Subj : Casablanca (1942)
To   : Dumas Walker
From : Arelor
Date : Sat Jan 08 2022 17:09:40

  Re: Casablanca (1942)
  By: Dumas Walker to ARELOR on Sat Jan 08 2022 09:52 am

 > SPOILERS!!!
 > 
 > > Here is the thing: Ilsa could have been straight about the issue with Rick
 > > Instead, she made him wait for her in vain at the train station just as th
 > > nazies rolled in, and her only justification was a note left to the piano
 > > player, with a message which pretty much could have been summarized as "Fu
 > > you, Rick."
 > 
 > That is one part of the movie I have never been sure of.  I have always
 > taken those scenes, and things said later, to mean she didn't find out that
 > Victor was alive until after she and Rick made their plans to leave Paris.
 > Something was eating at her at the cafe before, but I wondered if that was
 > more a reluctance to leave Paris and Europe just in case her husband was
 > still alive.
 > 
 > > I think the most sane character in the whole film was Sam, because he is t
 > > one who recognizes early on that Ilsa is bad luck for Rick.
 > 
 > Yes, I was always disappointed that Rick left Sam behind as part of the
 > terms of sale of the Cafe American and that he didn't go with him and
 > Reynard at the end.  He has kept Rick out of trouble before, and I would
 > suspect probably more than was made explicit during the movie.
 > 
 > 
 >  * SLMR 2.1a * TAXES:  your money spent for things you wouldn't buy.
 > 

SPOILERS!!

I think it is mentioned in the film that Ilsa knew Lazlo was alive in the cafe
scene. SHe had been told by a resistence member. That is whay she was doubtful
when RIck was talking about marriage and the reason why she stabbed him in the
back in the train station.

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