Marc Auge was eleven or twelve years old when he first saw
"Casablanca." Made in 1942 but not released in France until 1947,
the film had a profound effect on him. Like cinephiles everywhere,
Auge was instantly drawn to Rick Blaine's mysterious past, his
friendship with Sam and Captain Renault, and Ilsa's stirring,
seductive beauty. The film-with its recurring scenes of waiting,
menace, and flight-occupies a significant place in Auge's own
memory of his uprooted childhood and the wartime exploits of his
family.
Marc Auge's elegant and thoughtful essay on film and the nature
of both personal and collective memory contends that some of our
most haunting memories are deeply embedded in the cinema. His own
recollections of the hurried, often chaotic embarkations of his
childhood, he writes, are become intertwined with scenes from
"Casablanca" that have become bigger in his memory through repeated
viewings in the movie houses of Paris's Latin Quarter.
Seamlessly weaving together film criticism and memoir,
"Casablanca" moves between Auge's insights into the filmgoing
experience and his reflections on his own life, the collective
trauma of France's wartime history, and how such events as the fall
of Paris, the exodus of refugees, and the Occupation-all depicted
in the film-were lived and are remembered.
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