Casablanca

About this episode

The hosts discuss the enduring classic film Casablanca and its cultural significance, featuring a guest interview with film historian Noah Isenberg.

Vanessa Zoltan, Hannah McGregor, and Stephanie Paulsell meet at Rick's Café Américain to record this week’s episode of Hot and Bothered – our last movie of the season, Casablanca. This week we discuss why this movie is an enduring classic, the sexual schemes of Captain Renault, and what makes "America." We finish the episode by calling film historian Noah Isenberg to discuss his book We’ll Always Have ‘Casablanca’: The Life, Legend, and Afterlife of Hollywood’s Most Beloved Movie . --- Hot and Bothered is a Not Sorry Production Find us at our website | Follow us on Instagram If we give you butterflies, consider supporting us on Patreon ! On Patreon we have more great romance content including a bonus close scene analysis with Hannah, Stephanie and Vanessa. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Hosts: Vanessa Zoltan, Hannah McGregor, Stephanie Paulsell

Guest: Noah Isenberg

Topics covered

• classic films
• Hollywood
• romance
• film history
• cultural analysis

Keywords

• Casablanca
• film analysis
• romance
• Hollywood classics
• Noah Isenberg

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Not Sorry Productions

Books & works: Casablanca, We’ll Always Have ‘Casablanca’: The Life, Legend, and Afterlife of Hollywood’s Most Beloved Movie

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