Citizen Kane (1941)

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Citizen Kane was the debut of Orson Welles as a director. Incredible as it may seem, Orson wrote, produced and played the main male character. The story evolves around the life of a press magnate, Charles Foster Kane, with evident hints to the life of a real media man, William Randolph Hearst, who fought with his most fierceful powers to stop the shooting of the movie and who set a new target for himself: to discredit this cinematic achievement. He didn’t succeed.

Citizen Kane is one of the most American movies in history and in the end it resumes to this: money doesn’t bring happiness, but loneliness and misery. The word “rosebud” is the central puzzle of the film, but we won’t spoil the mystery for you if you haven’t seen it yet. The true force of Citizen Kane, besides the fact that it went against the conventions of chronological narratives, is given by Gregg Toland’s cinematography. He developed a new technique based on the depth of the visual field. Thanks to his discovery, the close-shot, which is the closest to the eye, the medium visual shot and the background are simultaneously seen in the take. In other words, the viewer is given the option to pick the part of the image he wants to concentrate on. This is going to be the month of Orson Welles on Classiq.

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10 Responses to Citizen Kane (1941)

Natasha wrote on
--> 6 August 2011 at 10:43 pm

believe it or not I never watched that film 🙁 but I sure plan to :)n

jasna wrote on
--> 6 August 2011 at 11:12 pm

Awesome post : ) Hope u are having a lovely wknd xx

Mina wrote on
--> 7 August 2011 at 12:21 am

sincera sa fiu nu mi-a placut niciodata acest film. tin minte ca a trebuit sal vedem la ora de engleza in liceu cu ideea ca it was the best movie ever made or something like that. tin minte ca ma plictisise rau de tot. poate eram prea mica atunci sa ii vad valoare. maybe i should watch it once more before having a final verdict on it.
xoxo
mina

Shin wrote on
--> 7 August 2011 at 1:10 am

It’s one of the best movies I’ve seen in my life and it’s something you can watch over and over again. Wishing you a lovely weekend Ada! xoxooxo

Tamra {walkswithBella} wrote on
--> 7 August 2011 at 9:37 pm

Such an amazing classic. I need to watch this again! Great post. 🙂

Jody Brettkelly wrote on
--> 8 August 2011 at 1:23 am

Makes me want to watch that movie again. I am in the midst of watching all the Hitchcock and Orson Wells (their movies have a lot of similarities…)

My Fashion Tale wrote on
--> 8 August 2011 at 8:56 am

I haven’t seen it yet, but I definitely will! Have a great week Ada!

MM wrote on
--> 8 August 2011 at 11:44 am

I don’t think I’ve seen this movie!! I’ll google it! Thank you so much, honey!!

Have a lovely Monday!! xoxoxo

Lee Oliveira wrote on
--> 8 August 2011 at 4:59 pm

Haven’t seeing this movie but very tempting after reading
lee x

The Foolish Aesthete wrote on
--> 9 August 2011 at 6:15 pm

The technical aspect of “Citizen Kane” is unbelievable. It is a terrific film.

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