Hello, my name's Justin LeClew, and I'm here today with Will Sloan.

And you're listening to The Important Cinema Club.

And this week, we're getting in the time machine, and we're going classic.

We're getting in our Doloresons.

And we're going to be talking about that guy that made Casablanca.

But he didn't just make Casablanca.

He made Mystery of the Wax Museum.

He made Yankee Doodle Dandy, Adventures of Robin Hood, Mildred Pierce, White Christmas,

Angels with Dirty Faces.

Later in his life, he made King Creole with Elvis Presley.

All your grandparents' favorite films.

Yep, the Turner

Classic movie special. And this is Michael Cortice. He's a director that people often use

to kind of dissuade theuteur theory. Well, that's the thing. I mean, Michael Curtis is kind of

the quintessential Hollywood studio director where when I watch documentaries about the

making of his films, the words that keep coming up are fast, efficient, and versatile.

So he could direct any kind of movie. He didn't have a signature style. You don't think so?

Because I watched a bunch of his films and there's definitely thematic stylistically that come up. Okay. I mean, we can talk about that. I don't think so? Because I watched a bunch of his films, and there's definitely thematic stylistically that come up.

Okay.

I mean, we can talk about that.

I don't see preoccupations.

I don't see his obsessions.

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