There is hardly a shot in Orson Welles’ towering achivement that doesn’t employ some sort of ingenious trick involving the camera, editing, sound, staging or production design. Kane didn’t invent all of its techniques, but it’s one of the few pictures I can think of that uses almost every one in the movie playbook. The film is like a dictionary of the cinematic language.
Citizen Kane...has the best of everything: a great director and star, innovative cinematography, dreamlike - even nightmarish - art direction, a sonorous musical score, a skillful screenplay in which comic passages intensify the movie's tragic qualities by means of their grotesque juxtaposition (how lifelike!), a psychological / narrative form that predates our contemporary "psycho-histories" by at least 40 years, and best of all, a memorial word that, when spoken, recalls the film out of thin air.
The film is visually stunning, with groundbreaking cinematography and innovative storytelling techniques that were ahead of its time. The use of deep focus photography and non-linear narrative structure helped to create a sense of depth and complexity to Kane's character, making him both enigmatic and relatable to audiences.
Citizen Kane, the greatest movie ever made. Why is that though. Most people hate citizen Kane as it is often given this title and seems boring to most people. The reason this movie is considered the best was because of its ideas influence and writing. That’s the thing with people now day. They don’t appreciate these great classics.
I still stare at it, amazed and entertained, but dwarfed by the very idea of attempting to untangle the crow’s nest that has formed through the film’s ever-expanding histories. And what continuously stupefies me is that time works no miracles on this particular film: Scenes remain familiar, but the narrative seems to shift every time I return to it.
Welles displays touches of genius in the handling of his story. His cast, made up of players from his Mercury Theatre group, respond like sensitive musicians to the movements of the conductor’s baton.
Citizen Kane does occasionally sink to dullness because of its reiterations, notwithstanding it can be classified as, in a number of aspects, one of the most arresting pictures ever produced.
For the time, this movie may have been gold. That is a fact that no one can dispute. However, it absolutely does not hold up today. Citizen Kane is a dull, boring and unsatisfying film that while yes, for the time its technical achievements were a marvel to see, did not live up to the hype for me. To me, this is not one of the top 100 films of all time anymore.
It's a boring movie and I am surprised that this is one of the top movies of all time. However, the cinematic techniques were pretty good for the time the movie was made.
boring. way too much talking. not enough penguins dancing. I recommend happy feet to any viewers looking for a more entertaining and emotional cinematic experience.
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