Citizen Kane

Citizen Kane has long been regarded as a cinematic masterpiece and one of the greatest movies ever made. One look at the scene “Thatcher Taking Young Charles”, and you can see exactly why. The storytelling style of this film is a “successful fusion of the flashier devices of 1930s films, and techniques adapted from radio, theater, and prose narrative. “There is pro not a single device in Citizen Kane that cannot be found in earlier films, but Citizen Kane synthesizes elements of various traditions in a totally original way.” (Carringer,1978) This sequence makes use of various cinematic techniques to employ the auteur’s narrative.

For citizen Kane, the most important assets of his life are not the political ambitions, successful newspaper business, nor his relationships with the significant others. Judging by his last word, “Rosebud,” the most important piece of his life is memory from his childhood. Although his life is changed for what appears to be better, from a materialistic viewpoint, it actually leaves him vulnerable and alone. Kane’s life is ultimately destructed by his lust to fulfill the American dream of fame, power and wealth. The inevitable struggle of Kane is reflective of the struggle of many must confront in this materialistic world, as one on his or her quest to find the true meaning of

I believe that the author portrays Charles Kane as sort of an evil man through the things he does, but shows that Kane doesn’t realize how he is behaving is wrong. One example of this would be how he ran his newspaper company the New York Inquirer (Citizen Kane). He presented the news in the best way possible to get as many people as he could to read it. Even if he had to lie a little bit in the title or in the actual stories, all he cared about was being everyone’s main source of news. This however was the opposite of what he originally wanted to do which was to present only honest and true news. One time he lied about the news was in relation to his second wife Susan Alexander. She was not a very skilled opera singer as told by the

Citizen Kane is filled with symbolic imagery. In most of the movie you can pick out scenery, character actions, lighting, camera movement, and the composition within the frame of key shots that help tell the story without the character orally telling the full story. However, because of its new and experimental use of mise-en-scene, the movie did not do well in the box office. In time Orson Welles movie would become one of the best movies of all time and would even come to change filmmaking in

What finally breaks down Charles Foster Kane is having Susan leave him. His need for control, and the inability for Susan or others to continue to comply with that need, send him into a frenzy in which he destroys the room Susan was staying in during their huge vacation in the Florida Everglades. From the room he takes a snow globe, and he is heard saying the words “rose bud” the first time by someone else. He walks into a hallway that has many mirrors, and this symbolizes Citizen Kane as a whole. This scene reflects the fragmented nature of the film. The life of Charles Foster Kane is told through the perspectives of several other people, and, due to this, as no person can be entirely unbiased, truthful, or even knowledgeable of the facts when recalling interactions with another person, we never get a complete picture of who Kane really is. Dozens of figures of Kane can be seen through the mirror, and this relates to how there are many images of Kane that can be derived from listening to the recollections of those who were close to him.

Orson Welles’s Citizen Kane is a revolutionary film. Although it might not look like much to the modern viewer, many aspects of the film were the first of their kind to appear and are still used today.

The movie “12 Angry Men” covers different negotiation and conflict resolutions. The communication is set in a jury room where people with different worldview are bargaining over the judgment of a murder case. Juror 8 is willing to stand alone with his vote “not guilty”. Trying to avoid the winner’s course, he demanded a conversation about the case despite the clear 11-1 vote on the guilt of the defendant. Juror 8 discredits his opponents’ arguments and uncovers their constraint thinking, he uncovering doubtful evidence, alienating hardliners and engaging in conversations. In the conversation it becomes obvious that not every juror bases his decision on the same facts, and

Orson Welles’ 1941 classic film Citizen Kane tells the story of Charles Forster Kane. The turning point of the film is when Jim Gettys attempts to blackmail Kane. The scene demonstrates Kane’s fall from grace through pride. His reactions to the other characters in this scene (Mrs. Kane, Susan Alexander, and Mr. Gettys), the angles that are shown in his perspective, and the lighting of the scene helps to demonstrate this point. It is after the blackmail scene that, in desperation, Kane tries to regain his credibly with the public and

