Commentary There is something fitting about the movie “Casablanca” having its 80th birthday while the world teeters on war over Ukraine and Taiwan—and the Iranians work overtime to get a nuclear weapon that can be delivered by missile. We may be in the most dangerous pre-war environment since the Cuban missile crisis of 1962, when the United States and the Soviet Union came periously close to a military collision. In this period of tension, it is fitting that we are celebrating one of the greatest films ever made. “Casablanca” was the great movie from World War II. More than that, it was a truly historic movie in a way that its creators were probably surprised by. I have seen “Casablanca” more than 20 times. Whenever I am in a place with a piano player, I ask if they can play “As Time Goes By,” the iconic song which haunts the …
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