A fascinating story of idealism corrupted by wealth, Citizen Kane is frequently named the greatest film of all time and is credited with inspiring more directorial careers than any other film in history. Orsen Welles and Agnes Moorehead star.Running Time: 119 min. Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: DRAMA Rating: PG Age: 053939656527 UPC: 053939656527 Manufacturer No: T6
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A fascinating story of idealism corrupted by wealth Citizen Kane is frequently named the greatest film of all time and is credited with inspiring more directorial careers than any other film in history. Orsen Welles and Agnes Moorehead star.Running Time: 119 min.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: DRAMA UPC: 053939656527 Manufacturer No: T6565DVD
Arguably the greatest of American films, Orson Welles's 1941 masterpiece, made when he was only 26, still unfurls like a dream and carries the viewer along the mysterious currents of time and memory to reach a mature (if ambiguous) conclusion: people are the sum of their contradictions, and can't be known easily. Welles plays newspaper magnate Charles Foster Kane, taken from his mother as a boy and made the ward of a rich industrialist. The result is that every well-meaning or tyrannical or self-destructive move he makes for the rest of his life appears in some way to be a reaction to that deeply wounding event. Written by Welles and Herman J. Mankiewicz, and photographed by Gregg Toland, the film is the sum of Welles's awesome ambitions as an artist in Hollywood. He pushes the limits of then-available technology to create a true magic show, a visual and aural feast that almost seems to be rising up from a viewer's subconsciousness. As Kane, Welles even ushers in the influence of Bertolt Brecht on film acting. This is truly a one-of-a-kind work, and in many ways is still the most modern of modern films from the 20th century. --Tom Keogh
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Best Film Ever? Yes, I Think So. Yes. Count me in as one of "Them." A Kanenite. Orson Welles's initial motion picture effort, CITIZEN KANE, not only is Welles's best film--it's the best film ever made. Because of the story? Well, that's certainly interesting enough in its own right, but it's not the reason this powerful film is the best ever captured on celluloid. Look, any film that spawns books, documentaries, commentaries, and makes countless "Best Films of All Time" lists has got something unique and magical going for it. So what is... more info
Citizen Cane Orson Welles. Man in his early twenties and never in a movie wrote and stard in
this hit movie.He plays a young man running a news paper to a middle aged Man running for office to his downfall until death.He ages beautiflly in the movie
which is part Drama and part Comedy.A must see movie.
The real William Randolf Hearst tried to buy the Film to destroy it but he failed
and the movie became a #1 hit.He also tried to destroy Orson Welles.
Greatest film of all time? How about dumbest film ever made!! Oh my Lord is this a stupid movie. First of all it's in black and white. Already I'm snoring. Second its about some rich guy whose unhappy. More commie-lib "bash the rich" nonsense from (where else?) Hollyweird. OK, I'm watching this movie and the plot is that their trying to find out why this rich guy Kane said "Rosebud" when he died. And guess what it means? (SPOILER ALERT) It's a FREAKIN' SLEDD!!!!! Which they burn up at the end. Dumb Dumb! DUMB! If I ruined the movie for you, GOOD. You can spend that... more info
Good not great. So shoot me. It can be difficult to watch a "classic" film like this because of all the baggage that comes along with it. It's a challenge to stay unbiased. Almost like when a trial has to be moved because all the potential jurors have already been influenced. Citizen Kane certainly falls in this camp. After all, it is perennially ranked #1 (AFI, Sight & Sound, etc.) and thus there is an *expectation* that it will be one of the best. It might well be other people's favorite film, but I cannot say the same. It... more info
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