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A classic
film from the classic Hollywood era. If you
have got this far in your life without seeing
Casablanca, then youÁve missed one of the most
honest and touching portrayals of friendship
and unrequited love in film history. Humphrey
Bogarte plays Rick Blaine, a cynical American
ex-pat who owns a bar in Casablanca, where
he leads an easy life shaking up Singapore
Slings for the regulars. The dewy eyed Ingrid
Bergman stars as Ilsa, wife of a member of
the Czech Resistance, a woman who Rick had
a brief, but passionate affair with some years
earlier in Paris. As Ilsa and her husband walk
into RickÁs bar, Bogarte utters the famous
line ËOf all the gin joints in all the world,
she walks into mine.Ó This remark heralds the
beginning of an emotional sequence of events
that lead him down a very slippery path. |
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Amid a plot designed
to boost patriotism during the 1939-45 war,
and some
poor special effects, the real highlight
of the film is the relationship between the
characters
of Rick and Ilsa. The chemistry between Bogarte
and Bergman make their scenes together almost
electric, and the climax of the film - where
Rick makes the ultimate sacrifice for the
woman he loves – can’t fail to make the
iciest of hearts melt. How far will a man go
for the woman he loves?
So if you’re on your own this Valentine’s
Day get down to your local video shop and pick
up a copy of Casablanca, make yourself one
of Rick Blaine’s Singapore
Slings, and
remember that it’s better to have loved
and lost, than never to have loved at all.
Someone pass me a tissue! |
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| The Singapore Sling is a cocktail classic – fruity
and endlessly drinkable, if you can’t
decide what to have from the cocktail list,
order one of these. First served in the famous
Raffles Hotel – the coolest hangout in
Singapore during the early part of the 20th
Century – by a cocktail waiter called
Ngiam Tong Boon. Famous fans of the original
Raffles Hotel Singapore Sling include Ernest
Hemingway and Noel Coward. |
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