casablanca

one of my favorite films.  casablanca.  i have a deep interest in any of the films made against the nazis.  i've also seen some of the films depicting the struggle against the japanese during world war 2.  in one film a group of american women are captured by the japanese at the end of a film.  ingrid bergman, in casablanca, is amazing.  humphrey bogart is also great.  in seeing just how evil the nazis were, it is clear that they abandoned their conscience and also their claim even to be human beings, much less "the master race."  in a sense, world war 2 is still going on, as is the cold war.  count me in as one who believes in the human rights of all people.  there's a lot of love, and ultimately forgiveness, in the film casablanca.  at one time in my life i actually believed it would be preferable to take the good looking girl, and fly away to america.  but as i became a bit more morally mature, i realized we are all engaged in political struggles.  it is the politics of everyday life, the politics of what is possible, realpolitik.  when i try to stand up for the rights of people who, for example, are forcibly electroshocked, by psychiatry, i have been influenced by films like casablanca.