Auteur Signature Film Form

• camera tracking in on Rick and Ilsa
• Camera tracking round to Rick and Laslow – Ilsa between the two men
• Genre – war spy drama, romantic, western (guns, Rick shots)

Classical Hollywood Film Form

• music rousing
• Close up on ‘Vichy water’

Production Context

• Not airport or aircraft – model/set – the fog hides the boundaries of the studio

Themes and Motifs

• non-diegetic ATGB theme

Representation

• Rick does the thinking for both himself and Ilsa, Ilsa is passive
• ‘someday you’ll understand that’ – patronising
• calls Ilsa ‘kid’
• two men making peace with each other, Ilsa off at the side tearful