cup.