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Gilda

1946

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Nov 17, 2024
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The similarities between Charles Vidor’s Gilda and Michael Curtiz’s Casablanca are shockingly numerous. Major plot points and settings and set pieces all recall the Best Picture from four years earlier. And yet, Gilda always remains its (and her) own thing. One notices the parallels as they pass, but always with the focus on what the central love triang…

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