megalomania on screen without sounding street dent and pedantic? you turn the world into a balloon and you have this foolish demagogue dance with it. this clown can actually destroy this world. so it s both tragedy and comedy wrapped into one. in one of the most powerful political scenes in film. who do you think will win the war. i haven t the slightest idea. rick is completely neutral about everything and that takes in the field of women. hum gri bogart runs rick s in cas da blanca. it s world war ii before the united states enters the war. he s got gambling, he s got the alcohol. he doesn t have to worry about the war and it turns out the war comes to him. no matter what the future brings as time goes by