Social, Political and Cultural Contexts of Casablanca

 

CULTURAL CONTEXT

Frequently, when discussing the cultural context of a film, students tend to focus on the ways in which the culture of the time may have influenced the film that they are studying. Whilst this is a perfectly valid approach it is also worth considering the ways in which a film, such as Casablanca, may have in turn influenced popular culture. Lines from the film, such has 'Here's looking at you, kid', have become cultural idioms, appearing in films and television programs as diverse as Eastenders and