[Borges]

It’s more all of the films from that era. They aren’t in the pop culture anymore. They are becoming the domain of aficionados.

[Dawgreg]

I loved Casablanca but my all-time favorite was “Laura”. An original chick flick.....;) The 30’s and 40’s were some of the best years of movies in our lifetimes.

[murron]

I’m 68 and I wasn’t particularly enthralled by the movie.

[Fiji Hill]

As Time Goes By--Jacques Renard (1931)

[redfreedom]

There are many great movies of that general era. Casablanca is one of them, but so is Gone With The Wind, and the movie that made The Duke a star - Stage Coach. Bogart, Gable & The Duke!!

[Parley Baer]

Slate does not have the best reputation. This article is another prime example.

[lee martell]

Every artist’s creation is affected by the passage of time and the passing away of the first viewers. People used to say the most popular film was Gone With The Wind. A new version came out as a TV mini-series called Scarlett in 1994.
Many were determined to dislike it long before the production was complete. Sometimes an idealized portrayal has a certain shelf life of appeal, no matter who the director or the lead actors are.

[tophat9000]

Of old films that hold up in fact get better with age

I think The Searchers is in a class of its own

..Its for more complex then anything you could make nowadays in our PC culture. Really it the start of the anti-hero

Even modern reviewers that appreciate the film still don’t get some of the subtex..

They want to make the Wayne character a basic racist towards the Indians ..yet ignore his empathy towards “Look” the Indian Squaw when they find her kills by soldiers in the Indian camp

It’s almost too complex and primal at the same time for the politically correct mind of today too grasp what’s going on

Great great movie. I always get something new out of it when I watch it

[MinuteGal]

"....the classic film (Casablanca) is losing it hold on movie lovers...."

The author can do all the navel-gazing and mod psychological parsing of the film she wants to wallow in, but it will never "lose its hold" on me.

I could take the movie and analyze it virtually scene by famous scene and point out its total relevancy to the politics and culture today.

This is why the film is timeless.

The movie output today pales in comparison with that of the 30's through the 50's in comedy, drama, musicals, historical epics....and the sheer talent and magnetism of the stars of that golden era is still unsurpassed.

I wonder if the author is putting together a lint-picking article of some of the crappioli that Hollyweird is putting out today?

Leni

[a fool in paradise]

Americans refused to watch movies in black and white starting somewhere in the 1980s.

And the pacing of films before 1970 is “too slow” for the millennials.

[lee martell]

I’m one of the 25 people on the planet who gets next to nothing from ‘It’s A Wonderful Life’. It just doesn’t pull me in very much. The appreciation may be a learned thing.
My family always watched “Miracle on 34th St.” from 1947, with Maureen O’Hara, Edmund Gwenn and a very young Natalie Wood. After that movie, Christmas Season had officially begun in my home. It was, as they now say ‘Settled Science!’

[Getready]

Thanks slate you clarified the question that has bugged me so long. NOT
Probable reason why less people rank it less high is cause they dont understand wartime. So when they watch it...it doesnt effect their emotions and their reason as much. To them its just a period piece broken hearted love story...like a billion other movies...it gets as high as a rating cuz of vrry good acting..crispwriting , unrequited love, threat of death., bravery in the face of death and military defeat and the excellent staging

[RightGeek]

If millenials were lumberjacks - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DlTGRlF_zSI

[katana]

I'm not French and will crack jokes about them with the best. But when the scene comes where Die Wacht am Rhein is drowned out by everyone but the Germans in Nick's singing La Marseillaise the tears flow. Every time I see that scene. That's what great movies do. Oh, and there are still parts of New York Major Strasser should avoid invading.

[Slyfox]

Movies and TV shows I would have to take to a desert island with me:

Blazing Saddles, It's a Wonderful Life, Overboard, the original Parent Trap, The Sound of Music, Quiet Man, Darby O'Gill and the Little People, Zulu, The Gods Must Be Crazy 1 and 2, Casablanca, Das Boot with the last 10 minutes removed, The entire Little Rascals series, the entire Mister Ed series, the entire series of Leave It To Beaver, and last but not least the entire series of Northern Exposure.

But that's just me.

[Freedom_Is_Not_Free]

Read the whole thing. It is gobbledy gook. I don’t understand it.

I still don’t understand his assertion as to why Casa Blanca is “losing its hold on movie goers”.

All I can tell, is millenials and younger need action movies with tons of rapid input or they get bored and fall asleep. They can’t follow a developing plot or have the patience for a growing character. Everything has to be immediate action and furious fights, explosions, fast edits, quick scenes. A movie like Shane or High Noon would just put them to sleep.

They can’t last through the slowly rising tension of a suspenseful build-up to the ultimate climax. They need a mini-climax every 5 minutes or so or they get bored.

[TBP]

One of the greatest movies ever.

[Mrs. Don-o]

You Must Remember This bump

[PGalt]

21. Gain control of key positions in radio, TV, and motion pictures. - See more at: http://www.rense.com/general32/americ.htm#sthash.F2hDihJd.dpuf

[Jack Hammer]

Early films were plot/character driven; recent films are all about special effects.