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Casablanca is “not one movie,” Umberto Eco once quipped; “it is ‘movies.’” Film historian Noah Isenberg’s We’ll Always Have Casablanca offers a rich account of the film’s origins, the myths and realities behind its production, and the reasons it remains so revered today, seventy-five years after its premiere.
Paperback, 334 Pages, Orig. Publ. 2017, This Ed. Publ. 2018
Author: Noah Isenberg
Reviews:
“Even the die-hardest Casablanca fan will find in this delightful book new ways to love the movie they were certain they could never love more.”— Sam Wasson, author of Fifth Avenue, 5 A.M.
“Combining trenchant analysis of the film’s poetic and political power with a well-researched and playful account of its legacy, We’ll Always Have Casablanca is a necessary book and perhaps even an urgent one.” — Noah Gittell, Los Angeles Review of Books
“As Noah Isenberg details in his excellent new book We’ll Always Have Casablanca, the 1942 film is a case study of how history gets depicted for popular entertainment, but it is also a powerful example of how the Hollywood machine produced work that intersected with political commitment while still holding fast to its romantic conventions.” — Michael S. Roth, Chronicle of Higher Education
“Noah Isenberg brings an appropriate passion to his pop analysis of Casablanca, along with a delight of details and some savvy reassessments.” — John Anderson, Newsday