Lighting is used very effectively with contrast and saturation (opaques/hues) throughout the film, from the angelic glow on Ilsa Lund Laszlo, to Rick Blaine's dark lighting used to emphasize his alcohol consumption. The spot lights can also be seen on the walls of the club as the Gestapo run about in the city. Creating a mood of uncomfortness and abandonment.
Music is nostalgic, especially when Sam, the piano player, begins to play "As Time Goes By", and Rick frantically comes and tells him to never play that song, which is when he realizes that he was playing the song for his old love, Ilsa.
Besides the European stereotypes, there were four characters who were not considered to be among the majority European population, Rick Blaine, Ilsa Lund Laszlo, Victor Laszlo and Sam. Although he was African-American, and the U.S was going through a segregation struggle, the emphasis was on the German Nazis. They were considered or perceived as being arrogant. While the four U.S......

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Title: Casablanca Critique
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