Having mostly seen it on CRT TV screens, with their limited resolution and contrast, I was struck by the amount of detail the film captured, when I first/finall

Having mostly seen it on CRT TV screens, with their limited resolution and contrast, I was struck by the amount of detail the film captured, when I first/finally saw a restored print on a high quality, IPS high definition screen. In the nighttime shots, the delicate and nuanced swirls of cigarette smoke through the air. If you like "Casablanca" but don't know other films from that era, you really owe it to yourself to check them out. You can start with Bogart, for example, a couple of other films with him that are personal favorites: "Dark Passage" and "The Big Sleep". Some things, such a sexuality, were more nuanced (my word for the day, I guess) and implied, in those days; but don't tell me they weren't there. And in some ways things were a little more direct; adults were adults, and some of the humor along with it. There are also any number of excellent comedies, often as sophisticated as anything we have today. I've had a few younger friends who tell me, 'I'm not interested in that old stuff.' Until I get them to watch a prime example.