September 17, 2009
The benchmark film that all others should aspire to!
Orson Welles, Joseph Cotten, William Alland
Orson Welles' "Citizen Kane" is widely considered to be the greatest film to ever come out of Hollywood. The film is basically about a group of reporters who are trying to decipher the last word ever ...( read more
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DVD Release Date: September 25, 2001
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February 25, 2009I recently wrote a review for "2001: A Space Odyssey", and in said review I pointed out the absurdity of writing about a movie with such a reputation. Well, here I go again, abusing film history even further by reviewing what is widely considered as the best American film of all ...( read more)
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February 12, 2009"Rosebud..."
LANDMARK film in cinema. Citizen Kane is widely considered the greatest film of all time, most notably by AFI.
This is the film that invented many aspects in film making that we still see today. Most notably "twist" endings and unique camer...( read more) -
January 23, 2009Citizen Kane is possibly the most important film ever made. The cast are brilliant, the choreography is brilliant, but the thing that tops over all of that is the moral message it signals out to its audience. In this movie we see his tragic life, and then he tries to overpower it...( read more)
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January 16, 2009There are very few things 'wrong' with Citizen Kane. But there is something very difficult in reviewing it. It may be because I have absolutely nothing original to say.
Orson Welles was only twenty - six when Kane was released, and despite what seem people may cons...( read more) -
November 3, 2009Orsen Welles' tale of a wealthy men going from the top of the world to lonlieness is an epic and amazing one. Kane becomes the leading newspaper man in the world but that does not accomplish his dream. He always wants more and is never satisfied. He soon relizes that only thing w...( read more)
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October 29, 2009Classic film every movie junkie should see.
Charles Foster Kane: Rosebud.
Bernstein: Old age. It's the only disease, Mr. Thompson, that you don't look forward to being cured of.
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November 9, 2006Rosebud: The mysterious final word of Charles Foster Kane on his dying bed. What does it mean? We could only guess among all the possibilities. (Personally I came up with my own meaning for “rosebud” but I don’t want to spoil the ending if you haven’t seen the movie). What we don’t have to guess is the moral of the story: the great difference between giving money and giving love. And more than sixty years after the production of this film it seems that society, particularly in the American culture, will never get it. As Charlie Kane said himself: “If I wouldn’t have been such a rich man, I could have been a great man”. Selfish individuals who believe in “love in their own terms” are unfortunately at the core of our society and we can only pray for some of these people to wake up to a life with more meaning than exchanging everything they love for something as common as money.
Needless to say, Orson Wells was a genius miles ahead of his time, in more senses than cinematography.
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