Citizen Kane (1941)
Genre: Drama / Mystery
Duration: 119 minuten
Country:
United States
Directed by: Orson Welles
Stars: Orson Welles, Joseph Cotten and Agnes Moorehead
IMDb score:
8,2 (493.261)
Releasedate: 17 April 1941
Citizen Kane plot
"Some called him a hero...others called him a heel."
Media mogul Charles Foster Kane (Orson Welles) dies in his extravagant mansion, last uttering the word "Rosebud". A reporter tries to figure out what this meant and embarks on a quest into Kane's past. Through flashbacks, we learn more and more about his life.
Actors and actresses
Charles Foster Kane
Jedediah Leland
Susan Alexander Kane
Jim W. Gettys
Walter Parks Thatcher
Mary Kane
Raymond
Emily Norton Kane
Herbert Carter
Jerry Thompson/Narrator
Reviews & comments
Fisico
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- 10039 messages
- 5398 votes
Citizen Kane is a name like a clock in the film world, just like Casablanca, which came out about the same time, is for example. I can appreciate Citizen Kane, but like many, I'm not going to place it in my personal top 10 right away.
Citizen Kane begins in a mysterious way with the mysterious last words of Charles Kane on his star bed that no one can place. What follows is a kind of detective film in which a picture of the late Charles Kane is sketched on the basis of witness conversations. His flamboyant and charismatic self is already stylishly revealed in the beginning of the film via news reports. A beautiful picture is created of the life of a very influential media mogul.
Where Citizen Kane especially excels are the technical aspects. Editing and directing are almost sublime. The camera handling, such as the frog's perspective, is also reviewed. The story is exceptional, but looks pretty way off. Glad to have seen him.
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des1
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- 1744 messages
- 995 votes
Rosebud is the name of the children's sled that is thrown into the fire by the workmen who come to clean up the house, and thus stands for the loss of childish innocence. I forgot that the BBC always biographical review does before the movie, so I'm just sitting there watching an Orson Welles complain that he was never offered any really big roles - "I would have sold my soul to the Devil to play the Godfather". Kane can also be interpreted as the surviving brother of the Biblical duo of Cain & Abel. Where there is a God-rejected Cain, there is a God-chosen but murdered Abel. The story may be based on media tycoon Randolph Hearst, but in my opinion it stands for America itself. But yes, Hearst stands for America of course. Still. It is unimaginable that the then 24/25-year-old Orson Welles had the courage and ambition to set up such a grand project. genius? Yes. What I've always found remarkable about the film is that as young as Welles was as an actor playing Kane, he had the corresponding motor skills of a middle-aged to older man. That's where all actors, no matter how skilled, always go wrong when they have to play an older man (except maybe De Niro). Joseph Cotten, for example, does not succeed at all. Film is full of metaphors. Let viewers find out for themselves. Charles Foster Kane, the middle name says a lot.
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Traiannnn
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- 77 messages
- 219 votes
Wow that shot of all that crap at the end just looks like a city like New York from above with skyscrapers and cell towers and completely built-up crap. Truly brilliant shot. The ending is a beautiful message. Kane's wife can't sing but still gets great reviews much like these days where crappy Netflix movies are praised and given 5/5 stars and the whole population falls for it. Media has become too powerful. While mediocrity gets all the credit, geniuses like Welles have had no success at all.
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