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In the May of 1941, RKO radio Pictures released a controversial film by a 25 year-old, first-time director. That premiere of Orson Welles' Citizen Kane was to have a profound and lasting effect on the art of motion pictures. It has been hailed as the best American film ever made, and it's as powerful film today as it was fifty years ago. It earned eight Academy Award nominations, and won the Oscar for Best Screenplay. Through its unique jigsaw-puzzle story-line, inventive cinematography, brilliant ensemble acting, and direction by Welles, the story of Charles Foster Kane is a fascinating portrait of America's love of power and materialism, and the corruption it sometimes fosters. Like all great films, Citizen Kane is a memorable fusion of cinematic art and marvelous entertainment.
Average rating (2 reviews)
That opening phrase is famous throughout cinema history, it's so famous it was referenced in the Simpsons ( season 5)
Seriously though, this has to be one of the greatest, most gripping, involving, mysterious films ever made. There simply is no film existing today that could compare to the elegance, technicality, performance and even arrogance of Citizen Kane. Orson Welles' direction was instrumental, displacing his notoriously difficult working habits for the fact that this made his career.
It tells of one Charles Foster Kane, a rich media tycoon whos' life is riddled with unfulfillment, his attempts to fill his life with materialistic objects simply leaving him all the more empty.
Essentially, this film is about loss, and in Kanes case, his childhood. I make it sound corny, but believe me when I say that Citizen Kane starts with the denouement and learns its' beginnings when it's too late.
This a real "must have" movie
andie99UK | 16/10/2007 | See all andie99UK's reviews (4) »
If you have never seen this, or if like some when its shown you look for something else, STOP!
This has to be one of the most engaging stories ever commited to film.
It tells the rise of a small child into one of the most powerful americans of his or any other generation.
Its an aamazing journey played out by an ensemble cast who were mostly unknown at its release.
Welles was only 25 when he made his masterpiece, and would struggle in my opinion to match Kane with any of his later works.
Watch it, Enjoy it.
Orson Welles, Joseph Cotten, Agnes Moorehead, Everett Sloane, George Coulouris, Ruth Warwick & Paul Stewart | |
Universal Suitable for All | |
1941 | |
Fullscreen 4:3 | |
English - Dolby (1.0) Mono | |
English for the hearing impaired | |
2 hours and 1 minute (approx) | |
Region 2 - Will only play on European Region 2 or multi-region DVD players. |
