Film Studies Daily Log

Wednesday, January 14
We discussed the character of Rick Blaine, as portrayed by Humphrey Bogart in Casablanca, then read Alistair Cooke's 1957 commentary on Bogart, "The only possible idealist" (handout).
This was followed by a very brief introduction to film noir.

Finally, students checked out outside viewing films for the second essay in film analysis.


Tuesday, January 13
We watched the final twenty minutes of Casablanca, then discussed the film, including the black and white cinematography and the Max Steiner soundtrack.