Conversations on Essential Cinema: Casablanca

One of the world’s most beloved films, and widely considered the best screenplay ever produced, Casablanca (1942), has been immortalized not merely for its 1943 Best Picture Academy Award win, but for the way this World War II love story, improbably with Morocco as its backdrop, showcases so many memorable lines and startling images – blending both romance and suspense in one smokey cafe. Casablanca uses its characters, including the love triangle at the heart of the story, to expose the many complex political dilemmas of the early 1940s, with the Nazis imposing their will on the world. It also has come to define noir cinema with its sinister and menacing sense of impending danger. FOLCS was joined by award-winning actress, Sharon Stone (Casino, Total Recall, Basic Instinct, The Laundromat) for a Conversation on Wednesday, August 26, 2020. This event was produced in partnership with the New York Film Academy (NYFA).