Originally posted November 29, 2003
Lis and I are watching Casablanca on DVD right now, listening to Roger Ebert's commentary track, so we're paying more attention to how shots are composed and stuff like that.
Victor and Ilsa just walked in the Rick's Cafe Americian, and the camera is tracking them as they walk through. The camera pans over the bar. I say, "Ooh! Irish Mist!"
I blink, and hold my head as I realize the true pathos of what just said. No, not pathos. Patheticness. There's a difference.
We freeze frame and I point out to Lis the Irish Mist, Martini and Rossi vermouth, Drambuie, and Johnnie Walker. "Johnnie Walker Black Label. No, wait. It's a black and white movie. It could be Johniie Walker anything-Label, actually."
Oy.