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Aug 30, 2012 · The source book of Orson Welles, and still a marvellous movie. Thematically less resonant than some of Welles' later meditations on the nature of power, perhaps ... Citizen Kane. Thursday 30 ...
Feb 11, 2023 · Called the greatest movie ever made, Citizen Kane plays out as a pseudo-biopic as viewers are led through Kane's entire life story, from his childhood in Colorado to his rise as a yellow journalism tycoon and a politician in New York, eventually building up to his demise at his colossal mansion, Xanadu. The way “rosebud” links the beginning ...
A psychological study of Charles Foster Kane, a powerful newspaper tycoon whose idealism was corrupted as he rose to enormous wealth and power. 3,423 IMDb 8.3 1 h 59 min 1941 X-Ray PG
Mar 7, 2024 · Orson Welles’ “Citizen Kane” is a film that has been pored over and dissected by critics and audiences alike since its release in 1941. At the heart of its labyrinthine narrative lies a single word—Rosebud—a cryptic utterance from the dying Charles Foster Kane that frames the entire film.
May 3, 2011 · As Times film critic A.O. Scott recently remarked, "Citizen Kane shows Welles to be a master of genre. It's a newspaper comedy, a domestic melodrama, a gothic romance, and a historical epic."
Jul 21, 2020 · CITIZEN KANE is ranked #1 on both AFI’s original and 10th anniversary lists of the greatest American movies ever made. The pivotal opening line of the film, “Rosebud,” that Charles Foster Kane utters in his last moments, appears at #17 on the American Film Institute’s list of all-time greatest movie quotes. Orson Welles – the director, producer, co-writer and star of CITIZEN KANE ...
1940. Alone at his fantastic estate known as Xanadu, 70-year-old Charles Foster Kane dies, uttering only the single word Rosebud.
