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BaxDeal@aol.com <
BaxDeal@aol.com> wrote:
that is what happened to To Have And Have Not. but I have
read that Hemingway himself wasn't too impressed with his
book, and I personally find the movie version preferable to
Casablanca, which the Bogie/Bacall debut consciously apes.
and I love Casablanca, so that's not a dis. it's more a
matter of movie star chemistry elevating material
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Let me try to understand you here, John. You really think TO
HAVE AND HAVE NOT, the movie, is better or preferable to
CASABLANCA? Really? On her best day (and on her best days
she's very good) Bacall is not in Bergman's league. And some
of Bergman's best work ever is seen in CASABLANCA. I'd say
CASABLANCA is a nearly flawless movie while TO HAVE AND HAVE
NOT is a deeply flawed movie. Yes, the energy between Bogart
and Bacall is fun but it doesn't over come that awful script.
Personally, I like them much better in the slightly flawed
THE BIG SLEEP. That's an excellent script with great lines
between them both. But CASABLANCA is in a league of the very
best American films of all time. I'm talking GONE WITH THE
WIND, THE GODFATHER, CITIZEN CAIN, HIGH NOON. That's what I
think, anyway.
Patrick King
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