I definitely see what you're saying. I see it as every event in the movie is colored by the war, but it's not actually depicting the war. It may be a spy movie; on one level, Victor Laszlo is more of a Secret Weapon than a person, and the weapon has to be smuggled out. It gets more complicated because he's also a person, and Ilsa loves him, if not as much as she loves Rick.
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Date: 2008-02-22 04:38 pm (UTC)