Casablanca was a great film. I have a tremendous appriciation for this movie because it is such an early film but i was still enthralled with the characters and the action in the film. Humphrey Bogart does a phenominal job playing the tough yet sentimental hero and it is his character developement that drives the story. The director effectively showed a flashback to paris when Rick was with his love, which was first use of this technique in a film. The black and white film lends to the classic effect that the movie has on a modern audience. Like the David or the Mona Lisa, Casablanca is an original masterpiece and directly or indirectly influenced all works that followed in it's genre.