casablanca production Flashcards
who was the films director?
michael curtiz
who was the film’s cinematographer?
arthur edeson
who was the films composer?
max steiner
who was the films producer?
Hal B. Wallis
which studio produced casablanca?
warner bros
who was the lead star in casablanca?
humphrey bogart
who were the screenwriters?
the epstein brothers, howard koch, casey robinson
what style did casablanca follow?
film noir/michael curtiz was responsible for this
how might Curtiz have influenced the anti nazi/pro war themes of the film
he was a hungarian refugee
Who was responsible for the collaborative making of casablanca?
Hal B. Wallis
What did Wallis buy?
He bought the rights to the play “everyone comes to rick’s” which heavily influenced the film
What influence did Edeson have on casablanca?
Realist and expressionist techniques
Who wrote the famous line of casablanca
Wallis
How did Edeson influence female characters?
he used low key lighting and key lights to created the teary eye effect and used a gauze filter to glamorise women
What is the name of the leitmotif Max Steiner has play through the film?
as time goes by, the emotion brought by this is typical of austrian/german composers
