Citizen Kane Movie Analysis

As old and new reporters alike engage in merry conversation, the beloved publisher Mr Kane stands to make a toast. As all eyes fall on him, he envisions a beautiful future for the newspaper. After his old friend Mr Bernstein heckles him, Kane just smiles. “You don’t expect me to keep these promises, do you, Mr Bernstein?” Although this exchange is quite brief, it is quite telling about the personality of Kane, who is a man who will say (and do) anything to reach his personal aims. A drama brought

Historical Analysis, Citizen Kane: Camera Movement Citizen Kane, directed by Orson Welles, was an exemplary and ground-breaking work. In narrative structure and film style, Welles challenged classical Hollywood conventions and opened a path for experimentation in the later 1940s. Gregg Toland’s deep-focus cinematography and Welles’ use of low-key lighting are often discussed aspects of the movie. True, these were areas of innovation, but when watching the movie in class I was particularly struck

Erbert, Roger. "Great Movie Citizen Kane." Roger Erbert. 24 May 1998. Web. 31 January 2017. In Roger Erbert's article, "Great Movie Citizen Kane", Erbert argues what the word Rosebud truly means and its significance to Welles' film. Erbert gives some history of how Welles created the film and later on explains how along with a personal story, the film provides a story of a specific period of time. He then goes on to explain how it truly simple it is to understand who Kane is by the way story is

Hello, I have just watched Citizen Kane. I did not particularly like this movie, however, I would recommend that anyone who is an old movies buff should see it. The movie was produced by Orson Welles, who also played one of the main characters. Orson Welles played the role of Charles Foster Kane. Kane’s friend, Jedediah Leland was played by Joseph Cotten. Charles’s second wife, Susan Alexander Kane, was played by Dorothy Comingore. Walter Thatcher, Kane’s guardian after his mother came into some

Kali Arellano English 12 Mr. Koehn Hour 1 Citizen Kane Analysis Citizen Kane is often criticized as one of the best movies of all time. The 1941 classic is Drama, starring Orson Welles and Dorothy Comingore. In the movie we get to see Charles Foster Kane (played by Orson Welles who also co-wrote and directed film) serve to please others through fall appearances and seek attention in order to have a prosperous and wealthy life. Although Charles Foster lived the American Dream by altering his poor

Elie Rahbani 201300566 History of film paper: Topic: Orson welles Question: How do the formalistic and ideological patterns found in Orson Welles’s movies; Citizen Kane, Touch of Evil, and Othello, make him a great auteur? Outline: • 1. Orson Welles (Biography and 3 films) • 2. Formalistic patterns: ➢ Mise en Scene in each film ➢ Editing in each film • 3. Ideological patterns (in each film) • 4. Orson Welles as an Auteur 1. Orson Welles: Biography: Orson Welles was born on the 6th of May

     Orson Welles’ cinematic classic, Citizen Kane, is a film that centers on a group of reporter’s investigation into the meaning of Charles Foster Kane’s last word, “Rosebud.” Through their investigation of his last words, the team of reporters, is presented with an almost, but not quite, complete picture of “Citizen” Kane’s life. By assuming that the man’s last word was as grandiose as his life, the reporters miss out on the bigger, more holistic picture, which is Charles

When I watch films like Citizen Kane or The Best Years of Our Lives, I always ask myself this one question: Can I make a film this great? The answer is no. It is not because I do not believe in myself. It is just the fact that these films were the first of it’s kind. They have techniques that were state-of-the-art. Those very same techniques are considered the standard by today’s measures. I bring this up because when comparing these two films, I found myself engulfed with the elements that made

To help create his debut film Citizen Kane, Orson Welles assembled a talented group of artists and technicians who together produced a film that redefined cinema forever. During the film’s production process, Welles himself stated that making a film “is the biggest electric train set any boy ever had.” By this he meant that the production studio was his playground and he intended to use every tool at his disposal. Starting from the film’s very first shot; he proves this to be true. As the film

Problem: Katherine Mansfield The New Zealand European, it is noted that Katherine Mansfield ‘was an enthusiast for the cinema’, that ‘she acted in several movies’ and that ‘her letters frequently took up such images as the months that “stream by like a movie picture”’(18). Furthermore, her short story At the Bay begins with the line ‘Very early morning’(Mansfield 5), that when interpreted from a literary standpoint, is more suited to a screenplay direction than the opening of a narrative. From studying