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Cinematic smackers: the most significant kisses in film history


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Cinematic smackers: the most significant kisses in film history

by Stephen Brown

 

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Exquisite romance … Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman in Casablanca. Photograph: Bros/Kobal/Rex/Shutterstock

 

10. Casablanca (1942)

 

In the movies, a kiss is never just a kiss. Of all the gin joints in all the towns in all the world, Ingrid Bergman walked into Humphrey Bogart’s.

 

A haunting chiaroscuro closeup tracks into a dissolve, recalling happier times.

 

As time goes by they agree “No questions”, making them free to kiss.

 

The result is exquisitely deferred gratification.

 

Full Story: https://www.theguardian.com/film/2019/apr/12/cinematic-smackers-the-most-significant-kisses-in-film-history

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