Allied

How this film uses it

Cinematographer Don Burgess and Zemeckis split the film into 6 different visual looks to match changing tone and settings. The shifts help you feel when the couple's world is warm, tense or closing in. The look tells you where the story stands before anyone speaks.

Where to see it

From Casablanca to London: After the assassination in Casablanca, Max and Marianne marry and settle in Hampstead with their daughter Anna.

How this film uses it

The cover marriage in Casablanca turns into a real marriage. Marianne also keeps a bigger lie going, and she says she did it because German agents threatened her daughter. You can read the film as asking whether a lie told for love still counts as love.

Where to see it

The pub: Marianne admits she is a spy and says she sent the message Max left in plain view. She insists her feelings for him are real.

How this film uses it

The Special Operations Executive tells Max his wife may be a spy. They set a trap in which Max writes false intelligence at home. If it turns up in German transmissions, he must kill her.

Where to see it

The blue dye test: Max writes false information at home where Marianne can find it. He waits to see if it appears in intercepted German messages.

How this film uses it

Delamare tells Max that Marianne was a talented pianist who once played La Marseillaise in a cafe in defiance of the Germans. Back in London, Max brings her to a pub and tells her to play the piano. The piano becomes the test of who she is.

Where to see it

The pub piano: Max demands that Marianne play the piano after hearing Delamare's story. She admits that she is a spy.