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In Reply to: Re: How can you dare to compare " an accident* " film posted by patrickU on December 5, 2003 at 11:49:32:
You have to understand, my dear Patrick, the American obsession with the cool, square-jawed, self assured male super-hero characters.As you guys in decadent Europe were laughing whatching Fantomas, America was sitting on the edges of its chair, tears in the eyes, trying to catch every quick and smart retort dropped by its hero, the square jaw barely moving and the martini glass not even spilled.
Truth is Borart's character is the standard of cardboard cut-outness, having as little to do with the way real people behave in real life as Fantomas has with you.
Well, maybe even less.
So the true reason behind the mad love for Casablanca lies not in its artistic values, but in being the proper response to a particular needs of a particular society.
A great film needs just an ordinary person in order to touch your nerve - a Cabiria, or Lamberto Maggiorani from the Bicycle Thief... a weak film needs a cool super-hero. A Fantomas. A Cling Eastwood. A Bogart.
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Follow Ups
- Rick Blane vs. Fantomas - Victor Khomenko 12:16:49 12/05/03 (4)
- Re: Rick Blane vs. Fantomas - patrickU 12:44:01 12/05/03 (3)
- I agree. I too like Casablanca, as one of the better films of the cool superman genre - Victor Khomenko 12:53:02 12/05/03 (2)
- Re: I agree. I too like Casablanca, as one of the better films of the cool superman genre - patrickU 13:43:50 12/05/03 (1)
- Re: My all time favorite Bronson critiical comment - rico 17:44:15 12/05/03 (0)
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