When first introduced to Susan she is characterised as an Australian nurse who is one of the shiest girls, however, as she encounters conflict she is seen to change to an opinionated person towards the way the Japanese treat the women. As her character develops during the film Susan shows us how conflict can bring out our strength. In Susan’s response to conflict she begins to find her inner strength. This is first displayed when she stands up to Mrs Tippler, who is a pessimistic person who is increasingly spiteful, and is continuously causing racial tensions between the prisoners, especially with the Dutch prisoners. During this time Susan McCarthy draws on her inner strength to tell off Mrs Tippler about her being so negative to everyone, when instead they should be uniting together and being by one another’s side during times of conflict. Susan’s inner strength is again presented through her accusing Colonel Hirota of human rights violations. She mentions to Colonel Hirota “You’re starving and beating women and children. And you have the cheek to sit there and lecture us on good manners”. Her inner strength is also demonstrated when she suffers a cruel and painful punishment, which this brings the women close together through their support and encouragement for Susan. This began when all prisoners were gathered up to here Colonel Hirota say that the Australian Army wants to make peace with the Japanese, indicating that the Japanese are about to invade Australia, then Susan makes a comment causing Captain Tanaka to call her forward. This leads to her being given a cruel punishment of her kneeling down with bamboo spikes around her in severe heat, so that is she fell she will be killed. However, with her inner strength being strong and brave she did not fall and survived. This displays that she draws in the strength inside of her to be strong and survive her

When discussing the greatest films of all time, Citizen Kane, directed by Orson Welles, usually comes up. It’s influence in American cinema can still be felt today, but at the time the film was not released without controversy. The main character in the movie, Charles Foster Kane, is undeniably based of the real life figure of William Randolph Hearst, a famous American newspaper publisher. Hearst was very aware of this fact and tried to hinder the success of Welles’ picture by denying it any sort of press in his newspapers. Despite the smear campaign Kane’s influence lives on through Welles’ revolutionary filmic techniques and its presence in pop culture.

Through staging and proxemics we can understand more about what the director was thinking. Opening the scene at Xanadu, Susan is seen sitting at the table working on a puzzle while Charles Kane is standing on a quarter turn. It is shown that Mr. Kane bears dominance over Susan at this point. She is shown in a few different cuts with a puzzle representing her boredom. At Xanadu, that is the only thing that she could do besides conversing with her overbearing husband. The proxemics between Mr. Kane and Susan are quite interesting because Susan is shown further away from her husband as every part of the scene cuts to a new clip. This represents their distancing. Being at Xanadu represents the distancing between the Kane’s because it is such a large dwelling that they barely see each other. The distancing is represented physically and emotionally throughout the film. “I thought we might have a picnic tomorrow and invite everyone to spend the night in the Everglades.” (Kane). “Invite everyone? Order everyone, you mean. Who wants to sleep in tents when they have a nice room of their own.” (Susan). Orson Welles displays the tension between Susan and

In Citizen Kane, Welles is attempting to expose the great influential political and social power that someone has as the head of many newspaper chains. This narrative drama explains the life of Kane and how different people viewed it. From the way the way the characters were telling the story to the way shadows, lighting and the laco of color was used, this film fits into the drama genre. Being the “greatest film of all time”, Citizen Kane brings the the world of newspaper tycoons to

The film Sicario, directed by Denis Villeneuve in 2015 was classified as an American crime-thriller drama that starred Emily Blunt, Benicio del Toro, and Josh Brolin. The film Sicario (2015) was written by Taylor Sheridan.

Citizen Kane is a movie that can be rewritten and implemented into any film created today. In many ways, the storyline tells us more about ourselves than anything else and it relates to each one of us who has ever wished for a better life. From his flamboyant adventures to the blah blah to his political agenda in his later years. Every film that came after Citizen Kane owes a great deal to Orson Welles because of the way he used special effects, music, and shadows and lighting, which without a doubt makes it one of the finest movies ever made. Some even call it the Mona Lisa of its time because Orson Welles was the first to implement all of these techniques, which revolutionize cinema forever.

Susan and Jinny are quite the opposites of one another. On one hand, there’s Susan who is from the countryside, where she eventually returns to marry a farmer and have kids and, on the other hand, there’s Jinny, who is an urban woman, proud of her body and passionate with men.
However, a similarity can be seen in their desires, because one seeks the peacefulness and security of family and land while the other looks forward to the excitement of the city and numerous lovers.