Warner Bros. Pictures
1942 - Not Rated - 1 hr 42 min
Director: Michael Curtiz
Starring: Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, Paul Henreid
It's tough to switch gears from dark action films and modern comedies, and find the attention span for one of the great classics. Not saying it's hard to follow this movie, although I consider the plot a tad more complicated than most modern movie-goers can handle, just that this movie moves at a different pace. You need time to adjust, you know?
I watched this one with a fresh pair of eyes, for the first time in about two decades when I first dubbed the movie as "boring." I was eight, people. And it's not boring. Maybe for an eight-year-old, but not for someone who gets genuinely sucked in to this piece of cinematic history. Movies were different back then, with much more focus placed on actors and the subtleties in performance, the delivery of text, the richness of the dialogue. More like plays, less like CGI parties. And watching the subtext that bubbles between Bogart and Bergman is a sheer joy.
If you haven't seen this one, it's a must.
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